Advice and support

Help to pay for essential education-related costs for 16 to 19 year olds at the start of the academic year and in further education or training. Cannot apply if studying at university.   The Bursary Fund can help pay for costs like:equipment for courseslunchtransport to and from school or…

Action for Children helps more than 300,000 children, young people, parents and carers through 650 projects across the UK. We also promote social justice by lobbying and campaigning for change. Today, Action for Children is the leading UK provider of family and community centres, children's…

Al-Anon Family Groups UK & Eire is there for anyone whose life is or has been affected by someone else's drinking. Find local meetings in your area - https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/find-a-meeting/?county=kent

Resources for children, young people, parents, carers and professionals on bullying.

Provides confidential, impartial, independent and free of charge mediation services in Ashford.

Brook helps more than 250,000 young people every year to make positive and healthy lifestyle choices and to improve their personal health and emotional wellbeing. Brook provides sexual health services and education across the UK for young people under 25, plus a range of training…

ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor about anything - no problem is too big or too small. Call free on 0800 1111, have a 1-2-1 chat online or send…

Safe is a youth-led project, which aims to raise awareness of mental health, reduce suicide breaking down, stigma, getting young people to talk about their feelings, recognise the danger signs and to seek support, if and when they need it.