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News > Children & Young people > Liverpool Mental Health Festival
27 September 2017

Liverpool Mental Health Festival

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.

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Today is Parent Mental Health Day, created to rais Today is Parent Mental Health Day, created to raise awareness of the vital link between parents’ and carers’ mental health and the wellbeing of the whole family.

The challenges parents and carers face are year-round and the @MYARAISETeam bitesize training: Supporting parents and carers with their mental health, explores the specific mental health challenges faced by parents and carers, the barriers to seeking help, and how professionals can offer the right support.

Who’s it for?
Anyone working with children and young people — as well as parents, carers, and those supporting families.

You’ll learn to:
✅ Spot the signs of mental distress
✅ Understand how it impacts children and young people
✅ Approach conversations with empathy and confidence
✅ Overcome barriers to accessing support
✅ Know where to signpost for help

📘 Join us to build understanding, reduce stigma, and make a difference for families.

Next session: 
📅24/02/2026 
🕛12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

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Members of the Mental Health Support Offer for Liv Members of the Mental Health Support Offer for Liverpool’s Children & Young People design and deliver an ongoing programme of funded training opportunities.

Underpinned by therapeutic models, this is designed to educate and empower professionals, parents and carers as we strive to improve the knowledge and understanding of mental health among children and young people.

The @MYARAISETeam delivers these bite-sized sessions, which can be accessed online and last up to one hour.

Here’s what’s coming up in February’s programme.

🔗 Follow the link to the training in our bio.
Join the @MYARAISETeam for free (funded by NHS Che Join the @MYARAISETeam for free (funded by NHS Cheshire & Merseyside) live, mostly one-hour training sessions designed to fit easily into busy schedules. 

Delivered online, these sessions are accessible to parents, carers, and professionals working with children and young people—with the option to join anonymously once registered, if preferred.

They cover a range of subjects in relation to children and young people’s mental health, including Emotionally-Based School Avoidance, Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse, Understanding and Managing Anxiety, Body Image and many more. 

Every participant receives access to course resources and a certificate of attendance, making the training ideal for continuing professional development or personal records. The training menu is regularly updated, with each topic carefully developed by clinicians and professionals working in children and young people’s mental health. 

See the full training calendar and book your place, link in bio.

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This one-day ROAR course is for professionals who This one-day ROAR course is for professionals who want to learn more about the impact of racial trauma on children and young people’s mental health.

The MYA RAISE Team is inviting you to attend and create a reflective safe space to raise the awareness and understanding of racial trauma through conversations and honest, reflective activities. 

Module One:  Creating safety for young people in the context of racism, where racial trauma can be acknowledged, voiced and visible. Reflecting on language and terminology.

Module Two: Racial Trauma – what do we mean? What can we see in our young people? What are we not seeing and failing to understand. Reflecting on the importance of relational and systematic reflection.

Module Three: Oppression – What is it? Recognising the social graces model.

Module Four: Allyship – What is it? How do we use our power of being an Ally?

Three dates: 
29/01/2026 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
23/04/2026 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
05/03/2026 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Book via the link in our bio to training
New Bitesize training has been launched for social New Bitesize training has been launched for social care professionals, designed to strengthen understanding of the universal mental health offer available to all children in care and to provide timely updates on new developments across services. 

The training will act as a practical refresher for professionals, helping ensure that no child’s changing needs go unnoticed and that the right support is accessed at the right time.

A key focus of the training is the Children in Care Toolkit, which has been developed with colleagues in health and social care in line with the Levels of Need framework to support the workforce in responding to early signs of mental health difficulties. As professionals, the first indicator that a child or young person may be struggling is often a change in behaviour. This training reinforces that behaviour is a form of communication—and that how we respond can make a critical difference.

Three dates:
2nd Feb, 11 am – 12 pm
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5th May, 2-3 pm

Find out more and book via the training link in our bio.
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