Resource Hub

Free guides and workbooks for professionals, parents, young people and others interested in mental wellbeing.

Talking Mental Health is an animation and accompanying teacher toolkit designed to help begin conversations about mental health in the classroom and beyond.

The Talk PANTS campaign helps parents of 4-11 year-olds keep their children safe from abuse. Like the Green Cross Code, it takes a potentially tricky subject and gives parents the tools to talk about it in an engaging and age-appropriate way.

Dental Buddy is a programme that provides educational resources for Early Years' Education, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. These include activity sheets, lesson plans and interactive presentations, all of which are freely downloadable.

This toolkit provides a variety of lesson ideas and plans to run with young people to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing.

This range of lesson resources from Better Health, Healthier Families (formerly Change 4 Life) provides ideas for teachers on lesson delivery from Healthy eating & cooking to Keeping our teeth healthy.

Lesson plan, classroom activities and teacher support developed by Leicestershire County Council's Quit Ready Leicestershire smoking cessation service, to educate children and young people about the risks of vaping, the law and impact on the environment.

The PSHE Association offers a wealth of support for teachers including health and emotional wellbeing guidance, and lesson plans and PowerPoints for key stages 1-4.

Through the school zone the public health England team have provided a range of resources across several mental health and wellbeing topics, including building connections and transition to secondary school.

Useful links and sources of mental health support for children and young people, parents, carers, and school and college staff to get the advice and help they need.

The Samaritans have developed DEAL – this stands for developing emotional awareness and listening. DEAL includes lesson plans, activities, hand-outs, digital resources, teachers' notes and staff training materials.

• BBC - Operation Ouch: This short (28 minute) TV episode explores more about our teeth including why they are different shapes and sizes.

The video demonstrates effective tooth brushing at home for children aged 7 years and older. This video had been created with support from the Institute of Dentistry at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London.

• Dr Ranj: Well known TV doctor and CBBC children's presenter, Dr Ranj, has made this age related video to help children, aged 7+, brush their teeth correctly.