XenZone’s Kooth service, commissioned in Cardiff gives every child and young person aged 11-18 access to free online counselling and emotional wellbeing support every day and throughout summer holidays. Kooth is anonymous and free at the point of use. Online counselling is available to users through instant chat messaging from mid-day until 10pm on weekdays and from 6pm until 10pm at weekends. Self-help materials, messaging, mood tracking and other support features are available anytime. Kooth’s team of qualified counsellors and…

Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel and their families living in Wales now have free access to a range of counselling services provided by Relate Cymru. The new partnership between the UK’s leading relationships charity, Relate and The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC), aims to support families with their relationships, which often come under strain due to lifestyle pressures.   Deployment can present particular issues for relationships as families adjust to time apart.  A recent study by Kings College London, found that military spouses who…