News - Working With Children

Hands Together creative arts campaign–

10 June 2022

The MYA RAISE Team have been delivering a six-week mental health in the early years’ programme to 21 families with babies, infants and young children.

First Five Festival – 18th June 2022

8 June 2022

What is the First Five Festival? First Five Festival is a collaboration across the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and a celebration of the early years! The Festival is being delivered by the First Five Collective, a network bringing together charity, voluntary and community organisations that work with families and their children from 0 to 5 […]

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition: Call for evidence

20 May 2022

The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition are delighted to have launched a new inquiry on behaviour and mental health in schools. Coalition members have long been concerned that often children and young people get punished for behaviour that is linked to their mental health, and that responses to behaviour like the use of […]

Mental Health Awareness Week

6 May 2022

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Throughout the week, on our social media channels,  we’ll be raising awareness of the impact loneliness can have on our mental well-being and sharing some steps we can take to address it.

Childline launches: ‘We all feel it’ campaign

22 March 2022

Childline has launched a mental health campaign to support young people struggling to reach out for mental health support – particularly males.

Online referral form – we need your views

25 February 2022

In 2021, Alder Hey Children`s Hospital, in partnership with Liverpool and Sefton CAMHS pioneered a unique, interoperable platform – an online CAMHS referral form.

NOW Festival

18 February 2022

After last year’s NOW Festival was forced to go digital, this year the RAISE Team were delighted to be able to return to delivering two nights of live entertainment to a combined audience of over 300 people – tickets sold out on both nights.

Share your CAMHS story and give us your ideas:

15 February 2022

Liverpool and Sefton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural, or mental health difficulties. Aqua (an NHS based health and social care improvement organisation) are working with young people, families, volunteers, and professionals to review and improve access to these services.