In this homeless health blog, Dr Jenny Drife shares reflections and thought-provoking insights on links between homelessness and loneliness for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 2022. Jenny is a member of the START Community Mental Health Team for people sleeping rough in Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon.
Good Thinking has launched a new resource as part of its ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing” series. Five ways to Wellbeing for Children and Young People has been developed in collaboration with Partnership for Young London, ensuring that that the needs and views of young people are closely integrated into the resource. It provides advice and […]
This section of the toolkit include a range of advice for parents and carers children and young people on how to deal with situations and mental health concerns in relation to LGBTQ+. LGBTQ+ resources for parents and carers FFLAG FFLAG are a national charity who are dedicated to supporting parents and their lesbian, gay, bisexual […]
This section of the toolkit has been created to support professionals in education settings with mental health issues in relation to LGBTIQ+ and Mental Health. Resources include a range of advice on how to deal with situations and signpost to services that can help students. LGBTIQ+ and Mental Health resources for education settings The Proud […]
On Thursday 24 March 2022, Healthy London Partnership’s (HLP) children and young people (CYP) mental health team hosted the ‘Learning Together: Mental Health in Schools Celebration’ event. Over 250 attendees joined the event from a range of organisations including health, education, local authorities, and voluntary and charity sectors. Young people and their families also attended and […]
This page contains resources about links between substance misuse and your mental health. Substances and your mental health Advice about drugs and alcohol The royal college of psychiatrists provide information about the problems with misusing drugs and alcohol and how to avoid falling into this. They also provide some services available for those who may […]
Anxiety and stress, depression and loneliness can be hard on your mental health. Find resources below which can help children and young people to cope and reduce their anxiety, including support to help leading up to, and during, exams. Anxiety and Worrying Audio: Anxiety control training – This NHS webpage has many different mental wellbeing […]
Page updated 20/09/2023 You can find a range of resources and information below for children and young people who are, or may be, struggling with an eating disorder. BEAT Eating Disorders BEAT is an eating disorder charity, and this webpage provides information on how to manage eating disorders and what support services are available […]
Find information about Mental Health support teams by navigating through the information hubs below. Contact the CYP mental health team with any feedback or suggestions to add to this toolkit: hlp.cyp-programme@nhs.net.
Use this page to find support available from mental health organisations, urgent mental health crisis support from the NHS, and summaries of government guidance in relation to mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and school.