A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese in 10 short parts with video clips from the Real Chinese TV series. Each topic contains: a slideshow with the key language tips on pronunciation and grammar cultural notes a challenge videoclips from Real Chinese (broadband, UK only) a shorter videoc...
Ma France (BBC)
French video course for post-beginners. Bienvenue à Ma France ! Improve or brush up your basic French with the help of Stéphane Cornicard and 24 interactive video units. The films were shot around Lyons, the Alps and in Provence.
Open Culture: Foreign Language Collection
Learn 48 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More! This collection features lessons in 48 languages, including Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Italian, Russian and more. Download audio lessons to your computer or mp3 player and you're good to go.
Audible: Free stories for youth
Audible are providing free stories for young people during the coronavirus crisis.
Women Who Code London
Women Who Code is the largest and most active community of engineers dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. We envision a world where women are representative as technical executives, founders, VCs, board members, and software engineers. Our programs are designed to get you th...
Ladies Of Code
Ladies of Code celebrates and supports women and non-binary coders across Europe via our meetups, workshops and hack nights.
Open Textbooks
Free, adaptable, openly licensed textbooks and supplemental resources. Textbooks & resources are available for all educational levels. Higher Education Open Textbook subjects include: Applied Science Arts and Humanities Business and Communication Career and Technical Education Education ...
Open Culture
Download hundreds of free audio books, mostly classics, to your MP3 player or computer. You'll find great works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, by such authors as Twain, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Orwell, Vonnegut, Nietzsche, Austen, Shakespeare, Asimov, HG Wells & more. Also please see our relate...
LibriVox
Free public domain audiobooks. Read by volunteers from around the world. Read: libriVox audiobooks are read by volunteers from all over the world. Perhaps you would like to join us? Listen: LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or ...
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently ...
Crash Course
Crash Course is one of the best ways to educate yourself, your classmates, and your family on YouTube! With various witty hosts at your service, you won't even notice you're getting smarter. At Crash Course, we believe that high quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free. ...
Learn@Home
A resource for families with children of different ages & areas of interest As schools around the world close their buildings and families find themselves at home, we want to ensure that learning together continues. So we’re partnering with learning creators to bring parents & families reso...
cobar: Virtual workshops & online resources
codebar is a non-profit initiative that facilitates the growth of a diverse tech community by running regular programming workshops. Our goal is to enable underrepresented people to learn programming in a safe and collaborative environment and expand their career opportunities. To achieve this we r...
Adfam
Drug & alcohol use can threaten and ultimately destroy family relationships and wellbeing. We empower family members and carers, support frontline workers and influence decision-makers to stop this happening. Help for families: Understanding the issues You & your loved one Self-care &a...
UK Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Services
Welcome to recovery.org.uk – Providing you with the best and most up-to-date advice on recovery sources across the United Kingdom. If you, or someone you know, is suffering from alcohol or drug abuse dependency call us today to find out more on the treatments options available to you. Addiction is ...
Step Change
Free debt advice online These are worrying times. We offer free, impartial advice to help.
Fearless
Know something about crime? Use our secure online form to give us any information about crime 100% anonymously. Fearless is a site where you can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality. What makes this site different is we also provide you with a safe place to giv...
MeeTwo
MeeTwo helps you talk about difficult things. MeeTwo. A Safe Social Media Solution To Improve Wellbeing MeeTwo is an award winning free fully moderated app for young people, which provides peer support, expert help, inbuilt educational and creative resources as well as in app links to UK charities ...
CEOP
Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? If you have been a victim of sexual online abuse or you're worried this is happening to someone you know, let us know safely and securely. Visit our website to find out how to make a report to one o...
The Hideout
Women’s Aid have created this space to help young people understand domestic abuse, and how to take positive action if it’s happening to you. TeenSPEAK – have your say We have been inviting young people across the country to put their questions and suggestions about domestic violence to the most in...
IMAlive: An Online Crisis Chat
MALIVE is a service of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC), a nonprofit organization. Our focus is suicide intervention, prevention, awareness and education. We provide help and hope through online crisis chat, college campus and high school events and other educational programs. Depression is t...
Stop It Now
Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: our helpline is still open and taking calls as usual for anyone with concerns about child sexual abuse prevention. You can find out more about the helpline and our secure messaging service through the link provided and follow us on social media for updates. The confid...
Missing People
Worried about another young person? #SaySomething If you’re worried about your friend or someone else you know, there is lots of information on this site that could help you understand what is going on for them. In hard times, everyone needs a good friend. Being a good friend, listening and support...
Refuge - National Domestic Abuse Helpline
National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247 Supporting those who have experienced violence and abuse is at the core of everything we do. No matter what your experience – domestic violence, sexual violence, ‘honour’ based violence, forced marriage, FGM, human trafficking or modern slavery – we ar...
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
If you discover that you have a pregnancy that you feel you are unable to continue with, we will be here to support you to make a decision that is right for you. We are an independent healthcare charity which for more than 50 years, has been advocating and caring for women and couples who decide to ...
Marie Stopes
COVID-19 Guidance: We are open as usual and we are here if you need us (14 April 2020) Marie Stopes UK's priority is continuing to deliver care to the women who need us. Unless we have contacted to tell you otherwise, please be assured that your appointment is going ahead as normal. Brand-new TELE...
Respect Phoneline Covid-19 response
During lockdown or self-isolation, domestic abuse perpetrators are likely to escalate the abusive behaviours towards their partners. We understand this is a particularly challenging time and we are taking steps to ensure that domestic abuse perpetrators have access to our helpline support during the...
Switchboard
Welcome to Switchboard – the LGBT+ helpline – a place for calm words when you need them most. We’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits, and we understand how anxious you might feel before you pick up the phone. The Switchboard Promise To talk things thro...
Nightline
Nightline Association is the charity for Nightlines and exists to support, promote and develop Nightline services. Nightlines are confidential, anonymous, non-judgmental, non-directive and non-advisory support services run by students for students. Find your institution's Nightline and other suppor...
Kooth
Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people On Kooth you can Chat to our friendly counsellors Read articles written by young people Get support from the Kooth community Write in a daily journal Visit our website to access these services and discover more mental health resources....