Mental health helplines and services for young people in Hammersmith and Fulham

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Kids Can Achieve has a family service that provides free one-to-one and group support to the parents and carers of children with a special educational need or disability. Your parents or carers can get help with things like benefits, housing, and emotional support – you don’t need a diagnosis. If you have a learning disability, your family might be able to get a small grant too. Kids Can Achieve also runs clubs and activities in Harrow, but these cost money – they can help you work out if the council or NHS can help you pay for you.

The Youth Development Project offers workshops, social activities, and clubs. The activities help young people who are autistic or have a learning disability to have fun, meet new people, and develop skills.

The Community Advocacy Service has advocates who can help people to understand their rights, express their wishes, and figure out complex systems. The service helps people with a mental health condition, disability, or learning disability, and people who are autistic. Advocates can’t offer legal advice or counselling.

An online platform that offers one-to-one online chats with mental health professionals. You can chat to a professional when the chat is open, but you can explore the other parts of Kooth all the time.

WorkWell helps people who have a health issue that makes it hard to find or stay in a job. A coach can help you make a plan that fits your goals, including finding jobs that interest you and building skills you need for work. You might get advice from occupational health or employment experts or from other local services too.

Respond offers therapy to young people and adults who have experienced trauma and are autistic or have a learning disability. There are some free spaces available, but the website has information about applying for funding if you can’t get a free space. Respond also offers family support, but there are no free spaces for this.

A helpline that gives advice and support to people with a learning disability and their families and carers. They can advise on things like social care, safeguarding, benefits, and housing. They are not a crisis service.

A helpline giving advice and support on issues that matter to disabled people and their families. They can help with things like benefits, social care, housing, equipment, and working.

Weekly sessions for LGBTQ+ young people near Warren Street/Camden town. You can make new friends, sign up for (and help create) workshops, and join the Culture Club, which provides free or discounted trips to LGBTQ+-related cultural experiences like theatre shows and exhibitions.