We place huge importance on supporting all our students in managing their mental health and wellbeing at UCC, and believe it is essential to facilitate students to develop resilience to optimise this. Supporting students to achieve good attendance at school and to develop the skills to manage their wellbeing in a positive way is something we value greatly.
Form Tutors are the first point of contact for all students keen to access support around any worries or mental health and wellbeing concerns. our Health Hub is also open each school day for students to access support around this too.
On this page you will find a list of resources we have put together for parents keen to find out more about specialist services that can support their children around this.
World Mental Health Day – Friday 10 October 2025 –
World Mental Health Day – Friday 10 October 2025 –
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- ADHD
- Advice
- Barnardos
- Bereavement
- Cancer Support
- Every Life Matters
- Families in Mind
- Kooth
- LGBTQIA+
- Our Time
- Self harm
- Step by Step
- Young Minds
ADHD and You
Helpful information for anyone with ADHD and their families.
ADDISS
An information and support service for anyone with ADHD and their families.
ADHD Foundation
Tel: 0151 541 9020
Offers support and advice to anyone with ADHD and their families.
ADDitude
A website providing information, webinars, and resources for young people with ADHD, their families, and professionals.
What to do if your child tells you they’re struggling? Click here
For some tips on how to talk to your children about mental health click here
An online mental wellbeing community for individuals in the farming or agricultural community which offers free, safe and anonymous support. Individuals can access this as often as they want as a source of advice. To register for this see above link. Resources offered include articles, discussion boards, a message and live chat service with a member of their team and a daily journal facility.
- RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute)
- Provide confidential support to past and present farmers as well as agricultural workers and their dependents. Counselling for those aged over 18 is available free of charge via their free-phone 24/7 helpline 0800 188 4444. Alternatively, they can be reached via email at: help@rabi.org.uk
UCC can make referrals to the Barnardos link service who work in school supporting students.
You can also visit their website; https://www.barnardos.org.uk/
Mrs Higgins runs a drop in service for any student affected by bereavement. This enables students to discuss their difficulties and find out about options of support available to them in the wider community. Mrs Higgins will also liaise with parents and teaching staff around this where appropriate.
Parents are also able to refer their child to Child Bereavement UK, which helps families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves. They support children and young people (up to the age of 25) and can be contacted via their helpline, the number for which is 0800 028 8840. There is more information available about this service at: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
The Osborne Trust
Supporting children and young people across the UK whose parent have a cancer diagnosis, are receiving cancer treatment, have seen a cancer recurrence, died from cancer and beyond.
Hope Support Services
Helping young people aged 5 to 25 when a loved one has a serious illness via a safe, monitored Facebook group to meet and share with peers in similar situations or through secure online one-to-one support sessions with Hope’s qualified and experienced professionals. They also sign post to other local services where necessary to provide help source optimum support.
Cancer Care Map
An online resource which aims to help people living with cancer find care and support services in their local area. It is run by cancer charity, The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund.
Every Life Matters is offering a free online course for parents and carers on how best we can support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. This can be accessed through Eventbrite
Furthermore, students who experience issues with self-harm can access a support group via https://www.selfharm.co.uk/.
If you are concerned about your child’s wellbeing, especially if this is impacting their attendance at school, you might want to consider engaging with the Families in Mind programme available from Carlisle and Eden Mind to support parents.
Details of this, and Kooth can be found at the following links:
https://cemind.org/our-services/children-and-young-people-services/
All UCC students also have access to Kooth which is an online counselling service. Children and young people can access free counselling online via Kooth at home and in school.
www.kooth.com
They also offer great resources for parents/carers;
Resource Hub
LinkTree
Parent/Carer Resource Pack
FAQ Guide to Kooth for parents and carers
Young Muslims and mental health
Contact: parents@kooth.com
UCC is a very inclusive school, we run a #notinourschool initiative against any kind of prejudice.
Ms Bardy also runs the EDI group that meets weekly, and more recently the Gay Club.
And we’re constantly researching different support resources for students and parents, some of which can be found below;
LGBT HQ Cumbria – https://www.lgbthq.org.uk/
Fflag – Support for parents and families – https://www.fflag.org.uk/
Mermaid – Supporting the LGBT community and their families – https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
Outreach – Cumbria’s main service provider – https://www.outreachcumbria.co.uk/
They offer help for children of parents with a mental illness.
ALUMINA
Providing free online self-harm support for 10-17 year olds. Alumina offers a free online 7 week course for young people struggling with self-harm. Each course has up to 8 UK based young people – all accessing sessions from their own phones, tablets or laptops. Courses take place on different evenings of the week, run by friendly, trained counsellors and volunteer youth workers. Students can self-refer and no-one sees or hears attendees during sessions. They aim to help teens find their next steps towards recovery, wherever they are on their journey.
Offering free counselling for young adults (11 to 25)