National Award for Young Peer Mentors

19 October 2017

A group of young people representing three Liverpool schools have won an award in recognition of their commitment to supporting fellow students and reducing the stigma of talking about mental health.

Pink Therapy Accreditation for YPAS Counsellor

18 October 2017

Fantastic news as Louise from YPAS has recently been awarded her accreditation with Pink Therapy as a Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities Therapist.

LGBTQ+ Youth – Take Pride in Your Identity exhibition.

18 October 2017

As part of this years Liverpool Mental Health Festival (LMHF) young people from GYRO (YPAS’s LGBTQ youth groups) and THE Action Youth (YPAS Trans specific youth group) created an amazing exhibition space at the Walker Art Gallery, named  LGBTQ+ Youth – Take Pride in Your Identity. This was a true reflection of  the pride, positivity […]

Job Vacancy: YPAS Talent Match Counsellors

18 October 2017

The Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit professionally qualified practitioners who have experience of working with the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families.

Liverpool Mental Health Festival

27 September 2017

Liverpool’s Mental Health Festival 2017 took  place 1st – 14th October, incorporating World Mental Health Day. The festival features music, dance, comedy, drama, visual arts, poetry / spoken word, film, information, advice, training courses, workshops, fire, drumming and more. Read the report here

Merseyside Youth Association participation group

25 August 2017

MYA YAY is a participation group, named by the young people themselves which is a platform for young people across the Liverpool CAMHS partnership and wider organisations such as schools and youth groups to have a voice around all things mental health.

Bounce Back – a fun game exploring resilience with children

25 August 2017

Introducing ‘Bounce Back’ – a brand new, original card game developed by the RAISE (Mental Health Promotion) team at Merseyside Youth Association.  “Bounce Back’ enables you to explore Resilience with children and young people in a fun and interactive way.  Based on the Resilience Framework, it has been developed using evidence-based research conducted by Professor […]

NOW Festival 2018

25 August 2017

Would your young people like the opportunity to: Perform at a professional venue? Attend two free workshops with arts industry professionals? Create a performance/short film that is well-informed and will impact their peers?