Boloh | Barnardo’s
Welcome to Boloh, Barnardo’s COVID-19 helpline and webchat for those 11+
Call us on 0800 1512605 or chat to us online
Are you a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic child, young person, parent or carer, affected by Covid-19? You can speak to us about your worries, problems and stresses during this time, and we can provide emotional support, practical advice and signposting to other organisations who can provide further help.
If you’re a professional, you can also contact us to discuss how to support a child or young person they are working with.
Speak to us
We are available to talk Mon-Fri, from 1pm-8pm.
In many languages, Boloh means speak.
If you have been affected by the pandemic and you need advice or someone to talk to, you can call us confidentially on 0800 1512605 or, if you prefer to have an online chat with the specialist support advisor, you can do this via the live webchat by clicking on the icon on the bottom right. Our trained staff are awaiting your phone calls or webchats Mon-Fri, from 1pm-8pm.
We are here to help you if you have experienced bereavement, ill health, feeling down or anxious about the lockdown, feeling isolated, worried about friends or family, concerned about your finances, unemployment, experienced bullying or racism, issues with homelessness or eviction, worried about returning to school/university or any other issue. Our team of specialist psychotherapists can provide you with ongoing support during this difficult time.
On the phone, our helpline advisors can talk to you in English, Urdu, Punjabi or Hindi.
Our psychotherapists can provide therapeutic support in English, Hindi, Bengali, French and Punjabi.
Confidentiality
The Helpline will offer a confidential service which means that we will not tell anyone what you have shared with us. You can trust us to keep your conversation private. Sometimes when we are really worried about your safety or someone else’s safety we will need to tell someone so that they can make sure that everyone is kept safe.
We will have to tell someone if:
- We believe that your life, or someone else’s life is in danger
- You tell us that someone is harming or abusing you or someone else
- You tell us that you are seriously harming another person
- You tell us that you or someone else is being hurt and they aren’t able to understand what is happening to themselves
- You ask us to tell someone
You can tell us as little or as much as you want to. We might ask if you want to share your name and some other details about yourself, but it’s up to you if you would like to do this. Just because you give us some details does not mean that we will share this with anyone.
