IT Excellence Awards - Service Transformation

Stockport Council/Kooth.com

Stockport Council/Kooth.com - Kooth.com solves a significant problem for vulnerable young people and local authorities. The web-based counselling service provides young people with a free, confidential, safe, always accessible and, above all, anonymous and non-threatening way of asking for help when they first need it. It enables local authorities to intervene early with regard to difficult emotional and mental health problems being encountered by vulnerable young people.