Change Talks
Sam Tyrer - Founder
Origin of the creative idea
In 2017 I was working as a staff nurse on a gastroenterology ward, taking care of people who had attempted to take their own lives
Witnessing this, alongside my own personal story, it had a profound effect on me and I felt driven to do more.
I then launched ‘Change Talks’
The journey
What can we teach you?
• Screen use
• Main apps being used at the moment
• Drugs
• Body image issues
• Catfishing
• Self-harm
• Eating disorders
• Communication skills
Addiction
Focus
Sleep Anger
How do you think screen use can impact young people?
Relationships
What can you do about this?
What do you think the main drugs are within schools?
• Drug dealers are targeting children • More likely to take drugs than drink • Promoted through snapchat
Self-harm Eating disorders
• Epidemic
• Tik Tok trends
• Becoming more normalised
• 74% increase on demand on services through the lockdown period
• Anorexia
• Bulimia
• Binge Eating Disorder
Body image issues Catfishing
• Comparison has been made worse through social media
• VR
• Steroid use
• Profiles look more real
• More young people accessing dating websites underage
Direct Questions Offering
•How are you feeling?
•How are you really feeling?
•I’ve noticed you’ve not been yourself recently, is there any reason for that?
•“Sometimes when I have a lot to do I can feel quite overwhelmed and frustrated, have you ever felt like that?”
Indirect Driving
•Asking non mental health questions just to get the conversation going.
•Offering an opinion on something you know the person is passionate about.
• Take a drive and ask questions then, you would be surpised with how well it works!
Final reflections
Sorry it is hard hitting!!