Today marks the 4th year that Speak up Space has been supporting young people. Thank you for everybody’s continued support. One of our young people designed the image on this post today, we think she did an amazing job. We are looking forward to the year ahead and being able to support even more young...
Author: Amy Lewis (Amy Lewis)
SUS Christmas Opening Times
Speak up Space is offering an earlier instant messaging on the 23rd of December 2022 at 5pm until 8pm. Our instant messaging service will then be closed until Tuesday the 3rd of January 2023, we will start offering support again from 6pm until 9pm. If you need support while we are closed you can contact...
SUS Offering Support Earlier On The 23rd Of December
Speak up Space’s instant messaging service will be open between 5pm and 8pm on the 23rd of December 2022 INSTEAD of 8pm – 11pm. If you want to chat to us about anything on the 23rd please visit the website at the earlier time and click the chat icon. Have a great Christmas #SpeakupSpace
Speak Up Space’s 3rd Birthday!!
Today is Speak Up Space’s 3rd Birthday. It’s a good time to reflect and celebrate our achievements. SUS began based on young people’s feedback that they’d like to be able to access support online. A local family supported the service and fundraised for us. In 2019, our instant messaging service ran for two evenings per...
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
This week it’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 (10th-16th May 2021) and we wanted to remind you that we are here to listen to you and support you 7 days per week. If it’s important to you then you can chat to us. If you haven’t used Speak Up Space before, or even if you...
Winter Wellness Project
The Winter Wellness Project is here to support young people under 18, across Stoke-On-Trent and Staffordshire until 31.03.2021. Speak Up Space is offering instant messaging support during school hours for this limited time only to help young people during these challenging times. You can book these sessions via the website here. We’ve made the following...
Opening Times Over Christmas
Speak Up Space is closing on the 24th of December 2020 at 12pm and will be back open on the 2nd of January 2021 at our usual times of 8pm until 11pm. If you need any support while we are closed please contact childline on 0800 1111 who are open from 7:30am until 3:30pm everyday....
Christmas Eve Opening Times!
As it’s christmas eve we are changing our opening times for that day. Instead of being open from 4pm until 9pm, we will be changing our opening times to 10am until 12pm., on christmas eve only!
How to cope with christmas
We know that for some people Christmas can be a really hard time. We wanted to share some ways that can help you cope if you find yourself struggling over the Christmas period. Looking after your mental health is as important as ever at Christmas time. Take some time away from other people. Often on...
Tier 3 Restrictions for Stoke on Trent
As we leave lockdown and enter into Tier 3, it may be helpful to remind ourselves of the new rules. Tier 3 is classed as (Very High Alert), some of the main restrictions are: We can’t meet socially indoors or outdoors with anybody who we do not live with. Although, we can meet with people...