Diversity and Wellbeing in Youth Friendly Coventry

Are you a young person in Youth Friendly Coventry looking for support? Find mental health, BAME and additional needs resources below.

Disability and Special Education Needs

You may be interested in finding out more information regarding your next steps. Your local college can provide advice and guidance. To find out your nearest college and for more information visit collegeswestmidlands.org.uk.

Hereward College is a large college who specialises in offering a range of innovative courses for young people with disabilities and additional needs, including Supported Internships.

Coventry Job Shop have a specialised team to support people with disabilities and additional needs to access further training and employment, including a Supported Internship programme run with University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire and University of Warwick.

Ambitious about Autism helps to support young people with Autism into employment.

BAME support

The Coventry Job Shop have programmes with advisors who specialise in working with those with from black, Asian and minority communities. This includes a team that specialises in supporting refugees and migrants.

If you are looking for next steps, Youth Employment UK offers support.

Mental Health

Ditch the Label

Ditch the Label is a fantastic mental health site which has a mission to empower the under 25s. You’ll find youth wellbeing resources and info for bullying, mental health, relationships, coronavirus and more.

General mental health support

See all youth mental health resources on Youth Employment UK.

HealHub – Free Online Mental Health Support For Under 25 Year Olds

If you or someone you know has been struggling to cope in life after lockdown or has been affected by COVID-19 please feel free to refer them to the www.healhub.org.uk.