If you need help with a mental health crisis or emergency, please visit the Frimley Healthier Together website for crisis services for children and young people.
Good mental health allows us to cope with life’s ups and downs.
No matter how difficult life can feel at times, there is a range of local NHS and voluntary support services available for children and young people to support their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Support is available from a range of children mental health specialists, and includes face-to-face and virtual sessions, advice via text and phone lines.
To find mental health support, visit the Frimley Healthier Together website. It provides a list of mental health services and information to support you as a young person. It also offers resources for both parents and carers.
Poem to a parent - written and performed by young people
Supporting a young person’s mental health can often feel daunting but there is help out there for them and for you.
We have been talking to local young people and hearing their ideas for providing better support. One thing they have highlighted to us is the need for a mental health awareness campaign aimed at parents and carers.
Young people have consistently shared that parents and carers can help them to access the support they need but too often they can be a barrier to that support.
Listening to this, NHS Frimley worked in partnership with local young people through the charity Together As One and film company Resource Productions, to use poetry and filmmaking to express messages that young people told us are important and to provide a platform to share their views to parents and carers in the local community.
Enjoy the video Poem to a parent.
Little Blue Book of Sunshine
The #LittleBlueBookOfSunshine written with the help of young people aims to help teenagers by sharing lots of tips on how to deal with many problems, such as anxiety, body image, relationships and anger. It also includes information about where to get help when they need it. Anyone can sometimes feel down, worried or anxious because of a variety of situations like lockdown, school, family or friends. The #littlebluebookofsunshine explains some of the thing's teenagers can do right now to feel better, and who to turn to if things feel too much.
Berkshire edition (opens as a PDF)
You can also download a copy of the Berkshire version to your phone:
Transition pack - after CAMHS
The following transition guide is intended to help get you or your child ready for the next steps in adult mental health services after CAMHS.
Transition guide 18-25 years. (opens as a PDF)
#Coping guides
To support the wellbeing of children and young people, we have put together some concise guides for parents and carers and for children and young people themselves.
The guides list some of the best reliable and free sources of information and advice to help children and young people and their families to cope.
Click on the relevant section below and then select the area you live in.
East Berkshire (opens as a PDF)
North East Hampshire (opens as a PDF)
Surrey Heath and Farnham (opens as a PDF)
East Berkshire (opens a PDF)
North East Hampshire (opens a PDF)
Farnham and Surrey Heath (opens a PDF)