The Youth Board is made up of a group of committed young people from across Hampshire, the New Forest and Isle of Wight who want to contribute to decision-making in their local NHS Trust while building their skills and experience to support them in their futures. We are recruiting for new members of the Youth Board and your young people are able to […]
Women’s Health event agenda These sessions are being held on Teams and will involve presentations followed by Q&A. To reserve your place or obtain more information about the sessions, please click here. Agenda Tuesday 15th October 9-10am – Women’s Sexual Health with Solent Sexual Health Team 10-11am – Perinatal Mental Health with Southern NHS […]
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Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England, is today launching ‘The Big Ask’, the largest ever consultation with children undertaken in England. The survey will be live from today until May 19th and asks children across England to set out their priorities for improving childhood post-Covid. The results from this survey will help the […]
Supporting mental health Supporting students with mental health issues is one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers. 1 in 10 students in the UK has a diagnosable mental health problem; this translates to 3 students in every classroom who teachers are interacting with on a daily basis. Teachers have reported that rate of mental […]
Young people across the UK have had their work, studies and lives upended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Many are working from home, while others have been furloughed or even made redundant. There could be more than one million young workers who are without a job, if the overall UK level of unemployment goes up […]
Britain’s top police officer dealing with online grooming says he fears a huge rise in cases during lockdown, when children have been alone and vulnerable online. To view the video please access BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/52999552/coronavirus-fears-over-online-grooming-of-children-in-lockdown
Young people are most likely to have lost work or seen their income drop because of Covid-19, a report suggests. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52717942
Young carers spend an average of 25 hours a week looking after loved ones, new research suggests. Their unpaid work is the equivalent of £12,000 a year on a part-time carer’s wage, says Action for Children. Describing it as a “hidden child workforce”, the charity says the amount of responsibility being placed upon children is […]
