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| Bullying | |
Let's stop bullying: Advice for young people
Let's stop bullying: Advice for parents and families
Bullying - Information for secondary school pupils
You can beat bullying - A guide for young people
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Childline: 0800 44 11 11 (a bullying helpline open from 3.30pm to 9.30pm, Monday to Friday)
The Kidscape Helpline is available at a local rate on 08451 205 204 Monday-Friday from 10.00am-4.00pm.
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| Carers | |
Carers UK
91 Mitchell Street
Glasgow,
G1 2LN
Tel. 0141 221 9141
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Carers UK
CarersLine: 0808 808 7777 (Wednesdays and Thursdays 10.00am - 12.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm) or email info@carersuk.org
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| Citizenship | |
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| Crime | |
Children's Hearings System - Learning Resource Pack for Primary Schools
Children's Hearings System - Learning Resource Pack for Secondary Schools
A range of printed leaflets available from Victim Support Scotland
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Scottish Victim Support Helpline 0845 603 9213
Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 4.30pm
Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm
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| Disabilities | |
All about feeling down: A Booklet for Young People with Learning Disabilities (from Learning Disabilities site) (for 14-25 year olds)
Meeting the emotional needs of young people with learning disabilities
: A booklet for parents and carers (from Learning Disabilities site)
Learning Disabilities and the Family: The Teenager with a Severe Learning Disability
(from Learning Disabilities site) (Written for parents, carers and friends of young people aged 14-19)
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Skill Information Service Helpline: 0800 328 5050 (Mon-Thurs 1.30pm-4.30pm) or email admin@skillscotland.org.uk
NDCS Freephone Helpline: 0808 800 8880 (voice or text)
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| Drugs | |
Drugs: What Every Parent Should Know (from the Know the Score site)
The facts of drugs: a parent's guide
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Know The Score Helpline 0800 587 5879
National Drugs Helpline 0800 77 66 00
(Both 24 hours)
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| Drinking | |
Alcohol and Young People Information for Young People (Alcohol Focus Scotland)
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Alcoholics Anonymous - National Helpline 0845 76 97 555
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| Eating | |
Worries about weight - Factsheet for parents, teachers and young people
Eating Problems - A Childline information sheet
Go for it. (A magazine giving the low down to teenagers with newly diagnosed diabetes) (BDA-64 pages-£3.00)
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| Equality | |
Educating for Sex Equality: Tackling Gaps and Traps and Stereotypes An EOC Scotland resource pack for use in Secondary Schools.
Equal Opportunities Guide for Parents from EOC website. (also available in various ethnic minority languages)
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EOC Helpline 0845 601 5901
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| Ethnic Minorities | |
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| Women | |
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Dometic Abuse Helpline - 0800 027 1234
Muslim Women's Helpline: 020 8904 8193
Meridian Black and Ethnic Women's Information and Support Centre,
30 Clyde Place,
Glasgow,
G5 8AQ
Tel: 0141 429 6034
Threshold (Women): 0808 808 6000
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| Exams | |
Exam stress (and how to beat it)! Leaflet from Child Line
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| Health (Emotional, Physical and Mental) | |
R U OK? – A Supporting Guide Available from HEBS
Surveys and Quizzes Interactive Zone on Mental Health Foundation website
Well on the web. You can get a copy of the Well? magazine, which is published twice a year, from the site.
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Breathing Space Helpline: 0800 83 85 87 (operates from 6pm to 2am every day)
Samaritans: 08457 90 90 90
Healthy Living Helpline: 08452 78 88 78
Saneline: 08457 678 000
Young Minds: 0800 018 2138
NHS Direct: 0845 46 47
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| Homelessness And Housing | |
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Shelterline: 0808 800 4444
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| Homework | |
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| Money | |
For a free copy of the printed BBC Cashwise magazine, call freephone 0800 022 022.
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National debtline: 0808 808 4000
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| Legal Issues | |
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Scottish Child Law Centre:
Under 18 - 0800 328 8970
+18 - 0131 667 6333
(Mon Tues Wed & Fri 9.30am-4pm and Tuesday & Thursday 6pm-7.30pm)
Young Scot Legal Advice Centre: 0800 11 12 13
(open 24 hours)
Disability Law Centre: 020 7791 9800
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| Parents | |
End of my tether For parents struggling to cope with adolescents
Parent of a Teenager? Read This - Common sense ways to deal with teenagers
How to Cope with Difficult Parents (Book by Dr Wendy Dryden & Jack Gordon (Sheldon Press)
The terrible teens: what every parent needs to know (Book by Kate Figes, Viking)
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Parentline Scotland: 0808 800 2222 (Mon,Wed,Fri 9am-5pm, Tue & Thu 9am-9pm)
National Lone Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026
Step Family Scotland Helpline: 0845 122 8655
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| Self Harm | |
Self Harm or Self Injury Self Harm Advice Leaflet
Youth and self harm: Perspectives Self Harm Report
Self Harm A Childline information sheet
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Childline: 0800 11 11
NHS Direct: 0845 46 47
Parents Information Service: 0800 018 2138
Samaritans: 08457 90 90 90
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| Part-time Work | |
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| Relationships And Sexuality | |
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| Smoking | |
Project Tobacco - leaflet designed to support schools project work on tobacco, aimed at 11 - 13 year olds and featuring cartoons. Available in English and Gaelic versions. (ASH Scotland)
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Smokeline 0800 84 84 84
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| Sport And Leisure | |
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| Volunteering | |
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| General | |
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Get Connected Helpline is 0808 808 4994 (1 to 11 pm daily)
Child Protection Line: 0800 022 32222
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| Working with Others | |
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| Transition to secondary school | |
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| Study Skills | |
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