On 10th October, World Mental Health Day this year YPAS was visited by Charlie Craggs, an award-winning Trans activist, icon and ally to THE Action Youth. Charlie visited our group on World Mental Health day to share her journey from a young person struggling with her mental health to award-winning activist, novelist, campaigner and collaborator with some of the biggest brands in fashion and beauty in the UK.

Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers awarded Investing in Children Membership Award™ for another year.

Investing in Children (IiC) is a UK initiative that promotes the human rights of children and young people. Over the last 22 years, IiC has developed a range of different ways in which children and young people are supported to say what they want to say, and help to improve services used by them, by discussing their ideas with the adults who run the services.

Join members of the Liverpool CAMHS Partnership on the 12th October as we celebrate the Liverpool Mental Health Festival, organised by Liverpool Mental Health Consortium at Bluecoat.

LIVERPOOL is bidding to join the Unicef Child-Friendly City programme – putting young people at the heart of everything it does.

The city council is to submit an application to the child rights organisation to work towards the status, to cement and further Liverpool’s work to ensure that children’s rights are reflected in the policies, programmes and budgets of it and partner organisations.

A young adult carer who has accessed support from CAMHS partner, Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers, is pursuing her dream career as a mental health nurse after securing a place at Bangor University.

On Saturday 28th July, Staff, young people and allies marched with, Barnardo’s Action with Young Carers, YPAS GYRO (LGBTQ+ Youth) and THE (Trans Health Education) Action Youth groups to celebrate the diversity in our LGBTQ+ identities.