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 […]
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’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
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.
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 […]
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?
The FRESH+ Forum – A Parent Drop-in Support Group FRESH+ is a group of parents and carers of children and young people who have accessed or who are accessing Alder Hey Fresh CAMHS. The group has been meeting monthly since May 2016 on a voluntary basis and following having shared their stories, CAMHS related challenges and […]
Our latest community-based mental health and emotional wellbeing hub for children and young people has opened in Croxteth. Liverpool’s world boxing champion Tony Bellew and Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram attended the opening ceremony of the Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) Plus Community Hub; the latest addition to the Liverpool Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) […]