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Safeguarding and Wellbeing
At CT Skills, we’re dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming learning environment. Our mission is to support learners, employers, parents, and guardians while promoting awareness of key topics that ensure everyone feels safe, valued, and respected.
How We Can Help
Our Safeguarding and Wellbeing team can offer advice, guidance and support around:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Online Safety
Safeguarding
Prevent
Zero Tolerance
AI Safety
National Support Helplines
If you or someone you know is facing challenges, support is available. Below you’ll find trusted national resources offering confidential help for mental health, wellbeing, and essential needs. These services are free and accessible to anyone in need—please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Samaritans
Offering confidential emotional support for anyone experiencing distress, feeling overwhelmed, or at risk. Open 365 days a year, 24/7.
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Contact number: 116 123
Shout
Is a free, confidential and 24/7 text messaging service for anyone in the UK who needs support. If you are struggling to cope and need to talk, their trained Shout Volunteers are available for you.
Text the word ‘Shout’ to: 85258
Emergency Food and Shelter
Shelter
Offering advice and support services on a one-to-one, personalised help with housing issues and homelessness. You can email, webchat, call or text.
Trussel
Provide local foodbanks (providing three days of food) via their website.
Citizens Advice
Offering practical, up-to-date information and solutions for complex personal problems.
Local Councils
Find the website for your local council.
Money and Debt Advice
Money Helper
However you decide to get in touch, they can help and you’ll always talk to a real person. You can call, WhatsApp, webchat or email.
Step Change
Offering free debt advice, and a range of solutions, tools and resources for people across the UK who are worried about money.
Domestic Abuse
Refuge
Are a service for women and children experiencing domestic violence, they can help you to understand your options and support you to make any decisions about the future.
Contact them on freephone, 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Respect
Information Hub was created to help you find contacts to your local male victim’s domestic abuse service, access refuges / safe houses for male victims, and find a range of services offering specialised support for other areas of need including housing and homelessness, immigration, mental health and wider.
Advice Line: 0808 801 0327
Young People (aged 16-25)
The Mix
Offering free, confidential support, expert advice and a welcoming community, all designed with and for young people. Whether you need help with mental health, relationships,
work, money or anything else, you’ll find it here — whenever you need it.
Contact number: 0808 808 4994
Young Minds
Available to help, whether you want to understand how you’re feeling, find ways to feel better, or support someone who's struggling, they are there to help.
