Health and Well-being
Welcome to Health and Well-being section, which aims to highlight a range of issues relating to your emotional and physical health, and to signpost you to local and national organisations that can assist with any questions and problems you may have with regards to that topic.
Emotional health and well- being
Information about mental health and emotional well-being. Downloadable podcasts with advice on various sensitive issues.
www.youngminds.org.uk/
Advice for young men and first hand stories of young men dealing with difficult times
www.sortoutstress.co.uk
Encourages young men to open up and talk about their worries
www.thecalmzone.net
Family mediation, home and school mediation, counselling
www.southlondonfamilycentre.org.uk
Information resource for young people who self-harm.
www.selfharm.org.uk
Support around drugs and alcohol issues
www.talktofrank.com
Information about all aspects of sex education and teenage life. Topics include: teenage pregnancy, help and advice, periods, lovebugs (sexually transmitted infections), sex, peer pressure, sexuality, contraception, emergency contraception and puberty.
www.likeitis.org.uk
Independent sex and relationship website. Visit the Lad Pad or Lady Lounge.
www.ruthinking.co.uk
Comprehensive information about sexual health.
www.brook.org.uk
Here you will find information about eating disorders, how to get help and how to help someone you know with an eating disorder.
www.b-eat.co.uk
Everything you ever wanted to know about growing up
www.teenagehealthfreak.org
Support to children and young people in need around their physical, mental and emotional development.
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/
Support and guidance for young people by young people in Lambeth; career guidance, personal mentoring & self-development, after school clubs, sexual education, health & relationships, free workshops and more.
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Website to enable people with experience of mental distress, and their allies, to access useful services and support and to make informed choices
www.lambethmind.org.uk
Primary care trust for lambeth detailing services offered.
www.lambethpct.nhs.uk
The most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK.
www.immunisation.nhs.uk
This site provides healthy eating information, resources for schools, news items, recipes and details of the work we undertake around the UK/EU.
www.nutrition.org.uk
For friendly mother-to-mother breastfeeding support from pregnancy through to weaning, just say 'la lay-chay'
http://www.laleche.org.uk/
Up to date information on food safety health hygiene and nutrition
www.foodstandards.gov.uk
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Understandable. We're experts at translating complex medical information into easy-to-understand language for parents, kids, and teens. Reliable. Practical. KidsHealth articles combine clear, explanatory information about health and wellness with practical advice about how our readers can apply this information day to day.
Games recipes and much more
www.kidshealth.org
Visit www.greatgrubclub.com for more fun games and activities
‘Living made easy for children’ consists of impartial advice and information for a parent/carer of a disabled child or a healthcare professional.
http://www.livingmadeeasy.org.uk/children/
‘ The "I Count" concept is designed to give a positive message and experience to children with disabilities and adults with learning disabilities who are recorded on the registers and databases run by Register Services.
http://www.i-count.org/
Dads’ Space and The 121 Space - No nonsense information and advice for dads, and a safe and secure environment for parents to keep in touch with separated children.
www.dads-space.com
A locally based social networking site connecting parents with each other.
www.netmums.com
An online community where dads can share ideas, find information and talk about the nitty-gritty issues of being a dad.
www.dadtalk.co.uk
Interactive parenting resources, support and a lively online community for single parents.
www.onespace.org.uk
An interactive service where couples can find out how to manage their relationship more positively.
www.thecoupleconnection.net
A website providing information, advice and support for grandparents, as well as a community where they can find friends and share ideas and problems.
www.begrand.net
Website containing videos that support parenting issues, which have been created for syndication and for use by family-facing organisations.
www.parentchannel.tv
Relates for parents is a unique and innovative set of online media tools designed to cater for parents' needs by providing advice, support, guidance and techniques to enable them to understand and improve their family relationships, manage conflict and make change happen.
www.relateforparents.org.uk