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0. H main w ays,” says Janet. “There’s a
free number you can call (0909
“Being a tecnagcr has never becn
9090909). you can send us an e-mail
easy, and, from all our research, it
and w e’ll get back to you vvithin half
seems to be getting more difficult
an hour, or you can chat directly
every year.” So says Janet Kaulkner,
vvith one of our counsellors Online
Dircctor of Child PoLver ƯK.
through our wcbsite (www.
Helping Hand, a now Service for
childpowcr.org.uk/helpinghand).
thirteen to ninctecn year olds, is hcr
We’rc also planning to introduce a
brainchild. “I realised that there was
Service soon that allows teenagers
lots of help at hand for young pcoplo
with similar probloms to talk to each
in extreme difíìculty. They can ring
other Online.”
ChildLine, for example, if they’re
suíTering from bullying or have run
away from home, things like that,
There are five full-time Ilelping
but nothing for the morc everyday
Iland counsellors at present, all
problems they face. And so I creatcd
trained in child psychology and
Ilelping Iland to íĩll the gap.”
counselling. One of the team, Jenny,
1. described hcr work. “It’s a great
feeling being able to make a
The concept is simple. A thirtecn-
difference to somcone’s life,” says
year-old girl is being teased hy her
Jcnny. “This morning, for cxample, I
older brothcr. A teenage boy feels
helped one tecnagcr who was rcally
embarrassed evory timo he goes
upset because nonc of her friends at
shopping with his mum. Someone is
school had remembered her
jealous of their best friond because
birthday. I think our chat made her
theyVe got a cool ncw (yl) playcr.
feel a lot better. And there was a
Who do they turn to? Ilelping Iland.
fiftcen-year-old boy who had seen
“They’rc little things, ycs,” says
the íĩlm Billy Elliot and wanted to
Janet, “but all problems nced to be
start doing ballct, but was aíraid of
sorted out and talked about. And
what his fathcr would say. IIe’s
often it’s better to talk to a complete
going to make his dad watch the íilm
stranger about these things, rather
before he talks to him about it.”
than someone you know really well.
We provide a 24-hour free Service to
do two main things - listen
Ilelping Iland doesn’t claim to be
sympathetically, and offer advice
able to solvc every problem. “We
where appropriate.”
can’t work miracles,” says Andrew
2. Carter, another counsellor, “and we
can’t make all problems disappear
Since its introduction two months
just like that, but Helping Iland
ago, Helping Hand has already dealt
gives kids the chance to express
with over 1,000 cases. “If you’re a
their frustrations and anxieties, and
teenager, you can contact us in three
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