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RHS portlet - Manifesto film and petition

Manifesto filmMESSIN' WITH OUR HEADS was made by YoungMinds's Very Important Kids (VIK) group and brings alive the manifesto points.

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Sign our petition and see who's signed already (external links) to support VIK and the thousands of other young people who are suffering every day, read the manifesto main points and watch the film.

 

The YoungMinds children and young people’s manifesto

Mental health is as important as physical health and needs to be everyone’s business. This manifesto has been created by YoungMinds Very Important Kids panel (VIK) and Healthy Heads group. See main manifesto points below.

Download youngminds manifesto

We urge all the political parties to implement the manifesto and make it a priority in their election campaigns.

Manifesto main points

  1. Stigma still affects us; its about time we were able to talk about how we feel.
  2. Dealing with problems when we are young; train primary school staff
  3. Growing up is difficult; support us when changes happen in our lives
  4. Getting what we need at secondary school; train everyone to understand teenagers problems.
  5. Waiting lists and assessments just make it harder; make them shorter and provide us with one worker for all our care.
  6. Some doctors don’t listen to us; they need to understand and support us
  7. Going to Accident and Emergency can be traumatic; treat us with respect, see beyond our labels
  8. Some psychiatric units feel like prisons; learn from the best ones
  9. Someone to speak up for us; we all need advocates
  10. Lost in the system; don’t forget about us when we are 16 plus
  11. We’re the experts; start  listening to us

To read the manifesto in full offline you can download a pdf version here:

  • The YoungMinds children and young people's manifesto
    [pdf, 1.3mb]

     

    Manifesto policy recommendations;

    From the young people’s manifesto YoungMinds has formulated four policy recommendations to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing which we would like to see implemented in all the political parties manifestos in the run up to the next general election, and for these recommendations to be embedded in government policy from then on.

    These are;

    •           Reduce stigma

    •           Improve transitions

    •           Healthy Young Minds Standard

    •           Training for the children’s workforce

     

    Download the policy recommendations here


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