Seasonal Affective Disorder

SAD.org.uk are a small UK National Voluntary Organisation dedicated to supporting people who are affected by Seasonal Affective Disorder by helping them find support, advice and information on the diagnosis and treatment of SAD. http://www.sad.org.uk/

Kidscape

Kidscape www.kidscape.org.uk is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key.   Kidscape works UK-wide to provide individuals and organisations with practical skills and resources necessary to keep children safe from [...]

Canoeing and Rowing “Come and Try”

Stirling Rowing Club and Stirling Canoe Club hosted a come and try day on Sunday 7 September 2008. Details are at http://www.stirling.gov.uk/news?id=180786 Look out for another come and try event next year. If you are interested in trying out canoeing and kayaking you can find out more from the Stirling Canoe Club website at http://www.stirlingcanoeclub.info/

Stirling Council Mobile Youth Space

Mobile Youth Space (MYS) visits communities and provides recreation facilities including computer games, as well as information, advice and support for young people. Stirling Council announced the service here http://www.stirling.gov.uk/news?id=165700 BBC News also reported on it here.

“Look OK … Feel Crap ?”

There are times in all of our lives when we feel crap, right? When people and events just annoy us and we can feel down from time to time. That’s pretty normal and isn’t necessarily a problem. It is a problem when these feelings just don’t ever seem to go away and you realise that [...]

Young Minds

YoungMinds is the UK national charity committed to improving the mental health and emotional well-being of all children and young people under 25. YoungMinds do this through advice, training, campaigning and distributing publications. YoungMinds also run a Parents Information Service telephone helpline on 0800 018 2138, and the Parents Information Service opening hours are shown [...]

RD4U for young people

RD4U is a website designed for young people by young people. It is part of Cruse Bereavement Care’s Youth Involvement Project and is here to support people after the death of someone close. RD4U means the ‘road for you’ – the main aim of the site is to let you find your own ‘road’ to [...]

ChildLine

ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call us on 0800 1111 to talk about any problem – our counsellors are always here to help you sort it out.

Get Connected – Help for young people

Get Connected What’s up ?  Want to talk about it ? We all face problems. But sometimes the people who are supposed to be there to help – parents, teachers, friends – are part of the problem, from arguments to abuse. So where do you turn? To someone confidential, impartial and easy to get hold [...]

The Site

The Site has a wealth of useful information for young people about health and wellbeing, drink and drugs, sex and relationships, and many other key topics.