Health and Well-being

Welcome to Health and Well-being section, which aims to highlight a range of issues relating to your emotional and physical health, and to signpost you to local and national organisations that can assist with any questions and problems you may have with regards to that topic.

Emotional health and well- being

Young Minds

Information about mental health and emotional well-being. Downloadable podcasts with advice on various sensitive issues.

www.youngminds.org.uk/

Sort Out Stress

Advice for young men and first hand stories of young men dealing with difficult times

www.sortoutstress.co.uk

The Calm Zone

Encourages young men to open up and talk about their worries

www.thecalmzone.net

Facts of life

Everything you need to know about growing up, puberty, emotional and physical changes, and what it means to be in your teens.

www.factsoflife.org.uk

South London Family Centre

Family mediation, home and school mediation, counselling

www.southlondonfamilycentre.org.uk

Self harm resource

Information resource for young people who self-harm.

www.selfharm.org.uk

Health for Looked After Children

Health for Looked after Children (and not only), how to eat healthily and other health tips.

www.get2know.org.uk

Alcohol and drugs

www.southlive.org.uk

Talk to Frank

Support around drugs and alcohol issues

www.talktofrank.com

Sport and fitness

www.lambeth.gov.uk/

Sex and relationships

Information about all aspects of sex education and teenage life. Topics include: teenage pregnancy, help and advice, periods, lovebugs (sexually transmitted infections), sex, peer pressure, sexuality, contraception, emergency contraception and puberty.

www.likeitis.org.uk

RU Thinking

Independent sex and relationship website. Visit the Lad Pad or Lady Lounge.

www.ruthinking.co.uk

Brook

Comprehensive information about sexual health.

www.brook.org.uk

Healthy eating

Information on eating disorders.

www.b-eat.co.uk

Teenage Health Freak

Everything you ever wanted to know about growing up

www.teenagehealthfreak.org

Disability and the arts

www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/Arts/
ProjectsNetworks/Disability.htm

The Children’s Society

Support to children and young people in need around their physical, mental and emotional development.

www.the-childrens-society.org.uk

Young People Matter

Support and guidance for young people by young people in Lambeth; career guidance, personal mentoring & self-development, after school clubs, sexual education, health & relationships, free workshops and more.

profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=17548399

LambethMind

Website to enable people with experience of mental distress, and their allies, to access useful services and support and to make informed choices

www.lambethmind.org.uk

Lambeth Primary Care Trust

www.lambethpct.nhs.uk

Immunisation for life

The most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK.

www.immunisation.nhs.uk