Wellbeing Bulletin 2 - Home & Environment

Healthy, Happy and Safe at Home

These E-newsletters will help you to support children and young people during the Coronavirus period with opportunities to:

feel loved and cared for
listened to
supported in times of need
experience enjoyment and fun
keep active
stay safe

Public Health have helped many schools to develop a ‘whole school approach’ to mental health using the Somerset Wellbeing Framework and the Pillars of Wellbeing. The pillars represent aspects of our lives that are important for our wellbeing and resilience

The Pillars of Wellbeing

Belonging, Relationships and Lifestyle (Diet, Activity & Sleep)

Through this period of change and difference, when we are all asked to stay at home, we will help support this, by sending out bulletins linked to the pillars of wellbeing. Helping everyone to stay Healthy, Happy and Safe at home.

Please click on the blue links below to access this bulletins items

Advice & Tips

Setting a home environment which is safe, secure and stable is important to help maintain positive physical and mental health and wellbeing. It can help to have defined areas we can eat, sleep, relax and play. During this period of remaining indoors, this will help support children, young people and families to experience structure and routine within the home.

It is going to be very important to do what you can to keep healthy, happy and safe while at home.

Over the next few weeks, we will be posting information to support you to stay fit and healthy whilst at home. Please check our website for guidance, information and support:

https://www.healthysomerset.co.uk/covid-19/

Having to remain at home because of Coronavirus can be worrying for children and young people... the link below offers some advice and tips to support you with -

What you need to know
Coping with stress and dis-stress
Mental health services
Money worries
and much more

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Due to covid19 social distancing measures, families will be spending more time at home and having more children of varied ages to look after, it is important to plan ahead to prevent injury and a preventable need for hospital treatment and care

Stay home Stay safe

Activities

This week we have chosen some activities which may be suitable for you to try out in different areas of your home and environment. For activity ideas please click Here

We’re asking the children and young people of Somerset to get creative to help us design an eye-catching logo for our ‘healthy, happy, safe’ campaign which we have launched here on the ‘Healthy Somerset‘ website to provide information and support to Somerset residents throughout the coronavirus response. The winning design will be used here on the Healthy Somerset website and across social media to support the ‘healthy, happy, safe’ campaign.

Getting creative is a great way to support your mental health and wellbeing for people of any age.

The competition is open now.

1. How to enter

To enter, upload a picture of your drawing or artwork to Somerset County Council’s Facebook or Twitter page with the hastag #HealthyHappySafeLogoCompetition

Alternatively, you can post your artwork to: Healthy, Happy and Safe Logo Competition, Public Health, B3S, Somerset County Council, County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY.

Or you can email with the subject line: Healthy, Happy and Safe logo competition

Drawings must be a maximum of A4 size, remember to include your name and age with your entry.

The closing date for the competition is Thursday 30th April.

2. Who can enter

To enter you must be under 18 and live in Somerset.

Good luck!

You may also like to choose 1 a day of the 100 things to do indoors - Share photos of things you have made from here with friends, family, neighbours and your schools

Weblinks and Apps

Social media is necessary for us all to remain connected during this time and keeping safe at home includes keeping safe online -

Think you know, online safety, home activity packs

To help you during COVID-19 and the closure of schools, CEOP will be releasing new activity packs with simple 15 minute activities you can do with your child to support their online safety at a time when they will spending more time online at home. You can download your first pack