Throughout the festive season, support is available if children and young people need to speak to someone about their mental health and emotional wellbeing. If you need crisis support, call 111 and select the mental health option. Click on the images below to enlarge
The YPAS Impact Report 2024/2025, detailing the outcomes and the difference their work has made for children, young people, and families across Merseyside.
The RAISE Mental Health Promotion Team are looking for young people aged 13 and over to take part in an exciting opportunity to shape next year’s NOW Festival.
Schools across Merseyside are invited to take part in the 2026 NOW Mental Health Festival, which is set to take place during Children’s Mental Health Week. The annual festival is organised and directed by Merseyside Youth Association’s (MYA) RAISE Mental Health Promotion Team, in partnership with Liverpool’s Children and Young People’s Mental Health Support […]
New animation to help young people aged 16-25 in Liverpool understand what mental health support is available and how to access it.
People across Liverpool are being encouraged to have their say on a new neurodivergent strategy for the city. The Liverpool Neurodivergent All-Age Strategy, 2025-2030, has been co-produced by the Liverpool Neurodiversity Strategic Partnership and represents 18 months of development. Now, all stakeholders who live, work, or study in Liverpool are invited to give feedback during an […]
Today, Fund the Hubs campaign partners (Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Centre for Mental Health, Youth Access, YoungMinds, Mind, The Children’s Society, Black Thrive Global and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy), have published A blueprint for Young Futures hubs. We know that young people want equal access to flexible, safe and co-designed […]
More than 300 children and young people from across Merseyside recently graced the stage of St George’s Hall Concert Room for Liverpool’s tenth annual NOW Festival. Over three evenings, audiences were treated to powerful performances revisiting themes from previous years, including education, violence prevention, belonging, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), all through a mental health […]
