Early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer Programme – Interim report

13 August 2021

The BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre and Policy Innovation and Evaluation Unit have published initial findings from the early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer programme.

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.

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.

Kooth and Qwell to run webinars for GPs and Healthcare professionals

15 July 2021

Kooth plc, the nation’s leading digital mental health provider, is running three separate webinars during the month of August to highlight the benefits of Kooth.com and Qwell.io.

Summer support for families’ mental health

14 July 2021

As schools, colleges and universities close for the Summer, children and young people, parents and carers will still be able to access support for their mental health and emotional wellbeing. It’s important that families are aware of this support, and how to access it. A number of campaigns have been launched, running throughout the Summer […]

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 […]