Blogs & insights

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Remote mental health interventions work – but not as a replacement for face-to-face support

How can our report on remote mental health interventions for young people help with the sector’s COVID recovery.
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Black young people’s rights are under threat & it’s time the mental health community addressed that

How a rights-based approach can help us to address racial injustice in the mental health system.
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Black Lives Matter

The past week has been a hugely troubling one for everyone, and an extremely difficult and painful one for people of colour.
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Being a racially responsive mental health practitioner

Addressing racial injustice through exploring and understanding deeply embedded racial attitudes and practices.
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10 tips for facilitating Zoom meetings with young people

Tips for how to get the most out of Zoom when organising online activities and meetings for young people.
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Voluntary sector organisations are rising to the challenges of coronavirus - they need government support

James Kenrick looks at how the voluntary sector is responding to the challenges of coronavirus, and makes the case for government support.
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We are learning how to go digital

How the youth advice and counselling sector is adapting in response to coronavirus
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The government’s spending increase for councils is still not enough to put right a decade of cuts

James Kenrick considers the government’s latest funding promise in light of report.
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Not enough young people are getting the support they need

James Kenrick looks at new data on the number of young people struggling to access child and adolescent mental health services
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How human rights can help us to humanise the mental health system for young people

A rights-based approach to service design and quality will empower both young people and practitioners to achieve a common cause: the ‘humanisation’ of youth mental health services.
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It’s time to put the rights and experiences of young people at the centre of decision-making

Youth Access statement in response to the Health and Education Select Committees’ joint report.
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Green Paper must not distract from the vital work to implement Future in Mind's whole systems approach

James Kenrick gives a cautious welcome to the Government's Green Paper on children and young people's mental health