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. […]

Youth Action (YPAS) celebrates Transgender Day Of Visibility (TDOV)

26 April 2019

On Sunday 31st March 2019 THE Action Youth (YPAS’s trans* youth group) took part in an event to mark international Transgender Day Of Visibility (TDOV) at The Museum of Liverpool.

GYRO to host Art Activist & Being Proud Awards

26 April 2019

On Saturday 18th May 2019 GYRO (YPAS’s LGBTQ+ Youth Group) will be hosting the Art Activist and Being Proud Awards 2019 at Liverpool John Moores University Campus IM Marsh in Aigburth. The event acknowledges the International Day Against Homo/Bi/Transphobia (17th May) and links the themes from this year’s LGBT History Month, which is Peace, Reconciliation […]