--- title: "Outside Support Agencies" url: "https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/outside-support-agencies" school: "The Meadows Primary Academy" --- # Outside Support Agencies` CAMHS CAMHS stands for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. CAMHS is the name for the NHS services that assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties. For more information, visit the website below: - **[Guide to CAMHS \| Mental Health Services \| YoungMinds](https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/your-guide-to-support/guide-to-camhs)** - **[North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Children and Young People](https://www.combined.nhs.uk/services/camhs-north-staffordshire/)** CAMHS also offers some great resources for parents: - **[DOWNLOADS \| CAMHS Resources (camhs-resources.co.uk)](https://www.camhs-resources.co.uk/downloads)** Places2Be [![](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/images/images/156.png)](https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/) Parenting Smart (Place2Be) The children's mental health charity, Place2Be, has website aimed at helping parents with typical situations they can find themselves in with their children. Advice can be found on over forty topics including: - Understanding sibling rivalry - My child is lying, what does it mean, what should I do? - My child has trouble going to sleep - My child says ‘I hate you!’ - Cultural identity: who am I? The Parenting Smart website can found here: **[Place2Be](https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/)**. Bereavement support If you have suffered a bereavement and feel that school can support, please do **[contact us](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/contact)**. Here are some websites which also may help: - **[Grief Support](https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/)** - **[NHS bereavement support](https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/help-for-teenagers-young-adults-and-students/bereavement-and-young-people/)** - **[Winston’s Wish](https://www.winstonswish.org/)** The following offer a counselling service - sessions can be delivered at school **[Bereavement Counselling and Support \| The Dove Service](https://thedoveservice.org.uk/)** **Books to support Bereavement:** - Dogger – gentle intro to discussion for very young children - Badger’s Parting Gifts by Susan Varley (particularly useful if an older person has died). - Michael Rosen’s Sad Book - Tattybogle by Sandra Ann Horn - Muddles, Puddles & Sunshine by Winstons Wish – is an activity book. - Vicky Angel by Jaqueline Wilson (a friend’s death, for older children) General Victim Support **[Information leaflets - Victim Support](https://www.victimsupport.org.uk/help-and-support/information-leaflets/)** ### Pastoral Team including Safeguarding - [Safeguarding and Pastoral Team](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team) - [Safeguarding](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/safeguarding) - [Children with SEND](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/children-with-special-educational-needs-and-disabilities) - [e-Safety](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/e-safety) - [Join us for a Cuppa and Cake](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/join-us-for-a-cuppa-and-cake) - [Outside Support Agencies](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/outside-support-agencies) - [My Voice - Report a Concern](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/safeguarding-and-pastoral-team/my-voice-report-a-concern) - [![Pathways to Write](https://files.schudio.com/the-meadows-primary-academy/images/partners/Picture1.png)](https://www.theliteracycompany.co.uk/) [Embedded content](https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2402.1798858038283!2d-2.161325923139857!3d52.98116620198419!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487a69085ada72f1%3A0xa12d61b5ae73997c!2sThe%20Meadows%20Primary%20Academy!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sen!4v1740490443734!5m2!1sen!2sen) ![The Meadows Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/the-meadows-primary-academy/images/logo/the-meadows-primary-academy-footer-logo.png) **The Meadows Primary Academy** Poplar Drive Blurton Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST3 3AZ Tel: 01782 235025 Email: [![Shaw Education Trust](https://files.schudio.com/shaw-education-trust-2/images/logo/set-misc/footer-logo-v1.png)](https://shaw-education.org.uk) **Shaw Education Trust** Kidsgrove Secondary School Gloucester Road Kidsgrove ST7 4DL VAT: GB 358822467 Tel: 01782 948259 Email: Company Number: 09067175 ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/themeadowsprimaryacademyofficial) © Copyright 2025–2026 The Meadows Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://themeadowsprimaryacademy.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)