{"id":1114,"date":"2020-05-05T08:54:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2020-05-05T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:54:12","slug":"agencies-providing-support-for-pupils-and-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/2020\/05\/05\/agencies-providing-support-for-pupils-and-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Agencies providing support for Pupils and Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bacp.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/b>BACP is a membership organisation that sets standards for therapeutic practice. Their online directory can be used to locate a professional counsellor, who will usually charge for their services. You can email them at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bacp@bacp.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bacp@bacp.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Breathing Space &#8211; A<\/b>\u00a0confidential phoneline for anyone in Scotland\u00a0over the age of 16,\u00a0feeling low, anxious or depressed. Contact details: 0800 83 85 87<b>\u00a0<\/b>or<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/breathingspace.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/breathingspace.scot\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/childbereavementuk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Child Bereavement UK<\/a><\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Child Bereavement UK supports families when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.<b>\u00a0<\/b>Tel: 0800 028 8840<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Cruse (Scotland)\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 bereavement support. Tel: 0808 808 1677<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Mental Health Foundation<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 have specific advice about coronavirus, mental health in the workplace and mental health for children and young people. Link to their website here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/coronavirus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>National Domestic Abuse Helpline\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 24-hour support (geared for women only)\u00a0<a href=\"tel:0808%202000%20247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">0808 2000 247<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>NHS<\/b>\u00a0website with links to information about stress; anxiety, fear and panic; low mood, sadness and depression; loneliness; mental health at work; and bereavement, amongst other things: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/stress-anxiety-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/stress-anxiety-depression\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Rape Crisis \u2013\u00a0<\/b>for women only0808 801 0302 (6pm\u201312am daily)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Rape Crisis<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Men\u2019s advice line\u00a0(men only) &#8211; confidential helpline for men experiencing domestic violence. Contact: 0808 801 0327<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Relationships Scotland &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>Counselling, family mediation and child contact centres. Contact:\u00a0<strong>0345 119 2020<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Samaritans\u00a0<\/b>&#8211; A confidential, non-judgemental listening service aimed at reducing distress and despair, particularly for those people experiencing suicidal thoughts.<b>\u00a0<\/b>Tel: 116 123 (free to call from both landlines and mobiles)<br \/>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health)<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 improving your mental health, including information about mental health and the Equality Act 2010:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samh.org.uk\/about-mental-health\/know-your-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.samh.org.uk\/about-mental-health\/know-your-rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Timetochange.org<\/b>\u00a0aims to ends the stigma and discrimination around mental health and has general tips on how to support someone during COVID-19. Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-change.org.uk\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.time-to-change.org.uk\/coronavirus<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Young Minds<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 supporting the mental health of children and young people. Link here: [https:\/\/youngminds.org.uk%20]https:\/\/youngminds.org.uk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0BACP is a membership organisation that sets standards for therapeutic practice. Their online directory can be used to locate a professional counsellor, who will usually charge for their services. You can email them at:\u00a0bacp@bacp.co.uk Breathing Space &#8211; A\u00a0confidential phoneline for anyone in Scotland\u00a0over the age of 16,\u00a0feeling low, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/2020\/05\/05\/agencies-providing-support-for-pupils-and-parents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Agencies providing support for Pupils and Parents<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1677,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}