Worried about your own safety?
Children and young people
If someone is hurting you, please contact us:
Phone (office hours): 0191 424 5010
Adults
If you think you are being abused and need help, please contact us:
Phone: 0845 130 4959
Phone (out of office hours): 0191 456 2093
Advice for young people
You may be worried about lots of things as you're growing up and not be sure what to do.
For information on things like bullying and keeping safe, visit Hype, the website for young people in South Tyneside.
Childline
If you're not sure about contacting us, you could phone Childline instead on 0800 1111. Calls to them are free.
You can also visit the Childline website for lots of useful information:
- Family relationships
- Divorce and separation
- Homelessness & running away
- Domestic Violence
- Stepfamilies
- Living in care
- Mother's Day
- Father's Day
- Parents and alcohol
- Forced marriage
- New Year
- Your future
- Disability
- Making decisions
- Young carers
- Autism
- When someone dies
- Christmas
- The credit crunch and recession
- Summer holidays
- Loneliness and isolation
- Anxiety
- Jealousy
- Building confidence and self-esteem
- Depression and feeling sad
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