COMMUNITY AND WELLBEING SUPPORT LINKS
Please follow the links (A-E) below to find contact details for organisations, both locally and nationally, which can provide a range of support for both children, and parents and carers.
Bereavement Services
Walsall Bereavement Support Service
WBSS is a local charity providing specialist bereavement support to bereaved Walsall residents of any age. They offer an adult service called “Let’s talk” and a children and young person’s service called THE SWING.
National Charity for Bereaved people with over 80 branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Behaviour Management
Walsall School Nursing Service
T: 01922 423349
Health Text Chat for Parents
Text: 07520 634909
Health Text Chat for Teenagers
Text: 07480 635 363
Information about Walsall Council’s Early Help resources to support children and families who are struggling
Bullying
NSPCC – Bullying and Cyberbullying
Advice for parents and carers to help keep children safe from bullying, wherever it happens.
Child Exploitation and Safety Away From the Home
Walsall Safeguarding Partnerships – Exploitation
Children and young people may be criminally exploited in multiple ways including child sexual exploitation, trafficking, gang and knife crime and County Lines.
Impact Pathways is a ‘map’ of provision designed to help public and professionals who live and work in the West Midlands access support they might need.
Impact Pathways – Street Teams
Street Teams is a local Walsall charity that works with young people ages 8-25 and communities affected by Child Sexual Exploitation.
PACE – Parents Against Child Exploitation
PACE support parents and carers whose children are being exploited by offenders outside of the family.
Counselling Services
House on the Corner Play Therapy
Supporting children through the use of play.
T: 01922 420100
WPH – Free, Caring and Confidential Counselling
WPH is a charitable organisation funded primarily by Walsall NHS Clinical Commissioning Group. They offer a specialist service relative to pregnancy (Walsall Pregnancy Help) and a general counselling service and educational service (WPH Counselling and Education Services).
Walsall Talking Therapies Service supports people aged 17 and over with depression and anxiety symptoms.
Counter Terrorism/Prevent
Niall Markham
Prevent Coordinator
07766 160 646
Resilient Communities, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, 1st floor, Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP
Messages of hate can take many forms. Extremist groups use them to recruit young people. Parents can find answers to common questions and resources to help protect your child.
Domestic Abuse Services
Black Country Women’s Aid is an independent charity which supports survivors of domestic abuse in Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall.
Help and support for men affected by Domestic abuse.
PEGS – Parental Education Growth Support
Supporting Parents and Professionals with child to parent abuse. PEGS is committed to supporting families impacted by Child to Parent Abuse. They believe in creating a safe place where you can talk openly about your experiences, where you will always be listened to, always believed, and never judged.
Drug and Alcohol Support
Change Grow Live – The Beacon, Walsall
A national health and social care charity who can help you with challenges including drugs and alcohol, housing, justice, health and wellbeing.