Direct support for children and young people

• Supporting children and young people's mental health - NSPCC
• Writing for mental health - activities for young people from Action for Children
• Neurolove - free online social therapy to keep young people aged 8 - 25 connected and well
• Become's advice and helpline for care-experienced young people
• Listening Works - an out of hours support line for Care Leavers aged 18 - 30, run by Family Action
• Coram Voice's Always Heard advocacy service for children in care or leaving care

Educational resources

• Return to school resources from Place2Be
• Managing unexpected endings and transitions - A practical guide to support pupils and students from the Anna Freud Centre
• Advice for parents educating their children at home from the National Education Union
• BBC Bitesize has age-specific learning resources online

Safeguarding resources

• Transitioning back to school (updated) from NSPCC
• NSPCC resources for online safety (updated) including communicating with children via social media, running online services, tips for parents and carers and advice to share with children
• Safeguarding during coronavirus for voluntary and community groups (updated) - NSPCC
• New videos to use at home with 6-9 year olds looking at online safety, from the UK Safer Internet Centre

General resources for practice with children and young people

• Coping with Change - Social-emotional learning through play (free training from FutureLearn)
• Information on coronavirus for people with learning disabilities
• Talking to children about coronavirus - NSPCC
• Tips for single parents during lockdown - Single Parents on Holiday
• Coronavirus and benefits - advice and information from CPAG (regularly updated)
• Support for youth work and young people

Support with service delivery and management

• Coping with the Crisis - helpful checklists from DSC
• How to guides - from SCVO, including remote working, digital services and digital inclusion
• Charity shop volunteer matching service -  A new service to match prospective charity shop volunteers with local retailers. 
• Digital Boost - free digital support for small businesses and charities

Finance and commissioning information

• Latest procurement note: Recovery and transition from Covid-19 (9 June 2020)
• Managing financial difficulties caused to your charity by coronavirus - guidance from the Charity Commission
• LGA guidance for commissioners of children's services including on prompt payment and good communication
• Free recording of seminar on legal advice for charities - NCVO

Support for staff

• Body and Soul charity offers support including Brave counselling for frontline staff and family and Brave resources and activities for families.
• Our FrontLine - Online mental health portal for frontline staff developed by Samaritans, Mind and other charities

Funding opportunities

• Grants Online is regularly updated with charitable foundation funding
• National Lottery Community Fund: for communities affected by Covid-19
• Government financial support for the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
• Funding List (Children England members only)
• Grants to take legal action related to the pandemic from the Baring Foundation (up to £40,000)
• Directory of Social Change has a rolling list of pandemic-related funding opportunities