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What is Youth in Mind?
Youth in Mind is a partnership of six mental health and wellbeing services that provide one-to-one support and group support to children and young people aged 5 to 19 and up to 25 with additional needs.
Youth in Mind can help with:
- feeling worried
- feeling low in mood
- going to school
- building self confidence
- exploring your identity
How can I access the Youth in Mind services?
- Check the age and location criteria for the services first.
- Once you know which service you would like please use the form below and select your first choice of service on the dropdown menu
Parents, carers and professionals please use this form:
Children and young people please use this form:
Youth in Mind services
These services are accepting new referrals:
Buddies
Who provides this service?
Buddies is provided by Bradford Youth Service.
Who can access this service?
- Young people at Secondary School, aged 11 to 19 and up to 25 with additional needs
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in Bradford district
How can Buddies provide support?
Buddies provides virtual, community, and school-based support to children and young people experiencing difficulties with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. One-to-one and peer support groups are available for up to 12 weeks.
Buddies use a Youth Work Methodology to support and are child-led in their approach. This means support could be something holistic such as going down to a field to play football. Whatever makes the young person feel comfortable to open up and start discussing what is causing them distress.
How can I get support from Buddies?
Fill in one of the forms below, if it’s for you complete the pink form, if you’re referring someone else for support complete the blue form. Make sure you select ‘Buddies’ on the dropdown menu.
Hospital Buddies
Who provides this service?
Hospital Buddies is provided by Mind in Bradford.
Who can access this service?
Children and young people aged 5-19 who are in hospital at Bradford Royal Infirmary or Airedale General
How can Hospital Buddies provide support?
Hospital Buddies provides support to children and young people on the children’s wards and in A&E at Bradford Royal Infirmary and Airedale General Hospital.
Support from Hospital Buddies is available seven days a week.
Wellbeing Workers on the wards support children and young people with issues ranging from anxiety around an operation, coming to terms with a chronic health diagnosis, to mental health admissions and crisis.
This service is delivered in partnership with the hospital ward staff and CAMHS to ensure children and young people get the best wrap around care whilst in hospital.
How can I get support from Hospital Buddies?
There is no referral process as this is support is available whilst the child or young person is in hospital.
Inspire Young and Healthy People
Who provides this service?
Inspire Young and Healthy People is provided by Inspired Neighbourhoods.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 5-13
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in postcodes starting with BD1 up to BD9, not including BD4 or BD6
How can Inspired Young and Healthy People provide support?
Nurture Group support and one-to-one support for 6 to 12 weeks in Primary and Secondary schools.
The support is based on attachment theory and takes a person-centred approach to early intervention support for social, emotional and mental health.
How can I get support from Inspired Young and Healthy People?
Fill in one of the forms below, if it’s for you complete the pink form, if you’re referring someone else for support complete the blue form. Make sure you select ‘Inspired Young and Healthy People’ on the dropdown menu.
M.A.G.I.C
Who provides this service?
M.A.G.I.C is provided by Brathay.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 5-11.
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in Bradford District.
How can M.A.G.I.C provide support?
M.A.G.I.C is a flexible one-to-one support service for children young people experiencing difficulties with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
M.A.G.I.C uses an integrated coaching and mentoring approach to follow the lead of the children and young people they are supporting.
Allowing them to explore their inner world at a pace that is safe for them and giving them an opportunity to unpack difficult emotions that may be holding them back from reaching their full potential.
How can I get support from M.A.G.I.C?
Fill in one of the forms below, if it’s for you complete the pink form, if you’re referring someone else for support complete the blue form. Make sure you select ‘M.A.G.I.C’ on the dropdown menu.
Mighty Minds
Mighty Minds is provided by SELFA.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 5-19 and up to 25 with additional needs
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in Craven
How can Mighty Minds provide support?
A combination of one-to-one and group support for children and young people experiencing difficulties with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. Mighty Minds helps with building confidence in recognising emotions and developing positive ways to manage them.
One-to-one support
6 to 12 sessions of one-to-one support are available with a mentor who will help the young person to build positive coping strategies.
Group support
The group support is a 10-week programme aimed at developing emotional intelligence including topics such as:
- What is mental health?
- Managing anger
- Communicating our needs
How can I get support from Mighty Minds?
Fill in one of the forms below, if it’s for you complete the pink form, if you’re referring someone else for support complete the blue form. Make sure you select ‘Mighty Minds’ on the dropdown menu.
These services have temporarily closed their waiting lists:
Know Your Mind
We regret to announce that Mind in Bradford must temporarily close our waiting lists for support from the Know Your Mind and Know Your Mind Plus services. This means we cannot accept new referrals for those services for now.
