External Support
External Support- Students & Parents/Carers
Our Safeguarding Team works very closely with various partners and services. Here are a few services and links that you may find useful. If you would like to discuss any of these further, please contact the Safeguarding Team.
ONLINE, PHONE OR TEXT SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Childline: A free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything.
Website: www.childline.org.uk ONLINE CHAT Telephone: 0800 1111 Lots of online resources
Young Minds: Providing young people with tools to look after their mental health. Website: www.youngminds.org.uk Parent Helpline; 0808 802 5544
Text: YM to 85258
COUNSELLING / SUPPORT GROUPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Lowdown: Mental Health charity, providing free and
confidential counselling, emotional wellbeing, sexual health and LGBTQ support services for 11–25-year-olds, covering NN1-NN7 postal area.
Website: thelowdown.info Phone: 01604 634385 Email: info@thelowdownnorthampton.co.uk
The Lowdown – LGBTQ+ Service: a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space for you to attend as and when you like. It is a space designed so that you are able to explore who you are, to 
socialise, meet new friends, talk though difficulties with others who understand, whilst also having fun and joining in with activities.
OUT THERE JUNIORS; School Years 7-9, every Friday 5.30-7.30pm Telephone: 07585 737482
OUT THERE YOUTH; School Years 10-13, every Friday 7-9pm Telephone: 07585737482
OUT THERE PLUS; 18-25 year olds, every Friday 7-9pm Telephone: 07496 314703 or 07585 737482
Website: https://thelowdown.info/lgbtq-support/
Email: lgbtqsupport@thelowdownnorthampton.co.uk
Service Six; Counselling, drop-in’s, family support.
Website www.servicesix.co.uk phone: 01933 277520 Email: referrals@servicesix.co.uk
Where? 15 Sassoon Mews, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 3LT
Cruse offers face-to-face, group, telephone, email and website support. They have a Free phone national helpline and local services throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our services a
re provided by trained volunteers and are confidential and free.
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Emial: helpline@cruse.org.uk
National Helpline: 0808 808 1677 (Monday and Fridays 09:30-17:00, Tuesday-Thursday 09:30-20:00)
Local: 07772 428532
Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support. It has been created for young people, by young people. They offer support, advice and a type of signposting service, solely online to children and young people who have lost a loved one/s. They want to break the isolation that grief brings, by providing a space for young people to explore their grief and feel less alone.
Email: hopeagain@cruse.org.uk
Website: www.hopeagain.org.uk
SUPPORT FOR PARENTS
Food banks:
Address: Overslade Close, Overslade Cl, Northampton, UK
The fridge helps those in the community who may be struggling and those who want to make a difference to the amount of food that could be wasted each week without these group
Additional directory of food banks:
https://mccarthydixon.org.uk/food-bank/
Warm banks
Website to check local Warm banks
https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/cost-living/warm-spaces
Warm banks are safe places with the heating on, where people can go to get warm in the winter if they cannot afford to heat their homes.
Social care and various useful pieces of guidance and support:
0300 126 7000
http://www.northamptonshirescb.org.uk/parents-carers/
Parents against exploitation support: