Help raise awareness by downloading and displaying your World Mental Health Day poster through the link below:
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/world-mental-health-day/posters
World Mental Health Day
Saturday 10th October 2020
Join with us to share your support on
Friday 9th October 2020
The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year's theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is 'mental health for all'
Mental Health for All includes Taking Care of Ourselves and we invite you on this day, to set yourself an intention for 'self care'. Completing Action 3 below and actively engaging with the 5 Ways to Wellbeing can support our own self care. We have also included throughout posters and links to Action for Happiness which helps support our own wellbeing. Whether we live alone or with others, taking care of our wellbeing is so important.
The past few months have been hard on everyone, including children and young people. As a group, young people are currently reporting higher levels of stress and anxiety than the adult population, and their parents and carers are understandably concerned.
That's why we are encouraging and asking everyone to support World Mental Health Day
We would like people to join us and complete these
3 actions
Action 1 - Help us mark World Mental Health Day, on Friday 9th October, by dressing up in something yellow or decorating laptop, desk, workspace or windowsill in yellow
Action 2 - Watch and share Every Mind matters short film
Action 3 - Get your Mind plan in just 5 quick questions
Action 1.
Dressing up in something yellow or decorating your laptop, desk, workspace or windowsill in yellow
Young minds run #HelloYellow as a fundraising campaign, for more information and fundraising for this event please visit there website Here you will also find lots of freely available resources to help raise awareness of young people's mental health including:
#HelloYellow schools resources page: youngminds.org.uk/get-involved/how-to-fundraise/helloyellow-resources/
#HelloYellow Speech Bubble Bunting
#HelloYellow SuperHero and more!
Most families have experienced upheaval in their daily lives during the pandemic. With children and young people now back at school or college, Public Health England (PHE)’s new Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign provides NHS-endorsed tips and advice to look after children and young people’s (CYP) mental wellbeing. Visit the website Here
Action 2.
Watch & Share this powerful short film which has been created featuring a range of celebrity parents including Davina McCall, Marvin Humes, Sean Fletcher, Katie Piper and Edith Bowman, reading extracts from best-selling author Charlie Mackesy’s well-known book, ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’
Action 3.
www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/your-mind-plan-quiz/
Health & Wellbeing Help for Children, Young People and Families
This help sheet offers a quick guide to service support available for children, young people, families and staff.
Please freely share with others, print and give or display:
Health and Wellbeing Help sheet for Children Young People and Families
If you are a parent/carer of a child in Somerset and would like to speak to a Psychologist with any concerns arising for you, or your family during this time, then The Educational Psychology Service is here for you. We are able to offer an initial 30 minute telephone consultation (discussion) and a potential follow up call, of another 30 minutes if appropriate. Calls will be offered Monday-Friday, during usual working hours.
Lifehacks for Mental Wellbeing - Covid 19: Tips written with young people for young people during the coronavirus pandemic
www.cypsomersethealth.org/news&id=359
Young Somerset have developed this Directory of services including local & national support
Directory of Services (Young Somerset June 2020)
Free to download: Mental Health Foundation 'How to ..........' publications
www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications
Search Every Mind Matters for expert tips and advice to support children and young people with their mental wellbeing.
Every Mind Matters shows parents and carers the steps they can take to look after their children’s mental wellbeing, visit www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/.
Every Mind Matters will help you find what’s right for your children, visit www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
Our body and our mind are connected. Being active makes us happier as well as being good for our physical health.
For more information see: Take care of your body
In order to take care of others, we need to firstly take care of ourselves
Take a look at our training menu which supports staff wellbeing and recognises the need for self care as a route to wellbeing for all www.cypsomersethealth.org/news&id=367
Looking after yourself: Top Tips for School Professionals
These 10 Top Tips for School Professionals offers ideas for nurturing our own mental health & wellbeing - Top Tips for Staff Wellbeing
According to our research, with over 16,000 people, we know that more than half of adults (60%) and over two thirds of young people (68%) said their mental health got worse during lockdown. We know that many have developed new mental health problems as a result of the pandemic and, for some of us, existing mental health problems have gotten worse.
Mind's monthly calendar is packed with actions you can take for better mental health. Use each week to try and focus on the ‘Five ways to wellbeing’ Do one thing calendar A4
We should all be familiar with the Five Ways to Wellbeing model - these are a set of evidence-based public mental health messages aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of the whole population: Five ways to wellbeing
We recognise the enormous commitment and work of school staff and CYP practitioners and we thank everyone for your continued dedication to children, young people and families in your care.
Learning affects our well-being in lots of positive ways. It exposes us to new ideas and helps us stay curious and engaged.
For more information see: Keep learning new things
