Children's Mental Health Self Referrals

CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)

Under the Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust, CAMHS help children, young people and their families when they are feeling sad, worried or troubled.

Website: Healthy Young Minds :: South Cumbria CAMHS self-referral (healthyyoungmindslsc.co.uk)

Call: 01225 408660

Email: CAMHSSouth@lscft.nhs.uk

MyTime Cumbria (Barnados)

My Time is part of the CAMHS service provision for children and young people needing emotional health and wellbeing support. MyTime work with mild to moderate emotional health presentations such as anger, anxiety, low mood, self-harm and depression. MyTime practitioners work by putting the young person at the heart of the intervention and focus on what they do well as well as what they have in their power to change, calling on the various systems such as family and schools, to support the desired changes.

Call: 01539 742626

Email: mytimecumbria@barnardos.org.uk

Website: MyTime Cumbria | Barnardo's (barnardos.org.uk)

Bluebell Foundation (South Cumbria)

Bluebell Foundation (South Cumbria) - provides free support for families experiencing grief and for children up to the age of 18 who are grieving through the death or anticipated death of someone important to them.  They also offer support where a child has a life-limiting or life-threatening illness.  You can self-refer to this service.

Website: Support For Grieving Families - The Bluebell Foundation

Email: info@bluebell.org.uk

Call: 07516556081 or 07849400315

Child Bereavement UK

Child Bereavement UK helps children, parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies.  They support children and young people up to the age of 25 who are facing bereavement, and anyone affected by the death of a child of any age through individual or group sessions.  You can self-refer to this service.

Website: Child Bereavement UK

Call: 0800 02 888 40

Email: helpline@childbereavementuk.org

Live chat: via their website