Mental Health Awareness Week

3 May 2023

On the theme of ‘anxiety’, this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is from 15 to 21 May On this page you’ll find details of events and activities to get involved with during Mental Health Awareness Week.

Help at hand – if betting didn’t go as planned

18 April 2023

In the wake of the world’s favourite horse race for online betting, a campaign is imploring those with a potential issue with gambling to contact support services and address gambling-related harms – an issue that is costing Britain £413 million per year*.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) 2024 Training

20 March 2023

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is one of the most significant and innovative recent developments for treating trauma-related conditions and adverse life experiences. This opportunity is for professionals to be trained in EMDR. 

Liverpool’s eighth children’s mental health NOW Festival

25 January 2023

Children and young people across Merseyside came together to perform in the city’s eighth annual NOW Festival during Children’s Mental Health Week.

Children’s Mental Health Week 2023

6 January 2023

Take part in Children’s Mental Health Week, and help make a difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK. Established by Place2Be, Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 will take place from 6-12 February 2023. This year’s theme is Let’s Connect. There are free resources for primary-age and secondary-age children and young people to […]

Alder Hey CAMHS has moved

2 November 2022

All Eating Disorder Services, the CAMHS Crisis Care Team, and some Liverpool Fresh CAMHS appointments, are now run from the new Catkin Building (adjacent to the Institute in the Park, just off Eaton Road).

Nurturing Empathy Before Transition Project – gets underway in Merseyside

21 September 2022

The Nurturing Empathy Before Transition (NEBT) project is a 3-year independent evaluation of the Roots of Empathy programme. The evaluation is being conducted by Sheffield Hallam University, and the project is resourced by the Youth Endowment Fund.

Help Us Design a Whole School Approach to Building Resilience

16 August 2022

We know that being resilient means having the ability to overcome stressful, challenging and sometimes traumatic experiences. Developing resilience in school and college helps to ensure children and young people maintain positive wellbeing and mental health and prepare to enter adult life with more readiness to handle life’s challenges.