Phase Hitchin

We are more connected than ever before, yet as a society we are still experiencing loneliness. Take a read of my thoughts around building genuine connections including five easy tips for staying connected in our busy digital lives!

A significant charity for young people that I had the pleasure of volunteering with for many years. Kieran and his team champion how to have conversations well with young people, giving them understanding of their emotions and autonomy of their actions. Much of their ethos has influence how I work with young people.  Please enable them to further their work by nominating them below. Registered charity number: 1154364 https://lnkd.in/eiA6Xa2s

Over the last half a year, as I have been busy launching my new entrepreneurial venture Co-creating Futures and engaging with some interesting strategic support projects with not-for-profits and developmental organisations, I have also been on a personal journey on the margins. A journey to skill up and raise my awareness in the space of mental health, a space I feel strong affinity to. I have been interfacing as a volunteer with charities engaged in supporting young people and families and have learnt so much around what I could do better as a mum, a colleague, a partner and a friend. Mental health can be a real barrier for individuals to bring the best version of themselves to school, work or life and one that can be helped and overcome! As it’s #mentalhealthawarenessweek, I wanted to send my kudos to some of the organisations who I have been inspired by and been privileged to support as a volunteer in a small way in recent months: NSPCC Childline for being just a phone call away for children and young people 24/7; Phase Hitchin for the amazing tireless work you do in schools with children and young people to build their emotional and mental resilience and HOME-START HERTFORDSHIRE for supporting young families especially mums with young children with emotional support and much more! I will also like to acknowledge and spread the word of the amazing work that organisations like Reach Community Projects are doing in advocating for a well-being hub in their community for agencies to coalesce around the issue of mental health and for folks to get the support they need easily and in an accessible and less stigmatising way. I hope such innovation and efforts can continue to grow and pervade our local spaces and the world we live in. Ps: so exciting yesterday when my son came from school and talked passionately about what he learnt in school assembly and how ‘movement’ was so key to mental health, definitely a family mantra for us!