News - Children & Young people

CAMHS Offer now includes digital mental health counselling support

1 October 2019

XenZone, a digital mental health pioneer, has been commissioned by Liverpool NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to provide its popular Kooth mental health and emotional wellbeing support service to all 14-25-year-olds in Liverpool. Kooth will be closely integrated with the Liverpool CAMHS Partners (Alder Hey, Mersey Care, YPAS, MYA, PSS, Barnardos Young Carers, Bullybusters, ADHD […]

The Neurodiversity Umbrella Project

23 September 2019

Over 100 Liverpool schools participated in The Neurodiversity Umbrella Project which celebrates the intelligence, ability and employability of all young people.

Extra mental health support announced for schools and colleges in Liverpool

18 July 2019

Liverpool has secured funding for children and young people’s mental health, as part of the next wave of funding from a national trailblazer programme.

YPAS & EMB Community Family Fun Day   – celebrating 60yrs of the Hartsbourne estate

16 July 2019

A fantastic day was had by all at the 60th Birthday celebrations of the Hartsbourne Estate.

Fresh CAMHS Forest School

20 June 2019

FRESH CAMHS in partnership with Lancashire Wildlife Trust has been offering a pilot project of Forest School in Sandfield Park attached to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

NOW Festival on tour

20 June 2019

Liverpool’s NOW Festival – the young person’s drama and arts festival seeking to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health – is going on tour!

Double success for YPAS young people

23 May 2019

Stonewall Young Campaigner of the Year Ben Saunders Ben Saunders, a young person from THE Action Youth at YPAS has won Stonewall Young Campaigner of the Year.

Whole School Approach News

23 May 2019

Trailblazer Twenty-four pilot primary schools have now signed up to host twelve trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and mental health leads from each school have attended a training session around making referrals into the service. The practitioners (EMPHs) will be providing low-level interventions for children showing early signs of anxiety, low-mood and mild depression. […]