Blog
'campaigns and policy' blog posts:
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19 Mar 2013Celebrating the end of YoungMinds VIK project as the work continues
The VIK project has come to a close with the end of a Lottery funded grant but young people remain central to all that we do at YoungMinds.
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21 Feb 2013Government responds to children's health outcomes forum
The Government has responded to the report by the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum
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29 Oct 2012Ed Miliband speech: YoungMinds reaction
YoungMinds Chief Executive Sarah Brennan today went to hear Ed Milliband's speech on mental health
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20 Sep 2012Pupil Premium must not be a missed opportunity
OFSTED is reporting that just 10% of schools feel that the Pupil Premium is having a 'significant' impact.
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25 Jul 2012Calling all filmmakers
YoungMinds is looking for volunteers to help us make an animated film as part of our Looked After Young People project
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14 Jun 2012Parliamentary debates on mental health are like buses
A look at today's two parliamentary debates around mental health and wellbeing
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16 May 2012Outcome measures for children and young people’s mental health
Paula Lavis, Policy and Knowledge Manager at YoungMinds, reports on why we need outcome measures for children and young people's mental health
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1 May 2012We need to wake up to the sexualisation of children and young people
Lucie Russell, Director of Campaigns, Policy and Participation at YoungMinds, warns of the dangers of children and young people being bombarded by sexualised advertisements
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26 Apr 2012Guest blog: Free school meals for all children in poverty
Brittany Ashenfelter from the Children's Society talks about their Fair and Square Campaign for free school meals for children in poverty
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25 Apr 2012Transitions: Across the Bridge
West Midlands Regional VIK Support Worker Marcia Harvey looks at the Bridge Project, a study of young people's transitions from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services in the West Midlands.