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Anti-Bullying Alliance
26 Apr 2017
They’ve already managed to get 75,000 signatures, but need 100,000 by 3 May (the date was moved up thanks to the snap General Election) to make sure the petition will be considered for debate in parliament.
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Metro
27 Apr 2017
The Shaw Mind Foundation, along with key allies from the charity sector, mental health activists and clinical psychologists, has launched HeaducationUK. Our objective is to implement and deliver compulsory mental health education (MHE) in every primary and secondary school in the UK.
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HeaducationUK
02 May 2017
Services to support children’s wellbeing are ‘first thing to go’ when budgets are under pressure, parliamentary inquiry hears
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The Guardian
03 May 2017
Good mental health is more than the absence of a mental health problem. This Mental Health Awareness Week, 8-14 May 2017, we are going to look at mental health from a new angle. Rather than ask why so many people are living with mental health problems, we will seek to uncover why too few of us are thriving with good mental health.
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Mental Health Foundation
03 May 2017
'For Me' is the first app to counsel young people via smartphone
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NSPCC
04 May 2017
A survey of teenagers in England highlights the growing influence of social media stars when it comes to body image.
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Sky News
05 May 2017
The mental wealth of the nation is critical to our future – young people’s mental wellbeing should be paramount
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The Guardian
08 May 2017
According to a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, both being a bully and being bullied during childhood could lead to negative health, psychological and financial experiences as an adult.
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Independent
11 May 2017
With sexting and online abuse on the rise, UK schools are turning to young people to create an environment where pupils can speak candidly about sex
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The Guardian
12 May 2017
New figures from the NSPCC-run service reveal that it delivered 3,135 counselling sessions to children across Britain and Northern Ireland in 2016/17 - a rise of 11 per cent on the previous year.
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Irish News
12 May 2017
Bullying, problems at home or even the election Donald Trump – the world can be a stressful place for children. Fortunately, counselling services in schools are helping young people cope with such issues and more serious conditions
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The Guardian
12 May 2017
Widely seen as a catch-all title for ‘touchy-feely’ topics, personal, social, health and economic education has often been undervalued by staff and students alike. Here, the chief executive of the PSHE Association, Jonathan Baggaley, tells Adi Bloom why the subject is so vital for young people’s development – and why it must always be handled with care
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TES
12 May 2017
Ashley Carter from Taunton was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome and was bullied throughout his time at school. Now he wants to help other children targeted because of the way they look and encourage others to "see people for who they are not what they look like."
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ITV News
18 May 2017
Dr Clare Owen, Teacher and Education Consultant writes in The Huffington Post that PSHE has long been a thorny topic for schools and its importance is unquestionable.
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Schools Improvement Net
22 May 2017
One in ten children (9%) in the UK admit to being unhappy most of the time, according to research from the latest CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2017.
Unhappiness increases with age until it peaks among teenage children - 16% of 13-16s say they are not happy most of the time.
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Childwise
23 May 2017
The 17-year-olds have come up with Pocket Pal to help young people beat the bullies
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Belfast Live
24 May 2017
ITV News reports that two young people from Southport – who were bullied in school because they have autism – are tackling the problem with a powerful film aimed at pupils and teachers.
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Schools Improvement Net
25 May 2017
The figure for the first quarter of 2017, covering 16 to 24-year-olds classed as Neet, is down by 68,000 from a year ago.
The percentage of all young people in the UK who were Neet was 11.2%, down 0.4% from October to December 2016 and down 0.8% from a year earlier.
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Southern Daily Echo
26 May 2017
Tackling bullying means working with students, parents and the public to clarify what the word means and create a spirit of openness on all sides. Simon Pearse explains why his approach works
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TES
26 May 2017