Young people facing exam pressures can find help before they reach breaking point.
This is the hope of Southend Samaritans which runs a programme of outreach work in a bid to let people know where to turn for help.
Southend Round Table has just presented a television and video to the organisation to boost this work.
Deputy outreach manager of Southend Samaritans, Gareth, said: "We will be using these to take into schools for our outreach work.
"We're trying to get to every school to talk to year 11 pupils. There is so much pressure on them, and we are getting increasing numbers of calls from this age group."
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