Kirklees Young People’s Survey resources
All kinds of topics/issues
ChildLine (www.childline.org.uk ; phone: 0800 1111)
Health for Teens (www.healthforteens.co.uk)
Relate: relationship help for young people
Samaritans (www.samaritans.org ; phone: 116 123)
Chat Health (local messaging service for 11-16 year olds): text 07520618866
Kooth online counselling service: www.kooth.com
Apps
Calm harm: helps to resist or manage the urge to self-harm
Bullying
ChildLine: bullying (phone: 0800 1111)
Child safety and safeguarding
NSPCC online safety: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP): online sexual abuse (www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/)
Childnet International: internet safety (www.childnet.com/young-people)
Cost of living
Crime
Police (emergency): phone 999
Police (non-emergency): phone 101
West Yorkshire Police (Kirklees): https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/my-neighbourhood/kirklees
Cycling and walking
Streetbikes: free training and used bikes (https://www.streetbikes.org.uk/)
Kirklees Council’s cycling page
Kirklees Council’s walking page
Domestic violence
The Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership (phone: 0800 052 7222)
Drugs and alcohol
The Base Kirklees: a confidential drug and alcohol service for young people (phone: 01484 541 589)
FRANK: confidential drugs advice (www.talktofrank.com)
ChildLine: drugs (phone: 0800 1111)
ChildLine: alcohol (phone: 0800 1111)
Eating disorders
Beat Eating Disorders (www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk ; phone: 0808 801 0677)
NHS Choices: information about eating disorders
Education, employment and training
C & K Careers: Education, employment and training guidance and support (https://ckcareers.co.uk/)
Kirklees Council’s employment and skills page
Food and nutrition
Healthier Families (NHS supported programme)
Kirklees School’s Out: Activities funded through the Department for Education’s Holiday Activities and Food programme
HPV vaccine
NHS Choices: HPV vaccine
Video: 5 rumours about the HPV vaccine
Mental health and emotional wellbeing
ChildLine: feelings and emotions (phone: 0800 1111)
Kirklees Keep in Mind: Helps young people in Kirklees access timely support to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing
Kooth online counselling service: www.kooth.com
Young Minds (www.youngminds.org.uk)
Papyrus: prevention of young suicide (www.papyrus-uk.org)
Night OWLS: Confidential support line, 8pm-8am every night, for all children, young people and parents/carers in West Yorkshire
Relationships
Relate: relationship help for young people
Shelter: mediation for young people having problems living with parents or other relatives
SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
Kirklees Local Offer: Information, support, services and activities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities in Kirklees.
Self-harm
ChildLine: self-harm (phone: 0800 1111)
Samaritans (www.samaritans.org ; phone: 116 123)
Battle Scars: Self-harm support charity, based in Leeds but offers shared resources
App related to self-harm:
– Calm harm: helps to resist or manage the urge to self-harm
Sexual abuse and exploitation
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP): online sexual abuse (www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/)
Sexual health
NHS Choices: Sex and young people
Sexwise (https://sexwise.fpa.org.uk/)
Kirklees Integrated Sexual Health Services (Locala) (https://www.locala.org.uk/services/sexual-health)
C-card scheme (confidential sexual health advice in Kirklees and access to free condoms) (https://www.locala.org.uk/services/sexual-health/under-18s/c-card)
The law on sex (https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_18/lets-talk-about/sex-and-sexual-content/sex-and-the-law/)
Sexual and gender identity
The Brunswick Centre yOUTh project: Providing support across Kirklees to LGB&T young people, their parents and carers (https://www.thebrunswickcentre.org.uk/services/youth-services)
Yorkshire MESMAC: Youth groups and other resources for LGB&T young people (https://www.mesmac.co.uk/resources/lgbt-youth)
The Proud Trust: LGBT+ youth groups and other support (Manchester based) (https://www.theproudtrust.org/)
ChildLine: sexual and gender identity (phone: 0800 1111)
Stonewall (www.stonewall.org.uk) (information line: 0800 050 2020)
Smoking
ChildLine: smoking (phone: 0800 1111)
The Base: Kirklees Youth Smoking and Vaping Service
Volunteering / Active citizens
Volunteering Kirklees (Volunteering Home – Third Sector Leaders Kirklees (tslkirklees.org.uk))
Kirklees Youth Alliance (https://www.kirkleesyouthalliance.org/)
Young carers
ChildLine: young carers (phone: 0800 1111)
Kirklees Young Carer’s service
Youth clubs and organisations
Kirklees Community Directory listings
* Using survey results in the KJSA
The Young People’s Survey is a valuable source of information about young people (Year 9 age) in Kirklees. Some of these results are used in our Kirklees Joint Strategic Assessment (KJSA). Information in the KJSA is organised into four broad areas (health-related conditions, people and life events, behaviours, and wider factors that impact on health), and each section (where appropriate) includes information about how that topic affects young people. There are also summaries relating to the population of Kirklees, and to geographical areas within Kirklees, as well as an overview of all the key health and wellbeing topics for Kirklees residents.