MENTAL HEALTH

Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections for all, during Children’s Mental Health Week – and beyond. People thrive in communities, and this connection is vital for our wellbeing.

Youth Health Champions

Recently, at Eden, our Youth Health Champions have been on their way to receiving their Level 2 qualifications for the YHC programme Youth Health Champions are a group of young people who work to promote health and wellness in their communities The primary goal of YHCs is to increase awareness about health issues among young people through education and advocacy initiatives that address topics such as nutrition, physical activity levels and mental health awareness

Here at Eden, a team of Year 9 students have been working hard to achieve this role. The YHC’s visited Heathcote School for training sessions on the 24th and 25th of January. This was an exciting opportunity for the students to gain knowledge and skills within the spectrum of mental wellbeing. The students were able to interact with YHC’s from other schools and develop their understanding of how to support their peers.

We wish them well on their journey as representative of mental health.

Children's Mental Health Week

Children's Mental Health Week is a week dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of children's mental health and wellbeing. It takes place every year in February and this year it was from 6th – 12th February, with the theme of Let’s Connect. At Eden, our Youth Health Champions went around to a range of students to collect inspirational affirmations and quotes, which were then connected to form a large paper chain of positivity The chain measured roughly 15m long with nearly 200 links We would like to say, our way of connecting was by encouraging! -

Aaila Ahmed