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Mental health related activites for Parents/Carers and families.

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Information on setting up an LGBT+ group

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Information on setting up an LGBT+ group

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How To Set Up A LGBTQ+ Youth Group Digital

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Try this grounding exercise if you are feeling stressed, overwhelmed, anxious or just simply want to relax for a moment:

5 things you can see...

3 things you can hear...

2 things you can smell...

1 thing you can taste...

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
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Top Tips for protecting your mental wellbeing during lockdown

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YPAS staff have put together some top tips that may help you protect your wellbeing during lockdown. This week marks Children's Mental Health Week so what better time to share and shine a light on the importance of looking after your #mentalhealth.

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Top tips for protecting your mental wellbeing during lockdown

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Children who take on carer responsibilities for parents, siblings or for another extended family member are known as young carers. They can end up taking on this role for a range of reasons - perhaps because a parent/carer has physical or mental health needs or because they are reliant on substances.

Many young carers have trouble juggling school and home responsibilities. They may experience more stress, anxiety, low self-esteem/depression, eating/sleeping problems and self-harm than other children.

In one survey, nearly 40% of children said that no-one in the school knew about their responsibilities.

It is important that all staff members are aware of children with caring roles so that a whole-school approach to support and understanding is mobilised and that responsibility does not just sit with the senior leaders and/or class teacher.

Young carers have a right to have their needs assessed via:

A child's local council must look at whether the young carer wishes to continue caring and if it is appropriate for them to do so. They also have to take into account any education or recreational activities that the child wants to participate in.

Spotting the signs

Children may not feel able to talk about difficulties linked to their role and may feel guilty about being unable to cope. Some signs that they might be struggling include:

A child withdrawing into themselves and becoming anxious or frustrated.

Sudden changes in concentration or educational performance.

Changes in attendance patterns (linked to fear of leaving an unwell parent), school refusal, being late.

Other behaviour changes - particularly longer-term challenging behaviour.

A change in how organised and ready for school they are.

Physical health problems.

Frequent unexplained angry outbursts.

Tiredness (often due to nightmares or anxiety or being woken by unwell parents).

Protective factors: what schools can do

Create a safe, respectful, nurturing school and classroom environment.

Many whole-school programmes and targeted, small group work are proven to help build children's understanding of their own thoughts, emotions and feelings, build self-esteem, promote healthy relationships and develop resilience.

Be approachable. Positive relationships in the classroom/school that are built on trust, kindness, safety and security promote pupil wellbeing and encourage children to open up and talk

Be alert, watchful and questioning - particularly to what children might be trying to communicate via their play or behaviour.

Teach children that mental health is a spectrum and normalise conversations about wellbeing and seeking help.

Create an individual wellbeing plan with young carers - what do they need to thrive and cope well? This may include homework clubs, peer support groups/networks, or support from an older child in the same position.

Some young carers may need a little extra help, either through school pastoral care/counselling support, school clubs, summer schemes or through referral to community-based support.

Build good partnerships with families and understand their circumstances. Be alert to any changes in family health.

Ensure school events and parents' evenings are accessible to parents/carers with disabilities or who find it difficult to leave the house without support.

Support children and families through signposting and getting an illness/condition diagnosed or a substance dependency recognised.

Plan early to help young carers make transitions to secondary school or other schools.

Young carers in schools programme

This resource includes a step-by-step guide for school leaders and teachers, webinars and other...

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Supporting young carers and their families

Help, advice and resources for children and young people who care for parents, siblings or others...

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NHS choices: Having a sibling with a disability

A video of Charlotte and Chloe talking about what it's like growing up with their sister, Sophie,...

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MindEd: chronic disability and child carers

MindEd is a free educational resource on children and young people's mental health for all adults.

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Children who take on carer responsibilities for parents, siblings or for another extended family member are known as young carers. They can end up taking on this role for a range of reasons - perhaps because a parent/carer has physical or mental health needs or because they are reliant on substances.

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Children's Mental Health Week begins on 1st February, and the theme this year is 'express yourself'. This toolkit includes resources for children, staff and parents.

Date published: 07/01/2021
By talking openly about mental health from a young age, children can learn to better understand their emotions, break down stigma, and feel safe enough to reach out for help when it's needed.

Talking about mental health and expressing our feelings can be difficult, no matter our age. In this toolkit, we've rounded up lots of great resources to help children, staff and families start the mental health conversation.

As we enter into another lockdown, it's more important than ever to share how we're feeling with others. Many of these resources can be used for remote learning, and they can all be used to keep the conversation going once schools return.

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Express yourself: Children's Mental Health Week toolkit : Mentally Healthy Schools

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Children's Mental Health Week begins on 1st February, and the theme this year is 'express yourself'. This toolkit includes resources for children, staff and parents. Date published: 07/01/2021 By talking openly about mental health from a young age, children can learn to better understand their emotions, break down stigma, and feel safe enough to reach out for help when it's needed.

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Drop Box with dailyXpress session recordings

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Daily activity in all years on our Seesaw learning platforms

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Animoto's video maker turns your photos and video clips into professional videos in minutes. Fast and shockingly simple - we make video creation easy.

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Thanks so much for todays session, we really enjoyed it. We can't wait for the rest of the week!!

