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M&S and YoungMinds launch national charity partnership as new research reveals 65% of young people have not asked for help with mental health despite struggling

Stuart Mitchell

M&S and YoungMinds, the leading mental health charity for young people, today launched a new charity partnership to raise awareness of the help available to young people struggling with their mental health. The partnership, which will provide funding and support for vital resources aimed at young people and the adults in their lives, launches as new research shows the majority of young people are still not asking for help with their mental health, despite struggling. To support the new partnership M&S and YoungMinds have commissioned new research to better understand…

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Charity Fundraiser #Kindfest2020 is on Friday 13 November!

Stuart Mitchell

Friday 13 Nov is World Kindness Day, and the launch of #Kindfest2020 , the virtual not-for-profit festival bringing together a star-studded line-up of speakers, all sharing their collective wisdom, energy and ideas about how kindness can create a more hopeful and resilient world. In business a culture of kindness has a profound impact on wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, creativity, innovation, performance, profits and growth. Which is why there is a kindness revolution happening in forward-thinking businesses right now. Curated by Magnus Wood, founder of The Kindness Consultancy, the Kindness at…

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BBC Bitesize launches campaign to support more than three quarters of a million kids preparing to start secondary school

Stuart Mitchell

BBC Bitesize, working with the charity YoungMinds, is announcing its new campaign Starting Secondary School. The campaign is aimed at 10 to 12 year olds, parents and teachers and designed to help support the critical step of beginning secondary school. Packed with videos, interactive games, and tips and advice, Starting Secondary School will help children across the UK during their last term in primary school and through their critical first weeks at secondary school. In September 2019, 752,528 children will move up to secondary school across the UK. Moving from…

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