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Support Services for Children and Young People There are many different services and organisations which can provide support and counselling services for children and young people. Some of these services are age specific, i.e. for young people, and some are available to any age. This page therefore provides parents and carers with more information about these services, what they can offer and how to contact them. Alternatively, see the 'Map of Services' on this website for more information and descriptions about the services listed below. You can also see the 'Useful Links' page for more services which can provide parents and carers with information and advice. For general enquiries and information regarding the Children and Young People's Trust or any Brighton & Hove City Council services contact (01273) 290000 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Support services for families and children (aged 0- 11) Parents and carers can contact one of the Children's Centres in the city for more advice and information about services for young children. Children's Centre's are open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Hollingdean (Central area) (01273) 295623 Tarner (Central area) (01273) 296700 North Portslade (West area) (01273) 294062 Moulsecoomb (East area) (01273) 294040 Whitehawk (East area) (01273) 290300 Children's Information Service For information on early years services contact the Children's Information Service helpline on (01273) 293545 or visit their drop in at Brighton Town Hall. Support services for young people (aged 12-18 plus) There are several key support services for young people in the city which can offer advice and information. Young People's Centre 69 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE Tel: (01273) 230130 Email: ypc@impact-initiatives.org.uk Website: www.ypc-impact.org.uk Youth Advice Centre 65 Blatchington Road, Hove, BN3 3YJ Tel: (01273) 889 292 e-mail: yacservices@hoveymca.org.uk Website: www.hoveymca.org.uk/yac Safe & Sorted 48 Barcombe Road, Brighton, BN1 9JQ Tel: (01273) 645900 Youth & Connexions Service 376 Carden Avenue, Brighton, BN1 8LJ Tel: (01273) 293591 Support services for any age School Counselling Services Contact your child's school to find out about any counselling services they may have. Alternatively the Youth Advice Centre and Young People's Centre also provide counselling services for young people. Brighton & Hove Victim Support Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3XG Tel: (01273) 234 009 Website: www.victimsupport.org.uk National Support Services Childline ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call them to talk about any problem. Tel: 0800 1111 or visit www.childline.org.uk/ NSPCC The NSPCC have a load of information on their website about safety issues for children and young people. If you are ever worried about anything it’s a very useful site. You can either visit their main site at www.nspcc.org.uk or visit www.worriedneed2talk.org.uk/. The NSPCC also run a Child Protection helpline (Tel: 0808 800 5000) which you can contact if you have any worries or questions about someone’s safety. Supportline www.supportline.org.uk/ Supportline offer confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults by telephone, email and post. They work with callers to develop healthy, positive coping strategies, an inner feeling of strength and increased self esteem to encourage healing, recovery and moving forward with life. They also keep details of counsellors, agencies and support groups throughout the UK. Bullying Children, young people, parents and carers can contact the Bullying online website for advice and information about any for of bullying. Contact help@bullying.co.ukfor further information. Or see the 'Bullying' page on this webiste for more information. |
