Skylight: Useful websites for young people

Useful websites for young people

You can check out these VIDEO CLIPS on YouTube of young people who've faced tough times

These links are for young people facing tough times. There’s quite a range here. Have a look through to see if there’s one you might find helpful for your situation.

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Youthline - support for young people facing crisis
http://www.youthline.co.nz
Kidsline - info and telephone counselling for children age 9 to 13 years old
http://www.kidsline.org.nz
Whatsup - a counselling phone line for 5 - 18 yrs, available 12noon - midnight, 7 days a week, with trained counsellors taking the calls. http://www.whatsup.co.nz
Urge/Whakamanawa - a youth health and life issue information service
http://www.urge.co.nz
Sibs Encounter - online support group for brothers and sisters of people with disabilities
http://www.sibspace.org
Attitude - a NZ website 'for your head' tackling youth issues in your everyday life
http://www.attitude.org.nz
Reach Out - Australian youth site, award winning and full of helpful information about many youth issues
http://www.reachout.com.au
The Word - questions answered about sex, life and relationships
http://www.theword.org.nz
Trippin' - created by Taranaki youth to help figure out what's going on when your life feels a bit 'out of it'
http://www.trippin.co.nz
Young Minds - UK charity committed to supporting the mental health of all children and young people
http://www.youngminds.org.uk
Teenage Grief Centre - providing expertise for those giving grief support to bereaved teens (USA)
http://www.smartlink.net/~tag/
RD4U - for young people by young people, after the death of someone close
http://www.rd4u.org.uk
Canteen - support to young cancer patients, their families and friends
http://www.canteen.org.nz
Riprap - for young people when a parent has cancer
http://www.riprap.org.uk
Brave Kids – for kids with chronic, life threatening illness or disabilities
http://bravekids.org/
Starbright - for kids and teens living with serious illnesses can connect
http://www.starbright.org/projects/sbworld/
Growing Up With Medical Problems - for kids and teens
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/
Puzzles, pictures and paper airplanes - What do we do when our parents get sick?
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/book/puzzles.htm
No Bully - info for kids and parents about bullying
http://www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully
Young Carers - a site for teens caring for someone ill or disabled http://youngcarers.net.au
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