Resource Hub

• Quit Ready have have advice and guidance about having a smoke-free home and car which helps to keep you, your family, and your pets healthy.

Turning Point have put together a 'vaping risks' leaflet, please find below

• Kick Ash Smoke Free/Vape Free Policy template can be found below.

• National Institute for Health care Excellence (NICE) offer guidance on smoking prevention in schools for both primary and secondary schools.

• NHS useful information on highlighting dangers of passive smoking to children.

https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/

• NSPCC information and advice on how to keep children safe and aware of the risks with underage drinking.

• Turning Point: This service has created an online app called My Turning Point.

• Drinkaware: here you can find a campaign toolkit on drink free days.
• Drink Aware - Provide support, information and advice about the impact of alcohol on you, your family or friends. Free webchat service available (hours vary). Call on 0300 123 1110.

Various toolkits, including for parents and educators, are provided giving advice for various supporters of children and young people suffering with eating disorders.

On this website Mind offer more information on eating problems, types of eating disorders, causes of eating problems, recovery & self-care and treatment and support.

The UK's eating disorder charity who provide additional information and support around eating disorders. In addition they also offer a helpline and one-to-one web chat service.

Frank a range of facts about drugs with access to A-Z list of drugs, news articles and support

Provided by the BBC for KS2/KS3, there is an animated video called 'Anorexia - Kirsty's story'. This resource could be used by teachers in PSHE sessions to start conversations about eating disorders.

Anorexia & bulimia care provide a free educational resource, Body Positive Schools, designed to support flexible teaching, with classroom activities, videos, group project ideas and whole school approaches to promoting body positive confidence and culture.

This toolkit provides information, from the perspective of children, young people and families who have experienced suicide on how to talk about suicide, self-care and best practice on what schools have done well to support.

This guide provides information for schools and colleges on prevention, intervention and postvention.

The ZSA have created an online video that aims to raise awareness of suicide prevention and give you the skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide.

The ZSA have created an online video that aims to raise awareness of suicide prevention and give you the skills and confidence to help someone who may be considering suicide.

R;pple is a digital tool, which if a user searches for harmful content online, they will first be guided through a filter of breathing exercises and then very simple, uncluttered and calmly presented strategies and forums, help lines and mental health services they can access both now and longer term:...

MindED (login required) have made a range of resources available to support schools with self-harm and suicide. This includes understanding self-harm and suicidal thinking, safety planning and post suicide bereavement.

As part of the programme delivered by the Start a Conversation team, the Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service shared a session on Managing Critical Incidents within Schools and other Educational Settings.

The Samaritans step by step service provides practical support to help schools prepare for and recover from a suspected or attempted suicide.

Developed by researchers at the University of Oxford, this guide includes information on the nature and causes of self-harm and how to support a young person for parents and carers.

This webpage provides advice to help understand why children and teenagers self-harm, and what you can do to support them.

Curriculum-linked classroom teaching resources provide fun activities with a dog themed context to engage your pupils and bring learning to life.

• Better Health - Health for Families: For a range of healthy eating recipes and physical activity resources created by the NHS for children.

• Food Standards Agency: A good home food fact checker providing information on how to store certain foods and answers household food safety questions.

• School Food Matters: Regular updates about food in schools, information about fruit and veg consumption and obesity.

• British Nutrition Foundation: have reliable information on nutrition, sustainable diets, diet for different life stages, health conditions and information around healthy eating week.
  

• Free schools meals: find information on who can get free school meals in Leicestershire and how to apply.