Staying Well- 2020 - Voluntary Impact | Northamptonshire

Staying Well- 2020
Information and support for local employers and
                 employees
 Edition 24- Young People & Wellbeing
     This month has seen the launch of a new
        mental health campaign for young
     people, as part of the Every Mind Matters
                    programme.

  What key messages does this campaign and other
               local ones give us?
                                          w/c 21st September 2020

New Every Mind Matters Campaign
                        ‘Better Health’
New advice is now available on the Every Mind Matters website, developed in partnership with leading children
and young people’s mental health charities, including Young Minds, The Mix, Place2Be and The Anna Freud
Centre.
It is designed to help parents and carers spot the signs that children may be struggling with their mental health
and support them, and also provides advice that can help maintain good mental wellbeing.

The site also provides tools to help young people build resilience and equips them to look after their mental
wellbeing.

To engage parents and carers, a powerful short film has been created featuring a number of celebrity parents
including Davina McCall, Marvin Humes, Sean Fletcher, Katie Piper and Edith Bowman, reading extracts from
bestselling author Charlie Mackesy’s book, ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’. The emotive extracts all
touch upon mental health and aim to encourage parents to visit Every Mind Matters.

Visit the site here at: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

The NHS- approved advice on the Better Health - Every Mind Matters
                    website for parents includes:

- Be there to listen: Ask the children and young people you look after
how they are doing regularly so they get used to speaking about their
feelings
- Stay involved in their life: Show interest in their life and the things
that are important to them
- Support positive routines: Be a positive role model and support
positive behaviours including regular bed routines, healthy eating and
getting active
- Encourage their interests: Being active, creative, learning things and
being a part of a team are all good for mental health. Support children
and young people to explore their interests
- Take what they say seriously: help the children and young people
you look after feel valued in what they say and help them work through
difficult emotions.

Public Health Northamptonshire have developed a number of
posters for educational settings, but I have included them over the
 next few pages incase they help you communicate any messages
                 with children and young people.

                    The graphics are aimed at:

                            Early Years

                   Primary School Aged Children

                    Senior School Aged Children

                     Those Attending University

Reputable information around Coronavirus (COVID-19)
                    can be found here:
• For up to date government information and guidance around public services, travel,
  employment, financial support, protecting yourself and others:
                 www.gov.uk/coronavirus

•   NHS information around symptoms and social distancing:

                 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

• Latest local and national updates that affect Northamptonshire, including information on
  local services, adult social care, education and health advice:

                 https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/coronavirus-updates

Workplace specific information can be found here:
https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/coronavirus-updates/Pages/guidance-for-businesses---
                                   coronavirus.aspx

Employers:
               We are here to help give support and advice around maintaining
             the wellbeing of your staff at all times, but especially in these times of
                                           uncertainty.

 For more information and support for supporting your staff in your workplace contact Jenna Parton:
                              jeparton@northamptonshire.gov.uk

We are not an emergency service, Dial 999 In a life-threatening emergency and ask for an ambulance.
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