NOW Festival on tour
20 June 2019
Liverpool’s NOW Festival – the young person’s drama and arts festival seeking to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health – is going on tour!
Whole School Approach – Trailblazer Update
20 June 2019
June has been a busy time for the education mental health practitioners as they have been getting ready to see their first caseloads of children from across the city’s primary schools.
Double success for YPAS young people
23 May 2019
Stonewall Young Campaigner of the Year Ben Saunders Ben Saunders, a young person from THE Action Youth at YPAS has won Stonewall Young Campaigner of the Year.
Seedling Vacancies – YPAS Child Psychological Therapists
23 May 2019
YPAS is seeking to employ two children’s psychological therapists to join the national award-winning Seedlings project to deliver therapeutic services in Liverpool primary schools.
Whole School Approach News
23 May 2019
Trailblazer Twenty-four pilot primary schools have now signed up to host twelve trainee Education Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) and mental health leads from each school have attended a training session around making referrals into the service. The practitioners (EMPHs) will be providing low-level interventions for children showing early signs of anxiety, low-mood and mild depression. […]
‘Resilience – The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope’
30 April 2019
Following on from the huge success of the previous four Liverpool screenings of ‘Resilience – The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope’ We are delighted to announce screening number five. Just under 300 people have attended the previous screenings in Liverpool.
Youth Action (YPAS) celebrates Transgender Day Of Visibility (TDOV)
26 April 2019
On Sunday 31st March 2019 THE Action Youth (YPAS’s trans* youth group) took part in an event to mark international Transgender Day Of Visibility (TDOV) at The Museum of Liverpool.
GYRO to host Art Activist & Being Proud Awards
26 April 2019
On Saturday 18th May 2019 GYRO (YPAS’s LGBTQ+ Youth Group) will be hosting the Art Activist and Being Proud Awards 2019 at Liverpool John Moores University Campus IM Marsh in Aigburth. The event acknowledges the International Day Against Homo/Bi/Transphobia (17th May) and links the themes from this year’s LGBT History Month, which is Peace, Reconciliation […]