Who provides this service?
Know Your Mind is delivered by Mind in Bradford.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 with additional needs
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in postcodes starting with BD1 up to BD9, not including BD4 or BD6
How can Know Your Mind provide support?
Know Your Mind provides one-to-one and group support to children and young people struggling with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
Community Wellbeing Workers use a flexible, goals-based and child-led approach to delivering support at children and young people’s homes, in their local community, at school or at our office base in BD1.
How can I get support from Know Your Mind?
Waiting list temporarily closed
Awareness Sessions and Training
Know Your Mind deliver Mental Health Awareness Sessions for children and young people in assemblies, classes and groups. They also deliver mental health awareness training for people who work with children and young people such as teachers and pastoral staff, third sector professionals and sports coaches.
For more information on the Awareness Sessions and Training please get in touch:
Resources
Resources: Know Your Mind leaflet
Know Your Mind Plus
We regret to announce that Mind in Bradford must temporarily close our waiting lists for support from the Know Your Mind and Know Your Mind Plus services. This means we cannot accept new referrals for those services for now.
Who provides this service?
Know Your Mind Plus is delivered by Mind in Bradford.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 5-19 and up to 25 with additional needs
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in Keighley, Holme Wood or Buttershaw
How can Know Your Mind Plus provide support?
Know Your Mind Plus provides one-to-one and group support to children and young people struggling with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing.
Community Wellbeing Workers use a flexible, goals-based and child-led approach to delivering support at children and young people’s homes, in their local community, at school or at our office base in BD1.
How can I get support from Know Your Mind?
Waiting list temporarily closed
Awareness Sessions and Training
Know Your Mind Plus deliver Mental Health Awareness Sessions for children and young people in assemblies, classes and groups. They also deliver mental health awareness training for people who work with children and young people such as teachers and pastoral staff, third sector professionals and sports coaches.
For more information on the Awareness Sessions and Training please get in touch:
Resources
Resources: Know Your Mind Plus leaflet
Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
We regret to announce that Mind in Bradford must temporarily close our waiting lists for support from the WRAP service. This means we cannot accept new referrals for those services for now.
Who provides this service?
WRAP support is provided by Barnardo’s.
Who can access this service?
- Children and young people aged 5-19 and up to 25 with additional needs
- You must live, go to school in, or attend a GP surgery in Bradford district
How can WRAP provide support?
WRAP support is provided by Barnardo’s. WRAP support is provided through a 10-week programme for young people experiencing difficulties with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. WRAP groups offer a safe and fun space to make friends, play games, do art work and enjoy good mood foods. WRAP explores how to feel better, stay well, cope with difficult times and challenging feelings and achieve goals.
How can I get support from WRAP?
Waiting list temporarily closed
Local helplines for children and young people
Here are some local helplines and live chat services for children, young people, parents and carers that you can use right away.
Safe Spaces crisis support
Children and young people can call First Response to be referred to Safe Spaces for in-person or telephone crisis support.
24hr helpline
Call First Response on 08009 521 181
Guide-Line
For children, young people and adults living in Bradford District and Craven. Referral to Safe Spaces available by calling Guide-Line.
8am – midnight
Call us on 08001 884 884 or chat to us online.
West Yorkshire 24 hour mental health helpline
For anyone aged 18 and over who is registered with a GP in Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees, Wakefield and Barnsley.
24 hours a day
Call 0800 183 0558
Night OWLS
For children, young people, their parents and carers, living in West Yorkshire
8pm-8am
Call 0800 1488 244 or Text 07984 392700
Teen Connect
For people aged 11+ (for teens and parents calling about teens) living in Leeds or WF3, WF10, BD4, or BD11.
3:30pm-2am Mon-Fri, 6pm-2am over the weekend
Call 0808 800 1212 or Text 07984 355251
Connect
For people aged 18+ living in Leeds or WF3, WF10, BD4, or BD11.
6pm-2am.
Call 0808 800 1212
Self-help resources
Healthy Mind’s has a section on their website where you can find resources and support available locally in Bradford and Craven:
Healthy Minds – Children & Young People
Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community for children and young people:
Young Minds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents:
Coping with Anxiety Assembly
Chloe from the Know Your Mind team delivered a 10-minute webinar on Coping with Anxiety.
You are free to use this resource for groups of children and young people.
Youth in Mind review
A resource area for professionals and partners to read about our Youth in Mind review which was commissioned in 2022 and carried out by Leeds Beckett University.
Access the full report, summary of findings and video recordings from our presentation event here.
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