At Guiseley, we believe promoting positive mental health is not an explicit conversation, or an isolated topic to be taught in the classroom once a year. Understanding the ethos that “you are what you repeatedly do” – we aim to embed the principles of leading a healthy lifestyle, so these behaviours become routine, and our young people reap the benefits, both physically and mentally.
At Guiseley school there is additional support and range of services available for parents and carers and students who are in need, some of which can be accessed through the Aireborough family services (AFS) Cluster. These include:
- In school mentoring from Guiseley Baptist Church and Leeds Faith in Schools (LFIS)
- Mindmate support team - MMST
- Therapeutic support from Northpoint via the AFS cluster
- Adult counselling
- Parenting support groups
- Family support.
People
If you feel that your child may benefit from any additional support to promote their mental health and wellbeing, please contact school at [email protected], or speak to your child’s pastoral team in school.
See here for more details about our Mental Health and Wellbeing Provision Map.
Resources
The Kooth team provide free, safe and anonymous online support and counselling. The whole team are made up of friendly and experienced individuals who want to help you.
MindMate is a Leeds-based website for young people, their families and the professionals who support them. They're here to help you explore emotional wellbeing and mental health issues and offer information about where support is available.
They are a national charity working to transform the hopes and happiness of young people facing abuse, exploitation and neglect. They support children through their most serious life challenges and campaign tirelessly for the big social changes that will improve the lives of those who need hope most.
CAMHS is the name for the NHS services that assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties.
Confidential support line for children, young people, their parents and carers who live in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield.
They're available 8pm–8am every day for children, young people, parents and carers across West Yorkshire.
This is a Freephone helpline for under 18s. They are for young people struggling to cope and parents that are worried about their child. Their phone number is 0800 953 0505 and it is open from 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Aireborough Family Services work in close partnership with the children’s centre and all the schools across Guiseley, Rawdon and Yeadon. Their aim is to provide early help for every child, young person and family in the area to access the activities, guidance, information and support that can enable them to achieve their full potential.
Battle Scars is a small, dedicated, 100% survivor-led and run charity offering local, regional, national as well as international support around self-harm. Their aim is to break down stigma, raise awareness, dispel the myths and support those affected by self-harm irrelevant of gender, age, background and location.