News - Parents & Carers - 2022

Alder Hey CAMHS has moved

2 November 2022

All Eating Disorder Services, the CAMHS Crisis Care Team, and some Liverpool Fresh CAMHS appointments, are now run from the new Catkin Building (adjacent to the Institute in the Park, just off Eaton Road).

Mini-Hack Sessions: Community, Racism & Diversity and Education

17 October 2022

Merseyside Youth Association’s RAISE Team are working in partnership with the Targeted services for young people’s team in Liverpool City Council to host a series of ”mini-hacks”.

World Mental Health Day 10th October

8 August 2022

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. The official theme is ‘Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’ and the Liverpool CAMHS Partners have a programme packed with fun events and inspiring activities for schools to get involved with.

Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) lends its voice to the national #FundTheHubs campaign

18 July 2022

In the past year, YPAS has supported over 9,500 children, young people and families and delivered over 49,000 sessions of therapy and support as young people continue to struggle with the aftermath of the pandemic and other challenges in their lives. The number of young people seeking help has increased, and staff are working hard […]

Merseyside mentors could leave legacy lasting years

11 July 2022

A teenager who was racially abused but has now found the strength to re-educate his bullies was one of hundreds of high school children honoured as one of  Merseyside Youth Association’s Mentors in Violence Reduction last week.

Next Step Cards – funded training places across Cheshire & Merseyside

7 July 2022

Beyond, Cheshire & Merseyside’s Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme has funded 540 places for Next Step Cards training across the nine Cheshire & Merseyside boroughs: Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, and Wirral.

Alder Hey CAMHS Staff Complete Nature Well Training

22 June 2022

Alder Hey FRESH CAMHS, Sefton CAMHS, Dewi Jones, and Sandfield Park staff recently completed training from the Natural Academy in Nature Well Level 2 Facilitation. The training is nature-based and took place over three two-day sessions with two of the sessions taking place in Springfield Park next to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Improving access to mental health services for minority communities

21 June 2022

We want to understand how children and young people, parents and carers in Liverpool from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic backgrounds (BAME) feel about support for their mental health & emotional wellbeing.

Hands Together creative arts campaign–

10 June 2022

The MYA RAISE Team have been delivering a six-week mental health in the early years’ programme to 21 families with babies, infants and young children.

First Five Festival – 18th June 2022

8 June 2022

What is the First Five Festival? First Five Festival is a collaboration across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and a celebration of the early years! The Festival is being delivered by the First Five Collective, a network bringing together charity, voluntary and community organisations that work with families and their children from 0 to 5 […]

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition: Call for evidence

20 May 2022

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition are delighted to have launched a new inquiry on behaviour and mental health in schools. Coalition members have long been concerned that often children and young people get punished for behaviour that is linked to their mental health, and that responses to behaviour like the use of […]

Mental Health Awareness Week

6 May 2022

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Throughout the week, on our social media channels,  we’ll be raising awareness of the impact loneliness can have on our mental well-being and sharing some steps we can take to address it.

Childline launches: ‘We all feel it’ campaign

22 March 2022

Childline has launched a mental health campaign to support young people struggling to reach out for mental health support – particularly males.

Online referral form – we need your views

25 February 2022

In 2021, Alder Hey Children`s Hospital, in partnership with Liverpool and Sefton CAMHS pioneered a unique, interoperable platform – an online CAMHS referral form.

NOW Festival

18 February 2022

After last year’s NOW Festival was forced to go digital, this year the RAISE Team were delighted to be able to return to delivering two nights of live entertainment to a combined audience of over 300 people – tickets sold out on both nights.

Share your CAMHS story and give us your ideas:

15 February 2022

Liverpool and Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. Aqua (an NHS based health and social care improvement organisation) are working with young people, families, volunteers, and professionals to review and improve access to these services.

Children’s Mental Health Week in Liverpool 7-13th Feb

20 January 2022

Liverpool CAMHS partners have a host of events and activities planned for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is Growing Together. We’re going GREEN for Children’s Mental Health Week!!! Look out for iconic buildings in Liverpool City Centre that will be illuminated green to raise awareness.     What’s happening? The MYA […]