Useful Contacts For Parents

ChildLine 0800 1111

If you are a child or young person needing help please call our free 24-hour helpline on 0800 1111 . Lines can be busy but please keep trying and you will get through.

If you are deaf or find using a regular phone difficult , try our Textphone service which provides confidential support and advice via a textphone. You can call on 0800 400 222 and it's open from 9.30am to 9.30pm on weekdays and 9.30am to 8pm at weekends.

We also provide a special helpline called The Line for any young person living away from home . This is the helpline for you if you live in a foster home or a children's home, if you're at boarding school or you've been in hospital for a long time. You can call The Line on 0800 88 44 44 from 3.30pm to 9.30pm on weekdays and 2pm to 8pm at weekends.

You can write to ChildLine and one of our counsellors will reply to your letter. You can write to: ChildLine, Freepost NATN1111, London E1 6BR - and you don't have to use a stamp.

www.there4me.com

There4me is for you if you're between 12-16 years old and are worried about something and need some help. We can help with loads of issues like abuse, bullying, exams, drugs and self harm.

If there's something bad that's happening and you want to know what to do, you can talk to us and no one else has to know.

We've got message boards, you can contact Sam, our agony aunt or talk confidentially with one of our advisors.

Whatever the problem is, we're here to listen to you

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