The Early Years Alliance has launched a new publication giving early years practitioners the confidence to adequately meet children’s presenting needs.
New Alliance publication Prioritising Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing is timely as it is set against a challenging backdrop. As the world is slowly recovering from a pandemic, there has been an increase in reported cases of...
iCandy Team up with Celebrity Personal Trainer in Exciting Initiative to Support Dads
Over the last few weeks iconic pushchair brand, iCandy, has been running a truly thoughtful initiative to support dads. Dads Club, is an inspired social concept to support new dads, work on their fitness, improve their mental health and encourage them to schedule in a little ‘me time’.
Postnatal depression: How to ask your partner if they’re okay
Welcoming a baby into the world is an exciting and life-changing occasion, but don’t underestimate how overwhelming it can be too. By trying to block out those feelings of stress or anxiety, there’s a risk that those emotions could lead to you or your partner developing postnatal depression (PND) – a condition which...
Spring is approaching, so it’s a perfect time to make use of the outdoors in the warmer weather. Especially for your children, it can seem difficult to find anything that distracts them from their devices. But once you discover something different yet entertaining to do outdoors, it’s no doubt that they will no longer be glued to their screens. But how can you persuade them to step outside...
£10 million to extend senior mental health lead training to reach more schools and colleges
Thousands of young people will benefit from additional mental health support in their schools, colleges and universities, the government has announced.
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, the Department for Education is today (12 May 2022) announcing a further £7 million for schools and...
Spring is finally here, the trees are starting to get their leaves, and you may have even noticed a daffodil or two while you’re out and about. This time of year marks the start of the growing season and is all about nature, which makes now the perfect time to get out in the garden and enjoy all that spring has to offer. Even better, gardening is a great activity to do with the family....
Bernie Hollywood to pull Boat of Hope 300 miles in honour of young lives lost to suicide
Bernie Hollywood OBE, the 63 year-old philanthropist behind the Boat of Hope campaign for youth mental health, will on 1st April embark on a 30-day Boat Pull for a record-breaking 300 miles over land at MOD Lyneham, Chippenham, as a prelude to the solo transatlantic crossing he will undertake for charity...
British Psychological Society renews calls to prioritise children’s mental health and wellbeing in schools following publication of Education Committee’s government catch up programme report
The British Psychological Society (BPS) has raised concerns that the Education Committee’s report into the government’s catch-up programme does not go far enough to prioritise children’s mental health and...
A blog written by Free your Mind ambassador – Joss Simmons
For me growing up around domestic violence was life changing it was scary and tearful. I feel as though it is the most tainted way to see love and to learn love.
Seeming as it is the person doing the damage is the exact same person who claims they are doing it out of love. Being the child in the middle of it all,...
