Tag: YoungMinds

New Research Reveals Parents Are Key To Young Peoples’ Mental Health But Many Feel Unprepared

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of Hello Yellow Day on 10th October, new research commissioned by M&S and YoungMinds, the leading mental health charity for young people, reveals a concerning gap between young people’s needs and parents’ confidence in supporting them. 38% of young people say they feel most comfortable turning to a parent or carer when struggling with their mental health. Yet, 35% of parents say that the worry they’ll make things worse by talking about it makes it difficult to have the conversation, and 30% have avoided conversations altogether because they’re unsure…

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M&S Launches Young Designer Competition With Youngminds To Support Young People’s Mental Health

Stuart Mitchell

M&S and YoungMinds have announced a competition for young people to create a winning design for this year’s M&S and YoungMinds Hello Yellow kidswear collection. Hello Yellow marks World Mental Health Day on 10th October. Every year for Hello Yellow, YoungMinds calls on teachers, pupils, parents and colleagues to wear yellow on the day, to show young people that they are not alone with their mental health. Spearheaded by M&S x YoungMinds Partnership Ambassador and mum Rochelle Humes, this Children’s Mental Health Week, the competition invites young people across the UK…

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YoungMinds unveils new brand to reach more young people and amplify marginalised voices

Stuart Mitchell

YoungMinds, the leading youth mental health charity, has today launched a refreshed brand informed by young people. At a time when more young people are struggling with their mental health than ever before, the charity is aiming to expand and diversify their reach, bringing more young people together to feel supported with their mental health and hopeful for the future.  YoungMinds partnered with youth specialist agency Livity to create the brand and the refresh responds to the changing world and what young people need now. Being young is tough, from…

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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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