SEND local offer - Keeping healthy

Drug, Alcohol and Substance Misuse Services

Drugs and alcohol can sometimes play a role in your life. You could be curious and experimenting, but the support is there if alcohol, drugs or both become a problem for you.   

There are services available to you and can be accessed by self-referral or a referral from any source. The services are there to help you with your individual needs and the needs of your family.  

Change Grow Live

In Stockton, Change Grow Live offers a range of services for you as a young person up to the age of 25.

Learn more about the drugs and alcohol recovery service on the Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council website  or learn more on the Change Grow Live website. 

Healthy eating and keeping active

Eating healthy and exercising regularly can help you to stay well and improve how you feel. 

Growing Well Growing Healthy  

The Growing Well Growing Healthy team can help support you with weight loss, healthy eating and becoming more active.  

Specialist Public Health Nurses and Lifestyle Coaches will give you information and activities to become healthier and more active while having fun. 

Visit the Growing Well and Growing Healthy website for more information.

Healthier Together App

Healthier together is a website and downloadable app with accurate and trusted NHS healthcare advice.  

You can download the Healthier Together app to your mobile phone from your app store. 

Visit the Healthier Together website for more information.

Mental health support

Opening up about your mental health can be scary but there are many organisations available that can listen to your problems and help you to feel better. 

Kooth

Kooth is a free online mental health service for you. The platform offers counselling and emotional well-being support through mobile phones, tablets or desktop computers.  

Kooth is a safe and non-judgemental place for you to talk, connect and chat with experienced counsellors. You do not need to give any personal details to use this service.  

Visit the Kooth website to access the free online mental health service.

On My Mind

On My Mind is a free digital tool that contains advice and resources to help you support your own mental health.  

The main goals are: 

• to make sure no young person feels they have nowhere to turn when having problems with their mental health and wellbeing
• to make mental health treatment and support transparent and easy to understand for young people
• to promote choice and shared decision making by allowing young people voice's to be heard in their own treatment

Visit the Anna Freud website for more information about On My Mind.

Young Minds

If you're struggling with your feelings, Young Minds has practical tips and advice from other young people and information on how to get the support you need.  

Visit the Young Minds website for more advice.

CAMHs Crisis and Liasion

The Child & Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHs) Crisis Team are there to respond to young people experiencing a mental health crisis. The service is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and is available to you up until your 18th birthday.  

Contact them by phoning: 

0800 0516 171

MindMate

MindMate is a website for young people, their families and the professionals who support them. MindMate can to help you explore emotional wellbeing and mental health issues.

To access support visit Mindmate's website.