A group of young people representing three Liverpool schools have won an award in recognition of their commitment to supporting fellow students and reducing the stigma of talking about mental health.
Fantastic news as Louise from YPAS has recently been awarded her accreditation with Pink Therapy as a Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities Therapist.
As part of this years Liverpool Mental Health Festival (LMHF) young people from GYRO (YPAS’s LGBTQ youth groups) and THE Action Youth (YPAS Trans specific youth group) created an amazing exhibition space at the Walker Art Gallery, named LGBTQ+ Youth – Take Pride in Your Identity. This was a true reflection of the pride, positivity […]
The Young Persons Advisory Service (YPAS) is seeking to recruit professionally qualified practitioners who have experience of working with the mental health and emotional well-being needs of children, young people and families.
Liverpool’s Mental Health Festival 2017 took place 1st – 14th October, incorporating World Mental Health Day. The festival features music, dance, comedy, drama, visual arts, poetry / spoken word, film, information, advice, training courses, workshops, fire, drumming and more. Read the report here
MYA YAY is a participation group, named by the young people themselves which is a platform for young people across the Liverpool CAMHS partnership and wider organisations such as schools and youth groups to have a voice around all things mental health.
Introducing ‘Bounce Back’ – a brand new, original card game developed by the RAISE (Mental Health Promotion) team at Merseyside Youth Association. “Bounce Back’ enables you to explore Resilience with children and young people in a fun and interactive way. Based on the Resilience Framework, it has been developed using evidence-based research conducted by Professor […]
Would your young people like the opportunity to: Perform at a professional venue? Attend two free workshops with arts industry professionals? Create a performance/short film that is well-informed and will impact their peers?
The FRESH+ Forum – A Parent Drop-in Support Group FRESH+ is a group of parents and carers of children and young people who have accessed or who are accessing Alder Hey Fresh CAMHS. The group has been meeting monthly since May 2016 on a voluntary basis and following having shared their stories, CAMHS related challenges and […]
Our latest community-based mental health and emotional wellbeing hub for children and young people has opened in Croxteth. Liverpool’s world boxing champion Tony Bellew and Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram attended the opening ceremony of the Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) Plus Community Hub; the latest addition to the Liverpool Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) […]
YPAS LGBT+ Support Services have been shortlisted for the “Community Organisation Award for LGBT” at the National Diversity Awards 2017. Charities and role models from across the UK will gather at the breathtaking Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool on September 8th 2017 for the UK’s largest celebration of diversity. The best of British diversity will travel to Liverpool to showcase […]
Are you a qualified counsellor/psychological therapist with experience of working therapeutically with children and young people? Would you like the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team working with children young people and families? Can you offer one day or more per week?
From June 14th – 18th @TATE Liverpool, young people from across the city will be hosting ‘OURARTS – Our Rights Art’ – an exhibition on Mental Health and The Rights of Young People. Over the past year, these young people have taken part in various campaigns and workshops to discuss their rights and the impact they have on youth mental […]
Alder Hey and Mersey Care have signed up to the Transition National CQUIN WHAT? What does this mean? Alder Hey and Mersey Care will improve all young people’s transition journey from CAMHS to Adult Services (AMHS) WHY? Why is it needed? Nationally CAMHS to AMHS transitions are generally poorly planned, poorly executed and poorly […]
We are proud to announce YPAS has become among the first few services in the UK to receive the Accreditation in Outcome and Feedback Measurement.
The Fresh CAMHS team invite all professionals working with young people aged 0-25 to a one-day conference 5th May, at Alder Hey Hospital.
A fantastic start to the year for YPAS and the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership as we have officially signed on the dotted line for our second community hub, staff will begin to move in to the hub week commencing 27th March for phase one of the new developments.
Children, young people and their families visited the Young Person’s Advisory Service (YPAS) Plus Community Hub’s open days last week.
Liverpool’s south community-based mental health and emotional wellbeing hub officially opened on February 2, in Childwall. The hub was offically opened by Luciana Berger MP.
Hundreds of young people performed at the Epstein in Liverpool’s second children’s mental health-focused NOW Festival this week.