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Class Notes: A Journey Through Musical Emotion

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Children's Mental Health Week 2021 - a message from our Royal Patron

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Children's Mental Health Week  - Secondary Schools' Q&A

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Livestream session for parents/carers sharing some tips for self-care during this pandemic.

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Children's Mental Health Week - Parent/Carer Session 'Time-out'

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Children's Mental Health Week - DailyXpress Friday

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Thinking about how we manage big feelings and turn them into positive behaviours

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Children's Mental Health Week - DailyXpress Thursday

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DailyXpress Session - What number Wednesday?

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Thinking about what makes us feel good on a scale of 1-10

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Children's Mental Health Week -  DailyXpress Wednesday

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A session for special schools looking at how feelings and how they can be affected by sound. Yr6-11

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DailyXpress extra – Looking back/looking forward. With special guest Lalif Wijedoru (Alder Hey A&E consultant) who will be reading his letter to his 10-year-old self. KS2
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DailyXpress session - Talk Tuesday (words express), yr 1-6, RAISE Team

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Children's Mental Health Week  - Monday DailyXpress

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I Express Myself Through... Virtual Sessions

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In partnership with BAFTA Kids and Oak National Academy, we've created a series of free virtual sessions led by experts and familiar faces across acting, art, content creation, dance and writing.

The "I Express Myself Through..." series sees stars such as Oti Mabuse and Bukky Bakray discuss how they creatively express themselves, and share their tips and advice for children and young people. These videos are aimed at older primary school pupils, and secondary / high school pupils.

Watch the videos below, or in this playlist on the BAFTA Kids and Teens YouTube Channel. More videos will be added throughout the week.

Art

This virtual session features Hannah Brooks (Aardman), Annabelle Davis (The Dumping Ground), Oli Hyatt (Blue Zoo Studios) and Ayo Norman-Williams, with an activity idea from Place2Be's Art Room team.

Dance

This virtual session features Oti Mabuse, JJ Chalmers and choreographer Christina Andrea, with an activity idea from one of Oak National Academy's dance teachers.

Creating Content

This virtual session features Nikki Lilly, Luke Franks, director Jermain Julien and comedian Inel Tomlinson, with an activity idea from BAFTA Young Presenter Braydon Bent.

Writing

This virtual session features Shaun Duggan (Jamie Johnson), Sharna Jackson (High Rise Mystery), James Lamont (The Adventures of Paddington) and Holly Phillips (Get Even), with an activity idea from one of Oak National Academy's English teachers.

Acting

This virtual session features Bukky Bukray (Rocks), Kia Pegg (The Dumping Ground), Patrick Ward (Jamie Johnson) and Tom Clarke-Hill (Robozuna), with an activity idea from one of Oak National Academy's drama teachers.

A huge thank you to all of the contributors, and to BAFTA Kids and Oak National Academy.
Watch our virtual assembly >> Download our free resources for schools and youth groups >>
Learn more about Children's Mental Health Week >>

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"I Express Myself Through..." - virtual sessions on creative expres

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This year, Place2Be's official Children's Mental Health Week will take place from 5-11 February 2024. Our theme is 'My Voice Matters'.

We have free resources available to download so that everyone can take part in Children's Mental Health Week. Take a look and see what's available for schools, families and how you can take part and raise vital funds for children's mental health.

Get your own digital or physical copy of our pack, which is bursting with resources to help you take part - from class activities and assembly guides, to lots of creative arts and crafts and fun photobooth props!

Get a resource pack

Our free resources for families, parents and carers can help you get involved with Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week at home.

Families

Find out more

Learn about how Children's Mental Health Week started and find out about this year's theme, 'My Voice Matters'.

Learn about the week

Download resources

Use our free resources for primary schools and secondary or high schools to take part in Children's Mental Health Week.

Schools

Take part

Find out how you can take part in the week, spread the word and raise vital funds to get us closer to reaching our goal that no child or young person has to face mental health problems alone.

Take part

Raise money

Help us reach our mission our goal that no child or young person has to face a mental health problem alone.

Fundraise for us

Add yourself to our map!

We'd love for you to add your school or organisation to our map! You can see who else is taking part in Children's Mental Health Week across the UK.

However you're planning on taking part in giving a voice to children and young people, we'd love to hear it.
Add yourself to our map

Tell me more

Sign up for Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week email alerts to be the first to hear about new updates.

How we made a difference in 2023

Schools, families and organisations across the UK (and the world!) took part in Children's Mental Health Week 2023. Whether you downloaded a resource to use in class, held an assembly, organised a fundraiser, made a donation, or tweeted about the week - your support helped Place2Be to reach more children, young people and families.

114330

raised for Place2Be

197000

downloads of our resources

516463

children and young people supporting the week

News and blogs

Keep up with the latest news and views about Children's Mental Health Week.

Children's Mental Health Week 2024: resources available now

With just over 3 months until the week, we're excited to release our free resources to help everyone get involved.

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Place2Be announces theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2024

Place2Be wants all children and young people to be able to say - and believe - "My Voice Matters".

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Young Voices to support Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week 2024

Young Voices has selected Place2Be as its charity partner for another year, following two successful years of partnership.

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Would you like to become a supporter for Children's Mental Health Week? Get in touch to find out more.

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Place2Be's Official Children's Mental Health Week shines a spotlight on the importance of children's and young people's mental health.