Children's Mental Health Week 2024
Place2Be launched the first-ever Children’s Mental Health Week in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health. Now in its ninth year, we are proud to be part of their work to spread the word and promote the importance of supporting children’s mental health.
This year’s theme is 'My Voice Matters'
My Voice Matters is about making meaningful connections for all, during Children’s Mental Health Week – and beyond. People thrive in communities, and this connection is vital for our wellbeing. Empowering young people by equipping them with tools to express themselves and look after their mental health and wellbeing is important.
When we have healthy connections – to family, friends and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of wellbeing. And when our need for rewarding social connections is not met, we can sometimes feel isolated and lonely – which can have a negative impact on our mental health. Supporting children to express their emotions and discuss their mental wellbeing supports these connections.
Please find below some resources you may find useful in thinking about your child's mental health. Please click on images to open full downloadable versions.
When we have healthy connections – to family, friends and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of wellbeing. And when our need for rewarding social connections is not met, we can sometimes feel isolated and lonely – which can have a negative impact on our mental health. Supporting children to express their emotions and discuss their mental wellbeing supports these connections.
Please find below some resources you may find useful in thinking about your child's mental health. Please click on images to open full downloadable versions.
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Positive mental health and wellbeing makes us feel content, peaceful and valued. Improving and protecting our mental health can be broken down into small, manageable chunks to help stop us feeling overwhelmed and better able to cope with life. This downloadable poster offers tips and advice to boost our mental health and wellbeing. Areas covered include:
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Learning how to recognise and manage our emotions is a valuable skill. We all experience a whole variety of emotions in any one day. Sometimes those feelings can leave us anxious, stressed or overwhelmed. The purpose of the ‘Be a star or your emotions’ poster is to give children coping strategies to support their emotional health and wellbeing. It encourages them to shine a light on their feelings by taking time to:
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Be Happy Resources is a very useful website which have many free resources you can download to use with children from infant to teenage years, which support talking about feelings, emotions and mental health.
They have guides with useful information about supporting children with a range of topics, including separation anxiety, grief & loss, panic attacks and phobias. They have also created some Children's Mental Health Week specific resources. Please click on the image left to take you directly to their website. |