A to Z of services: Advice for young people

These are the priorities that you told us affect young people in Hartlepool:

• Bullying
• Recognising everyone is different and not judging people on how they look
• Feeling safe on the streets at night
• Healthy Eating and healthy lifestyles
• Crime that affects young people
• Adults - not hearing young people's opinions
• Drugs
• Good Schools
• Having a settled home life
• Feeling like you want the best for yourself

Advice and guidance for young people on a wide range of issues is also available from Connexions Hartlepool. Although the Connexions Service is based in Hartlepool, there are Connexions Centres all over the County. Their role is to provide young people with advice and guidance on a wide range of issues, but especially in relation to careers and training opportunities.

The following links all lead to external information sites:

Information
http://www.youthinformation.com/
National Youth Agency resource to support young people offers over 1,000 information topics and gives contact details for more than 1,200 National organisations.

http://www.childline.org.uk/
For children and young people in trouble or danger, gives contact phone numbers.

http://www.bullying.co.uk/
Help for parents and children on bullying in and out of school, legal advice, sample letters, guidelines

24hr advice line for children
http://www.after16.org.uk/
Bobby approved site for teenagers and young people who have an impairment or disability wanting information on services and opportunities as they are leaving school

Study support
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
Ages 7-16, 16+ Study support for course work and revision

Careers
http://www.connexions.gov.uk/
New careers service for 13-19yrs.

Book sites
http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/
Great book review site launched by two teenage lads

http://www.achuka.co.uk/

http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/
Two great book sites for news, reviews, interviews