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Liverpool NOW Festival 2021

15 July 2021

Merseyside Youth Association, the organisers of the Liverpool NOW Festival 2021, which was broadcast live on YouTube have hailed its first digital version a huge success.

NOW Festival 2021

3 July 2021

Now more than ever, it is important to celebrate and listen to children and young peoples’ voices. Rather than cancelling the event, the RAISE Team will be hosting this year’s NOW Festival as an online event.

YPAS – how Covid-19 has impacted families

28 May 2021

In March 2021 YPAS carried out a survey* to find out how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted children, young people, parent/carers. This unique data has been analysed and collated together in a video highlighting some of the key points and feedback. Thank you to everyone who supported this data collection. View the survey results video […]

New ‘one-stop-shop’ to get support from Liverpool CAMHS

11 May 2021

A new online resource has been launched to help children, young people, parents and professionals to make referrals into partnership mental health services and get support from Liverpool CAMHS.

YPAS – Seedlings vacancy – primary school counsellor/therapist

1 May 2021

YPAS is seeking to employ a primary school counsellor/therapist to offer creative therapies for children based across Liverpool primary schools on the national award-winning Seedlings Project. Essential Criteria: Qualified & Registered Counsellor / Therapist, Accredited or working towards accreditation. Job Title: Children’s Psychological Therapist Project: Seedlings Salary: NJC scale 23 (£27,741) Pro-rata Contract: 12 […]

Provider demand – February 2021

24 March 2021

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our partners have been working hard to support children, young people and their families.

Vlogstar North West Project

24 March 2021

There is an exciting new project coming up that is free for anyone aged 16-25 who would like to learn more around vlogging and creating content relating to healthy relationships and mental health.

LLP’s Stories That Inspire

19 March 2021

Liverpool Learning Partnership (LLP) now has its own YouTube channel featuring mental health livestream sessions, video workshops and much more!

Young people may have thoughts of suicide – but

Young people may have thoughts of suicide – but thoughts about suicide do not make it inevitable. A safety plan helps prevent turning these thoughts into actions.

A safety plan focuses on keeping a person safe right now, including what they would do and who might support them in a crisis.

📅13/02/2025
🕐 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
🔗Book through the link in bio.

#MentalHealthTraining #SuicidePrevention #SafetyPlanning #SuicideAwareness

This month is #ChildrensSleepAwareness month Did

This month is #ChildrensSleepAwareness month

Did you know that up to 50% of children struggle with sleep at some point, which rises to 80% where there is a diagnosis of SEND?

Poor sleep can lead to cranky mornings, trouble focusing in school, and even long-term health challenges - not to mention tired, stressed-out parents.

In our bitesize training programme this month, we'll look at understanding sleep in children and young people. Parents/carers and professionals are all welcome.

Book your place now; link in bio.

@thesleepcharity

📆 26/02/2025
🕑 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

#mentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth #mentalhealthtraining

As we come to the end of another Children’s Ment

As we come to the end of another Children’s Mental Health Week, it’s time to reflect on another amazing #NOWFestLiv 🤩

Three nights of incredibly powerful, thought-provoking performances about issues that matter to children and young people through a mental health lens. NOW Fest is an amazing platform that amplifies their voices and aims to bring impactful change in Liverpool.

Well done to everyone involved; the @myaraiseteam for producing and organising, the partners for supporting @growing.stronger.liverpool @llpartnership @merseysidevrp and of course the incredible children, young people and the wonderful staff for their support.

Here’s to another ten years! 🙌🏻🤩🎶🎤🎭🎬

#CMHW #CMHW25 #MentalHealth #childrensmentalhealth

📷 @dave_brownlee

Our bitesize training programme tackles important

Our bitesize training programme tackles important issues, such as understanding the reasons young people self-harm & positive strategies to use with those who self-harm.

Book your place now; link in bio.

📆19/02/2025
🕑 12pm - 1pm

#mentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth #mentalhealthtraining

Members of the Mental Health Support Offer for Liv

Members of the Mental Health Support Offer for Liverpool’s Children & Young People design and deliver an ongoing programme of funded training opportunities.

Underpinned by therapeutic models, this is designed to educate and empower professionals, parents and carers as we strive to improve the knowledge and understanding of mental health among children and young people.

The @MYARAISETeam delivers these bite-size sessions, which can be accessed online and last up to one hour.

Here’s what’s coming up in this month’s programme.

🔗 Follow the link to training in our bio.