Written by Memoona Ahmed for TIC+. When I was a teenager (not so long ago, I might add), I tried to be a lot of different people. I tried to be the smart one, the confident one (I read a lot of books with cutthroat women protagonists), the ‘popular’ one and sometimes the quirky one!…
DetailsAnti Bullying Resources for Parents and Children In support of Anti Bullying Week Anti Bullying Alliance have worked with Kidscape to produce some helpful resources for children and parents that provide information about bullying, tips about what to do if you’re worried about bullying and tools to help you talk to your child about bullying. …
DetailsNew Resources for Parents and Children The NHS Young Minds Matter team have developed a series of short films aimed at helping parents, carers and young people learn about wellbeing. They share learnings about mild to moderate mental health concerns including low mood, worry and self esteem. We all have mental health and YMM hopes…
DetailsNew Resources for Parents and Children The NHS Young Minds Matter team have developed some helpful workbook and video resources for young people moving to secondary school in September. They have created two workbooks to support young people in their transition to secondary school. They are learning stage adapted so please choose the relevant…
DetailsThe challenges of this year have been hugely disruptive for children and young people, causing increasing anxiety, worry, stress and uncertainty about the future. But even at the height of the pandemic, being in gardens, parks and other green spaces has become a top coping strategy, with 45% of people saying that being among nature…
DetailsResearch has shown that connecting with nature can be used to improve our Mental Health and have a positive impact on our physical and mental wellbeing. Spending time outdoors can relieve stress, anxiety and anger and help boost our self-confidence. This year the Mental Health Awareness Week theme is nature, and to support this the…
DetailsNew Resource for Parents and Children A new digital safety and wellbeing kit for parents and a safety guide for children has been produced by Children’s Commissioner and leading privacy law firm Schillings for free download. The digital safety and wellbeing kit provides useful tips and guidance to help protect your child on a…
DetailsNew Resource for Parents A new guide for parents and carers of young people who self-harm has been released for free download. The guide is:• Valuable for parents, family members and other individuals in contact with young people who self-harm• Useful for professionals and other individuals and agencies who support young people• Produced by researchers…
DetailsFor many of us, easing the measures of lockdown will hold worry, stress and anxiety. For some, the easing of it might be just as hard as when it all started.
DetailsIt’s been quite a year for Claire and Deb. Find out how they’re feeling 25 marathons later…
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