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Hundreds of children and young people across Merseyside will take part in Liverpool’s tenth annual NOW Festival in February during Children’s Mental Health Week. The festival is organised and directed by Merseyside Youth Association’s (MYA) RAISE mental health promotion team, in partnership with Liverpool’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health Support Partnership NHS Cheshire and […]

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is committed to working with stakeholders across our geographical area. We will work in partnership with children, young people, families, and carers to support our infants, children and young people to be the best that they can be and to lead healthy and happy lives.

In line with the national approach to promoting children and young people’s mental health support in the broader context and alleviating the typical stigma associated with CAMHS as a clinical term, the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership is now known as: Mental Health Support for Children and Young People in Liverpool.

YPAS is delighted to share this exciting work, crafted by YPAS’s peer researchers and young people nationwide, in collaboration with Youth Access. The principles offer a powerful framework for channelling young people’s energy into impactful action.

Two of YPAS Peer Researchers, Dean Leake and Grace Ward, have written a remarkable piece for The Lancet journal, one of the oldest medical journals, founded in 1823. This piece was published in its established specialty journal: ‘Child and Adolescent Health’, launched in 2017. The article offers commendable insight and reflection.

  YPAS Peer Researchers Revisit the Hope Hack report to see if the issues raised remain prevalent around six key themes affecting young people in Merseyside.

YPAS Walk-In Support Hub (WISH) provides same-day mental health support for children, young people, and families in Merseyside. Formerly known as Alternative to Crisis drop-in, the service continues to offer the same support across all three hubs in Merseyside.

YPAS has been successful in securing additional funding from the Department of Health and Social Care. With this funding, thousands of children and young people will have earlier and easier access to mental health interventions at 24 hubs in local communities around the UK.

Edge Hill University-led children’s mental health project wins huge funding boost Liverpool Learning Partnership, Alder Hey, Merseyside Youth Association, and Mersey Care are just a few of the partners supporting a new Arts-based research project that is being led by Edgehill University. A mental health project for children and young people which has won £2.5m […]

This year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is about empowering young people to use their voices, share what matters to them, and encourage those around them to hear their voices. Our partners have compiled a programme of events and activities for children, young people and their families to get involved with.

Schools, community groups, and organisations working with children and young people across Merseyside will participate in the city’s ninth annual NOW Festival next month during Children’s Mental Health Week.