Kooth

Overview of the Service
Kooth is a unique and proven online Early Intervention service which solves a significant problem for vulnerable young people and local authorities and PCTs.

For 11-25 year olds:
The multiple-award winning online counselling and mental health advice service is a free, confidential, safe, always accessible and, above all, anonymous and non-threatening way of asking for and receiving help when they first need it.

For PCTs/local authorities:
Kooth is an effective way of intervening early with regard to the difficult emotional and mental health problems being encountered by vulnerable young people.

Having first started in 2004, Kooth now operates successfully in 11 local authority areas. The service consists of online counselling, emotional wellbeing advice plus much more.

Via the secure website, young people get immediate and confidential access to help, information and support. Because the service is online and their anonymity is protected at all times young people feel safe and are comfortable airing their concerns and asking for help. By removing the stigma that many young people often associate with emotional and mental health problems, Kooth is often able to prevent young people from getting into trouble and entering the care system. Find out more about the Kooth service.

Kooth is particularly suited to reaching hard-to-reach groups of young people with mental and emotional issues

Want to know more?
Kooth provides positive outcomes to high risk and hard-to-reach young people, achieves cash savings and meets local and central government agendas. Find out more about the business case for investing in Kooth.

Is Kooth right for your local authority or PCT area? It may not be, but Kooth could be the service you've been looking for if there are population groups of vulnerable young people within your area who do not engage with existing services for demographic, attitudinal, behavioural, cultural or structural reasons.

If you'd like to find out more how Kooth could help you engage with the vulnerable and hard-to-reach young people in your area then feel free to call us now on 0845 330 7090 or contact us here.