3rd Mar 2020 / Families, children and young people
Our response to the latest CAMHS figures issued today.
Read : Response to latest CAMHS figures for Scotland, which highlight the need for preventionAn evaluation of the Feeling Our Way project, to identify whether the programme led to improved outcomes in the young people’s feelings of isolation and social connection, awareness of adaptive coping strategies during the pandemic, and awareness of what mental health support is available.
Read : Feeling Our Way - evaluationThe Peer Education Project is a school-based programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health and that of their peers.
Read : Peer Education Project (PEP) - WalesThe MyLife, MyFuture programme was set up by the Mental Health Foundation to enrich the lives of young people in care.
Read : MyLife, MyFuture: programme manual and learning reportA professional learning resource on mental health and wellbeing for all school staff in Scotland.
Read : Professional Learning Resource for School StaffThe CCFCF programme works with young people to offer opportunities in sport, education and skill based learning - helping young people access positive activities of interest to them, while attempting to influence positive behaviour change.
Read : Cardiff City FC’s Foundation (CCFCF) programmeGet into Summer aimed to ensure that children and young people impacted by COVID-19 were supported to create opportunities to socialise, play and reconnect over the 2021 summer holidays.
Read : Get into Summer 2021From 2014 to 2016, we piloted a programme called MyLife, MyFuture. This programme worked with young people in local authority care, aged 11 to 14 and 15 to 18, in the London Borough of Sutton to improve their mental health and resilience.
Read : MyLife, MyFutureWeCAN was funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance to enable Mental Health Foundation Scotland to work with young people that have long-term physical health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, asthma, and spina bifida.
Read : WeCANThe Peer Education Project is a low-cost, evidence-based and effective approach to addressing the challenges children and young people are facing with their mental health and well-being.
Read : Peer Education Project Scotland