HE L P FOR MENTA L HE A LTH CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS
Two charitable donations have been awarded to Birmingham based charities to support life-saving children’s mental health projects. As lockdown begins to ease, mental health charities have warned of a shortage of resources to cope with the number of young people that have witnessed or suffered domestic abuse during the pandemic.
Birmingham-based Living Well UK consortium, has received a grant of £10,000 from Birmingham City Council to pilot a targeted support programme for those aged between 11-13, who have witnessed or suffered from domestic abuse during lockdown.
Piloted by Living Well UK member, Citizen Coaching and Counselling – which has received an additional £20,000 funding from Heart of England Community Foundation – the latest programme will utilise the experience of qualified child and young person therapists based throughout the consortium. Supporting them will be fellow members, Sport 4 Life and Spring to Life, with the trio curating a dedicated trauma treatment plan.
The vital service will be free and will be available to young people across Birmingham and Solihull.
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Holly Beedon, Clinical Lead at Living Well UK, said: “COVID-19 has had a huge impact on people’s mental health across the board, but this is exacerbated in young people; not least those who are already in a vulnerable home environment. The increase in domestic violence
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WORCESTERSHIRE BREAST UNIT HAVEN’S ANNUAL OPEN GARDENS WEEKEND
Keen gardeners who were unable to throw open their gardens this summer on behalf of the Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven’s annual Open Gardens weekend rose to a different, eye-catching horticultural challenge this year.
To get people involved during lockdown, the charity threw open a challenge to appeal to those who’d been spending their extra leisure time in their gardens.
Gardeners were asked to create their own BRA-sket, the charity’s unique take on the traditional hanging basket.
The aim of the competition was remind people of the Worcestershire Breast Unit, its gardens and important work. Participants made a voluntary donation to enter the competition and got very creative with their designs.
The overall winner was Gillian Cornwell with her bright and colourful creation.
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cases during the pandemic is going to have a huge and lasting domino effect in a post-Covid world, and this will be felt acutely by the children in those situations.”
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