News - Parents & Carers

Liverpool NOW Festival 2022

8 December 2021

Join us for our 7th year of the Liverpool NOW Festival, which will be hosted at magnificent Black-E!!! The festival will take place on the 3rd and 4th of February 2022. Come along and see some of Liverpool’s children and young people showcase their pieces all around the theme of mental health and ”What needs […]

Suicide Prevention Campaign

7 December 2021

Public Health Liverpool, in collaboration with the Liverpool CAMHS – Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust, has launched a city-wide ‘Reach Out Liverpool’ campaign to raise awareness of suicide prevention. It aims to raise awareness that suicide is preventable and to remove the stigma surrounding suicide – something which prevents […]

Perinatal Mental Health Survey Liverpool

22 November 2021

Help us improve mental health services for pregnant women and new mums in Liverpool Liverpool City Council would like to hear from all women and their families who live in Liverpool who has experienced any type of mental health problem at any point during pregnancy or up until their baby turned one – also known […]

Autism Post-Diagnosis Learning Programme for families in Liverpool

13 November 2021

Liverpool CAMHS partner, ADDvanced Solutions Community Network (ASCN) is delivering a unique year-long programme for parents and carers whose child has received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Liverpool University mental health study – can you help?

9 November 2021

Liverpool University is running a study ‘Exploring the use of remote and digital/online services, and the perceived effectiveness of this mode of delivery in addressing young people’s mental health needs’. The team are looking for adults, and parents/carers of children and young people who have received mental health support online to talk about their experience.

Liverpool CAMHS online referral form SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 HSJ AWARDS

25 August 2021

We’re delighted to announce that the Liverpool  CAMHS online referral form has been shortlisted for Mental Health Innovation of The Year at the HSJ Awards 2021, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare – in what has been an exceptional and challenging period across the sector. Despite the demanding circumstances of the past 18 months, over […]

YPAS secures Youth Endowment Funding

13 August 2021

The Peer Action Collective (PAC) is a project funded by the Youth Endowment Fund.  As the lead organization within the partnership, YPAS will recruit 12 young people (16-20 yrs old) to undertake research with other young people to understand their experiences of violence within their communities and how best to tackle this through social action.

National Strategy for Autistic Children, Young People, and Adults

22 July 2021

Improving the lives of autistic people is the focus of a new multi-million-pound strategy launched by the government today.