How LifeSkills can support you Are you ready to think about the areas you might like to develop in further? Spin the Wheel of Strengths and reflect on not only your skills, but your interests and personality traits, and how to develop them further to support your future. On our site you’ll find j...
Helping Your Child Deal With Death
When a loved one dies, children feel and show their grief in different ways. How kids cope with the loss depends on things like their age, how close they felt to the person who died, and the support they receive. Things parents can do to help a child who has lost a loved one are explained via the l...
Onside Youth Zone At Home
Young people need support now more than ever. In this new reality of self-isolation, young people need support now more than ever. OnSide Youth Zones across the country are reaching out to them, letting them know they still matter and we are here for them just as we were when our doors are open. To...
Calm Harm (App)
Worried about self-harm? Download the free Calm Harm app Featured on NHS Apps Library The urge to self-harm is like a wave. It feels the most powerful when you start wanting to do it. Learn to ride the wave with the free Calm Harm app using these activities: Comfort, Distract, Express Yourself,...
SANE
SANE provides emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness, including families, friends and carers. Our mental health support services are confidential. We offer non-judgemental and compassionate emotional support. Our team of mental health professionals and tr...
Shout
Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help. Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, anonymous text support service. You can text from wherever you are i...
Mental health helplines & Websites
Whether you're concerned about yourself or a loved one, these helplines and support groups can offer expert advice. Please click the link provided for further details and contact information. Anxiety UK Bipolar UK CALM Men's Health Forum Mental Health Foundation Mind No Panic OCD Action ...
IBM Skills Gateway
The IBM training and certifications offers you the ability to earn credentials to demonstrate your expertise. It is designed to validate your skills and capability to perform role-related tasks and activities at a specified level of competence. IBM Learning Journeys: A learning journey is a curate...
IBM Skills
At IBM, we believe that curiosity is the foundation of learning. That is why our free online programs and courses give you the tools to explore new ideas, topics, and careers so that you can reach your full potential, anytime, anywhere.
Youth MOOCs and Free Online Courses
MOOC List is a website where you can find Free Online Courses and MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) offered by the best universities around the world.
TED Ed
Teaching or learning from home? TED-Ed is working with expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world to create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free. You can browse our site to find talks on a wide range of topics.
Khan Academy
For every student, every classroom. Real results. We’re here for you with free resources to keep everyone learning. Join Khan Academy to get personalized help with what you’re studying or to learn something completely new. We’ll save all of your progress.
edX
Free Online Courses by Harvard, MIT, & more Access 2500+ Online Courses from 140 Institutions.
Reed: Free and £10 Courses
Taking a course doesn't have to be costly, and reed.co.uk features a wide range of Free courses, as well as courses that are currently reduced from up to £1000 down to £10 each as part of a government upskilling scheme, including classroom based courses, online courses and distance Learning courses. ...
Future Learn: Short online courses
Is coronavirus affecting your education or work? Explore online courses to continue studying, build professional skills, and connect with experts. Business & Management Creative Arts & Media Nature & Environment Politics & Society Literature Healthcare & Medicine Science...
OpenLearn
Free Online Learning from The Open University All our free courses: Health, Sports & Psychology Education & Development History & The Arts Languages Money & Business Nature & Environment Science, Maths & Technology Society, Politics & Law
Duolingo
The best new way to learn a language. Gamification poured into every lesson. Personalized learning: Duolingo lessons adapt to your learning style. Exercises are tailored to help you learn and review vocabulary effectively. Receive immediate grading: Instantly see which answers you get correct. W...
NHS Advice for Everyone
Visit our website to find information on the following: Stay at home to stop coronavirus spreading How to stop infection spreading Looking after your health and wellbeing What to do if you need medical help Pregnancy advice
Redthread
At Redthread we work shoulder to shoulder with NHS colleagues. Since beginning our Youth Violence Intervention Programme at Kings College Hospital 15 years ago, we’ve been in emergency departments reaching young victims of violence and helping them to recover and turn their lives around. Covid-19 a...
Free 2 Learn: Online Courses
Free2Learn provides free training courses for those in unemployment to help them apply for, secure, and maintain employment. Free2learn is closely monitoring the advice given by the Government regarding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). At this point, although some of our centres will be physically close...
NAZ: Counselling for BAME Adults (Available via phone, Skype or video call)
NAZ provides counselling and psychotherapy to those experiencing difficulties with their sexuality, relationships and sexual health. We work with adults, and specialise in working with people from BAME communities. Our counsellors have a range of languages and backgrounds What we can offer Our co...
Movement to Work: Free Online Learning Programmes
Movement to Work offers two free online learning programmes to develop your employability skills. These programmes are free to join, easily accessible and can be used at any time. The Skills to Succeed Academy is a free, interactive, online employability training programme focused on building the s...
Al-Anon Family Groups
Al-Anon Family Groups offers free and inclusive meetings for the benefit of the relatives and friends of drinkers. Given the recent outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) we wanted to reassure you that Al-Anon Family Groups is still available to provide support to anyone whose life is, or has been, affe...
COVID-19 advice in 34 languages
Doctors of the World are really pleased to be able to share with you Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for patients in 34 languages, which were produced in partnership with the British Red Cross, Migrant Help and Clear Voice: The complete list: English, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulg...
HOPELINEUK
HOPELINEUK advisers want to work with you to understand why these thoughts of suicide might be present. They also want to provide you with a safe space to talk through anything happening in your life that could be impacting on your or anyone else’s ability to stay safe. For children and young peo...
Self-Care for Young People
Self-care is about the things we can do to look after our own mental health Young people told us that when they are struggling they are usually told to see a professional. They don’t often get much advice about how they could help themselves. So, we spoke to professionals and looked at academic res...
Supporting Young People's Mental Health During Periods Of Disruption
There is much that each one of us can do to support the wellbeing of those in our lives, including children and young people who may already be vulnerable or suffering from mental health difficulties. We don't know whether the coronavirus situation will impact on children and young people's mental h...
The Brokerage
We’re a Social Mobility Charity, helping young people in London to learn about and access jobs in the financial, professional and related services (banking, insurance, corporate law, accountancy and related firms such as tech). To be eligible candidates need to be: Currently studying A levels (or...
Grief Encounter
Does this sound familiar? Time’s a great healer Are you better now? Pull yourself together Don’t be sad all the time Life will get back to normal soon Go back to school and get on with it Let’s go out clubbing and have fun Nothing is the same after the death of a parent, brother or sister....
GroOops Dyslexia Aware Counselling
We provide 1-1 counselling, coaching, groupwork, supervision and training addressing dyslexia related issues, either at our North London base; by Skype or by referral via our GroOops Dyslexia Aware Emotional Wellbeing and Counselling Network. We can provide keynote speeches, lectures and workshops w...