Mental Health Awareness

Welcome

‘Together through kindness and empathy we can encourage a community centered around wellbeing’

As a school we are constantly striving to promote good mental health and wellbeing. We are proud to announce that we are applying for the WAS (Wellbeing Award for Schools).

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

Community awareness for mental health reduces stigma. By raising awareness, mental health can now be seen as an illness. These illnesses can be managed by treatment. We should not isolate mental illness from the physical heath conditions, such as diabetes, blood pressure, or cancer.

Here are some videos to help you understand mental health:

Stronger Than Stigma | Mental Health Short Film
The Stand Up Kid – Time to Change
Parents: it’s #TimetoTalk about mental health with our children

Here are some useful documents:

Depression – what you should know

Are you worried that your child is depressed?

Living with someone who is depressed

Here are some useful links:

Young Minds: www.youngminds.org.uk
ChildLine: www.childline.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness: www.rethink.org
Samaritans: www.samaritans.org
Time to Change: www.time-to-change.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Youth Health Talk!: www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/mental-health