Innovative project aims to improve wellbeing of city’s primary school pupils

19 October 2016

Thousands of primary schoolchildren in Liverpool will benefit from an innovative new project to help improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing. Seedlings, an early intervention therapeutic service, is being launched by award-winning social enterprise PSS and the Young Person’s Advisory Service.

Liverpool Mental Health Festival – Williamson Sq Event 8th Oct

10 October 2016

Hundreds of conversations around children and young peoples’ mental health took place during the Liverpool Mental Health Festival, organised by the Liverpool Mental Health Consortium and on the 8th Oct at the Williamson Square event, representatives from the partnership engaged with many people of all ages.

Liverpool Pride YPAS Youth Space Success

17 August 2016

YPAS  had over 100 people come through the door for their “Youth Space” event to celebrate Liverpool Pride.

Infant Mental Health Awareness Week

19 July 2016

Many of the UK’s most prominent parenting and children’s organisations joined together to launch the UK’s first national Infant Mental Health Awareness Week from 6th-10th June 2016.  

Nani – Winner of the NOW Festival 2016

29 June 2016

Developed by Broadsquare School, the key themes of this winning act focused on mental health, social media and fitting into a new school when English is not your first language. Click the image to watch the film.

Young Person’s Advisory Service – G-Zine!

9 June 2016

The G-Zine is a new electronic magazine designed, edited and filled with content from the LGBT+ young people who access GYRO and THE Action Youth at YPAS in Liverpool.

YPAS Celebrate 50 years of mental health services for children and young people

1 June 2016

YPAS staff and some members of the CAMHS Partnership didn’t let a bit of rain stop them with a celebratory BBQ and fun and games at Sefton Park all in aid of YPAS’s 50th Birthday Celebrations.

First NOW Festival a huge success

13 February 2016

More than a hundred children and young people from local schools delivered a range of dramatic performances at the Epstein Theatre this week.