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Empowering young people to look after their own, and others, Mental Health.
During lockdown, a group of young people went to the council to share concerns about young people’s poor mental health. They came up with an idea: train young people aged 12-18 to support other young people that may be struggling; and the idea of Wellbeing Champions was born!
With the knowledge gained in these training sessions and having the confidence and awareness to recognise when someone is struggling, they will be able to begin a conversation about well-being and give links to people and organisations that can offer help and support for that individual.
Should you be interested in having some Wellbeing Champions support for your cohort of young people, be that in a community setting or at any events, please contact Huma: HSheikh@canw.org.uk
We now have 93 trained Wellbeing Champion registered with us.
Community Partners
What was our aim...
- We wanted to look after everyone’s mental health by offering support to young people;
- We wanted to give young people the opportunity to be trained up and have a better understanding of how to best support their peers;
- We wanted to help trained-up Wellbeing Champions to run drop-in sessions;
- We wanted young people to know that they could talk to trained Wellbeing Champions;
What did we do:
- Raised awareness in schools and to community partners about what it took to become a Wellbeing Champion;
- Offered taster sessions to those considering wanting to become Wellbeing Champions;
- Recruited young people to become Wellbeing Champions;
- Equipped Wellbeing Champions with the needed skills and knowledge to support their peers;
- Consulted with the Wellbeing Champions about how best to promote the Wellbeing Champion offer in a school and community setting;
- The Wellbeing Champions designed the Wellbeing Champion logo!
Which issues have the Wellbeing Champions tackled?
- Young people struggling with friendship issues – Bullying;
- Young people worried about family matters;
- Young people who are struggling at school – Exam stress;
- Young people who just need a boost!
- Friendship issues – Low self esteem and confidence;
So many young people have been supported by our WBC’s, with more support still to come!
The information was informative and helpful, I learnt more on how to deal with different types of people and the approaches we can take to help someone.
Student
I learnt that we need to listen to everyones problem but help them using the techniques we learnt eg body relaxation. Trainer is brilliant explains everything throughly and is good at showing the circumstances in real life like role plays.
Student
Most of what we learned today was new to me. Very well explained and taught.
Student
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