Kooth is an online mental health counselling and wellbeing service for children and young people in North Tyneside.

North Tyneside Council and North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have commissioned XenZone’s Kooth service, giving local young people aged between 11 and 18 access to free online counselling.

As well as offering timely access to therapy, the 18-month pilot will provide anonymous, confidential and access to self-help materials, articles, moderated online forums and tools such as a mood tracker.

More information can be found at www.xenzone.com/kooth/