From the Teacher Support Network, www.teachersupport.info.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK IN CONFIDENCE?
Our Support Line and website are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

We are here to take your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you'd like to speak to someone for support or advice, call us on 08000 562 561 (England), 0800 564 2270 (Scotland) or 08000 855 088 (Wales).

This week we've answered 346 calls to our Support Lines. Here's a breakdown of some of the ways we've helped this week:

• Just over 39 per cent received information.
• 22.8 per cent of callers received coaching from a trained advisor.
• Over 13 per cent received information on grants.
• 7 per cent were signposted to other sources of information.
• 4 per cent had specialist money advice.
• 4 per cent of callers received counseling from a trained advisor.

Here's how some of our callers say we've helped them:

“Friendly, supportive and professional advice - absolutely essential service for this job!”

“Teachers can feel very isolated. It was very comforting to access support when I needed it. The fact that support is available 24/7 is amazing.”

“It was good to have somewhere completely neutral to go and to be able to think out loud. I found it very helpful.”

Call us on 08000 562 561 (England), 0800 564 2270 (Scotland) or 08000 855 088 (Wales).

Don't forget that from our website at http://www.teachersupport.info/ you can also:

• Visit the InfoCentre
• Get 24/7 support online
• Try out our online tools
• Support the charity