Kooth - FREE online MH/ Wellbeing support for young people + list of resources
Kooth offers free online mental health and wellbeing support for young people and has a range and choice of support options under one digital roof. It has services that are accessible 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This includes one to one text based sessions with experienced counsellors and wellbeing practitioners. Please see a list of resources from KOOTH including videos, activity sheets and resources for parent/ carers, teachers and schools.
- Parents/Carers resource pack
- Resource pack for Teachers and Schools
- Video pack for schools
- Local youth service video pack
- Local youth service infographics
- Local youth service CYP info pack
- Kooth Activity sheets
- Poetry video pack
- Parent and Carer information session (11 minutes)
- How to Sign up Graphic and Video
- Parents letter
- Video pack for schools
Parent/ Career letter: "Over the coming weeks your child may mention they have been made aware of a service called Kooth. It provides early intervention mental health support to children and young people. Kooth works with schools and professionals across over 90% of the UK.
Kooth is free to access via any internet-connected tablet, computer or smartphone. There are no waiting lists or thresholds to meet and a referral from a medical professional is not needed. Your child can join Kooth anonymously simply by visiting www.kooth.com.
Kooth offers young people a range and choice of support options under one digital roof. It has services that are accessible 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This includes one to one text based sessions with experienced counsellors and wellbeing practitioners run from midday to 10pm on weekdays, and from 6 -10pm at the weekend. Appointments can be booked in advance or accessed via a drop-in text-based chat. Kooth also provides a fully safeguarded and pre-moderated community with a library of peer and professional created articles. And there are discussion forums too. All content is pre-moderated and age appropriate.
Kooth covers many topics on the website including relationships, LGBTQIIA+, exam stress, anxiety, eating difficulties, self harm, suicidal thoughts, body image, social media, bullying and family worries. All of these subjects affecting young peoples’ mental health are presenting issues that Kooth and other mental health providers see from all age groups.
Kooth is commissioned by the NHS and clinically approved for children from the age of 10, and is one of the few UK digital mental health providers to hold a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) accreditation.
To find out more about Kooth visit https://connect.kooth.com/ or if you would prefer to contact Kooth directly, please email parents@kooth.com."