Children’s Mental Health Week: Supporting Wellbeing in a Challenging World
Children’s Mental Health Week is a timely reminder that emotional wellbeing is just as important as physical health. For many children today, growing up feels complicated. They are navigating academic pressure, social media, global uncertainty and the lasting impact of disrupted routines and relationships. As adults, we play a vital role in helping children feel […]
Anti-Bullying Week: Power for Good
This year, Anti-Bullying Week runs from 10th to 14th November and carries the theme ‘Power for Good’: the idea that each of us, young or older, has the power to act, support, speak up and create change. Bullying isn’t just an issue of what happens in the playground or at school; it’s deeply connected to […]
Bullying & Mental Health
Keon is a young black British man in his late teens. During school is when the bullying and racism started. Name-calling, bullying, some children can be awful and pick on weakness and difference. In Keon’s case this difference was one he was unable to change – the colour of his skin. Keon would try to […]
Managing Exam Stress
Lily is a 16-year-old girl who, like many, this year is preparing for her GCSEs. Lily has previously suffered now and again with bouts of anxiety and depression, related especially to what her fear of what her friends thought about her. Being liked by her friends, their opinion of her, and fitting in is very […]
Support for Young People – Lisa’s Story
In these current times of lockdown and increased social isolation, it’s understandable that many people’s mental health has taken a downturn. Lisa is a 15-year-old girl who was, like many, this year going into her last school year and preparing for her GCSEs. Lisa suffered now and again with bouts of anxiety and depression, related […]
Helping Prepare Your Child for a Return to School
Coming out of lockdown, both you and your child might be feeling uneasy and uncertain about them having to return to school after so many months of homeschooling and the many routine changes you have had to make. Here are some tips which might help you prepare for the transition: Discuss how your child is […]
Helping Your Child Come Out of Lockdown
If your child has been away from school since March – maybe stuck indoors, dealing with homeschooling, frustrated at not being able to see friends and family, or enduring time with siblings who don’t get along – coming out of lockdown could be an exciting time. For others maybe not so. Fear of Covid-19, having […]