SEND Directory

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity, fighting for a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health. It provides help and advice for young people, their parents, and professionals working with them.

Help and advice for young people:

• Mental health conditions
• Feelings
• Coping with life
• Supporting a friend
• Medications 
• Guide to getting mental health support

Help and advice for parents:

Good Thinking is an online service that supports Londoners to look after their mental health and wellbeing to tackle anxiety, stress, low mood, sleep problems and other concerns.

Available 24/7 on any device and completely anonymous, Good Thinking provides a range of resources to help Londoners improve their mental wellbeing, including:

Shout provides free, confidential support 24/7 via text.

Shout is the UK's first free 24/7 texting service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It is available in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer.

Their website also offers a range of online resources and support, including:

• Autism and mental health
• Deafness and mental health
• Bullying and mental health
• Exam results and mental health
• LGBTQ+ and mental health

Kooth is a free, safe, and anonymous online mental health and wellbeing service available to all young people in Haringey aged 11-25. 

The UK's leading charity for autistic people and their families provides support, guidance, advice, and more.

Their advice and guidance section has a wide range of information about autism, including diagnosis, behaviour, communication, loneliness, sensory differences, mental health, benefits and money, education, and more.

• Visit the National Autistic Society website

We provide careers information, advice and guidance. We can help you make decisions at all stages in your career.

Free courses to help you learn new skills or change jobs. Including general skills that apply to all sectors and more specialised skills.

The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) is a charity that supports parents across the UK and the Channel Islands on their journey through pregnancy, birth, infant feeding, and early parenthood.

They provide information for parents, courses and workshops, local activities, meet-ups and more.

The Children's Community Nursing Service is an NHS-run service of highly trained and experienced paediatric nurses who care for babies, children, and young people (aged 0-16) who live in Haringey and the N postcodes of Enfield.

The nurses visit children at home to deliver nursing care to children with both long-term and acute conditions. They work closely with allied professionals such as dieticians, community paediatricians, psychologists, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, school nurses, and social workers.

Services include:

The Haringey School Nursing Service is an NHS-run service of Registered School Nurses, Registered Community Nurses and School Nurse Assistants.