Are you a young person in Youth Friendly Birmingham looking for support? Find mental health, BAME and additional needs resources below.
Disability and Special Education Needs
Birmingham Careers Service is a free and friendly support service providing careers information, advice and guidance to young people aged 16 to 19 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). If a young person has a learning difficulty and/or disability then we can help them until they are 25. They are part of Birmingham City Council and they work alongside other local services too.
Birmingham City Council provides support for young people with special education needs or disability.
Birmingham Adult Education Service supports access to work courses for young people aged 18+
For young people over 25, BID services provide employment support
At Disability Resource Centre they work with disabled people, and those with long-term health conditions, to get them back into work.
Ambitious about Autism helps to support young people with Autism into employment.
BAME Support
Birmingham Careers Service is a free and friendly support service providing careers information, advice and guidance to young people aged 16 to 19 who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). If a young person has a learning difficulty and/or disability then they can help them until they are 25. They are part of Birmingham City Council and work alongside other local services.
Young people aged 16 – 29 in Birmingham and Solihull who are looking for employment, education or training can access one-to-one personalised support through the Youth Promise Plus project.
Mental Health
Pause
The team at Pause are now offering regular wellbeing drop-ins for under 25s in the Birmingham area. Find out more about Pause!
Youth Promise Plus
The Youth Promise Plus project can help 16 – 29 year olds with mental health support.
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.
Thrive Into Work – Helping Young Jobseekers With Physical And Mental Health Barriers
Find out more about Thrive Into Work here
Wellbeing Service
Flyer for the Be Active and Be Active Plus Programmes are FREE and delivered citywide by the Wellbeing Service. These are free schemes available to Birmingham residents offering a wide range of health and wellbeing activities like:
- Swimming
- Exercise classes
- Gym sessions
These sessions would be ideal for citizens experiencing social isolation and/or those wishing to improve their fitness and mental wellbeing.
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/132/find_a_leisure_centre_sports_activity_or_lesson
Smoking Cessation
Stop Smoking Service
The Smoking Cessation Service Specification is available at nearly three hundred GPs and local pharmacies that provide stop smoking support. Referring to a Pharmacy convenient to the service user via https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/directory/46/stop_smoking_services is the best referral option. E-cigarettes and liquid are available free of charge as part of the service.
Sexual Health
Umbrella Health
Umbrella Health offer support with STIs: https://umbrellahealth.co.uk/sti/treatment
Substance Misuse and Addiction
Aquarius – Young People’s (Up to 18) Substance Misuse
Offer specialist services to support children and young people who use substances or who are affected by a parent or carer’s substance use.
- Website: https://aquarius.org.uk/our-services/young-peoples-services/birmingham-yp/
- Contact/referral details: youngpeople@aquarius.org.uk or 0121 622 7780
- Address: 236 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7SL
- Welcome referrals from professionals and self-referrals (copy of referral form attached)
The support Aquarius may offer a Young person includes:
- Information and advice about drinking and drug use
- A drop-in service
- 1:1 advice and interventions for children and young people using or at risking of using substances
- Structured, evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions and support
- Group work
Drug & Alcohol Service – Change Grow Live
What We Offer:
- Advice and support
- An experienced team of health and care staff, nurses and doctors
- Employment and training support
- Links to recovery coaches, community fellowships and support from people who share similar life experiences
- A specialist family service
- Connections to a range of local partners in the care sector and the NHS
- Naloxone – a drug that can stop the effects of an overdose
Registration & Referrals:
If you would like to speak to somebody about your alcohol or drug use you can contact the service directly by phone, email or by dropping in yourself.
Doctors, family members, carers and friends, or any other any other agency such as social services, can refer somebody into the service.
Get In Touch:
If you would like to talk in confidence about your situation or are worried about someone else, please get in touch to find out more.
T: 0121 227 5890
Anyone who has an Android Phone or an Apple iPhone can use the App.
All you need to do is visit Google Play or the App Store, search for ‘Staying
Free’ by the Breaking Free Group and download the app to your device.
Please use the code ‘birmingham11’ to register.
Where To Find Us:
Central & West Hub
255 Hospital Street
Newtown
Birmingham
B19 2YF
East Hub
111 Church Lane
Stechford
Birmingham
B33 9EJ
North Hub
Office 1, Patrick Drive
Shady Lane
Great Barr
Birmingham
B44 9ER
South Hub
113 Griffins Brook Lane
Bournville
Birmingham
B30 1QN
