The BRACE Rapid Evaluation Centre and Policy Innovation and Evaluation Unit have published initial findings from the early evaluation of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Trailblazer programme.
The Peer Action Collective (PAC) is a project funded by the Youth Endowment Fund. As the lead organization within the partnership, YPAS will recruit 12 young people (16-20 yrs old) to undertake research with other young people to understand their experiences of violence within their communities and how best to tackle this through social action.
Improving the lives of autistic people is the focus of a new multi-million-pound strategy launched by the government today.
Merseyside Youth Association, the organisers of the Liverpool NOW Festival 2021, which was broadcast live on YouTube have hailed its first digital version a huge success.
Kooth plc, the nation’s leading digital mental health provider, is running three separate webinars during the month of August to highlight the benefits of Kooth.com and Qwell.io.
As schools, colleges and universities close for the Summer, children and young people, parents and carers will still be able to access support for their mental health and emotional wellbeing. It’s important that families are aware of this support, and how to access it. A number of campaigns have been launched, running throughout the Summer […]
Now more than ever, it is important to celebrate and listen to children and young peoples’ voices. Rather than cancelling the event, the RAISE Team will be hosting this year’s NOW Festival as an online event.
Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, 24/7 text message support service for anyone who is feeling overwhelmed or is struggling to cope. The service is staffed by trained volunteers who will work with you to take your next steps towards feeling better. We can help with issues such as stress, anxiety and depression and are […]
In March 2021 YPAS carried out a survey* to find out how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted children, young people, parent/carers. This unique data has been analysed and collated together in a video highlighting some of the key points and feedback. Thank you to everyone who supported this data collection. View the survey results video […]
YPAS are delighted to receive the Cyber Essentials certification which is an effective, Government-backed scheme that will help protect the organisation against a whole range of the most common cyber-attacks. “Young Persons Advisory Service has successfully gained Cyber Essentials Certification this accreditation corroborates YPAS credentials as a trustworthy service to hold personal data. The accreditation […]
YPAS is delighted to announce that Liverpool Actress; Leanne Best, will be supporting our charity in the capacity of an Ambassador.
A new online resource has been launched to help children, young people, parents and professionals to make referrals into partnership mental health services and get support from Liverpool CAMHS.
YPAS is seeking to employ a primary school counsellor/therapist to offer creative therapies for children based across Liverpool primary schools on the national award-winning Seedlings Project. Essential Criteria: Qualified & Registered Counsellor / Therapist, Accredited or working towards accreditation. Job Title: Children’s Psychological Therapist Project: Seedlings Salary: NJC scale 23 (£27,741) Pro-rata Contract: 12 […]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our partners have been working hard to support children, young people and their families.
Over the last five years, Liverpool’s Children and Young people’s Mental health Partnership have been working together to develop services. This has been done in partnership with children young people and their families and although a lot has been achieved there is still a lot more to do. You can read more about what has […]
There is an exciting new project coming up that is free for anyone aged 16-25 who would like to learn more around vlogging and creating content relating to healthy relationships and mental health.
Adults aged 26+ in Liverpool now have access to Qwell.io to support their mental health and wellbeing. Alongside Kooth.com which is available for 10-25-year-olds in Liverpool, this service supports wellbeing by providing free, safe and anonymous peer support, self-help resources and online counselling.
Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) is an annual event occurring on March 31st and is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide, as well as a celebration of their contributions to society.
Liverpool Learning Partnership (LLP) now has its own YouTube channel featuring mental health livestream sessions, video workshops and much more!
With children and young people returning back to school this week, Jackie Lunt Clinical Lead for Sefton MHST shares some advice for parents and carers.