A wide range of free local and national mental health and wellbeing resources, which have been designed especially for children and young people, can be accessed through this site. The materials include:

• Mental health and wellbeing resources for schools
• Leaflets, booklets and fact sheets on different aspects of mental health, for young people, parents, carers and staff
• Training relating to young people’s mental health and wellbeing

To find details of these resources:

1. Click the blue button “front line workers” above
2. Then look under the drop down heading “Resources for children, young people & the adults who support them”
   
   

This site has a page for children and young people, which details the mental health information and support they can access themselves. To find this:

1. Click the blue button “children and young people” above
2. Then look under the dark heading “information and support”
   
   

Details of how to refer a child or young person into mental health services are outlined on the front line workers' page. Some of the services listed in this section are specialised and require referral by a professional working with the individual or family. To find this information:

1. Click the blue button “Front line workers” above
2. Then click the drop down heading “Signposting or referring children or young people into services”
   
   

If you'd like to promote the Happy? OK? Sad? site on social media, you can download suggested wording for online posts (as a Word document), here.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Resource Centre is currently closed. This means that other Happy? OK? Sad? promotional materials can't be ordered, or booked out on loan at this time.

The campaign
The aim of Warrington's In Your Corner campaign is to encourage men and young people, to look out for their mates; and to be more supportive of people experiencing mental health problems. You can read more about the local In Your Corner campaign here.

Resources
If you'd like to promote the In Your Corner campaign on social media, you can download suggested wording for online posts (as a Word document), here.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Warrington Health Promotion Resource Centre is currently closed. This means that other In Your Corner promotional materials can't be ordered, or booked out on loan at this time.

The national Time to Change site has In Your Corner materials for schools, which can be downloaded free. These resources include:

• four scripted session plans
• video clips
• a range of posters and materials
• a booklet of ideas for getting the whole school community involved

The national In Your Corner materials, complement the local ones, as they promote similar messages. However as these materials are national, they don’t include local signposting, as the Warrington In Your Corner materials do.

The campaign
The mental wellbeing campaign Make Time encourages us to do everyday things, which can help us feel good about ourselves. The Make Time materials are aimed at adults, but many of the messages are still relevant to children and young people. The Children’s Society has slightly adapted the Five Ways to Wellbeing (on which Make Time is based) and has included “Be creative and play” as a way for children to improve their wellbeing, (rather than “give”, which is in the adult version of the Five Ways to Wellbeing).

Make Time asks us to think about and act on the questions below:

• When was the last time you laughed until you cried?
• When was the last time you got up and out?
• When was the last time you noticed things around you?
• When was the last time you tried something new?
• When was the last time you made someone smile?

Resources
The Make Time resources include the 5 image sheet (PDF) and the prompt sheet (PDF). 

The Make Time prompt sheet, though not aimed at young people, is clear and colourful and explains the Make Time campaign without using jargon. The sheet encourages people to think about what they do now to feel good about themselves, and what else they might do. It could be used in 1-1s with young people, or young people could fill it in themselves.

Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Warrington Health Promotion Resource Centre is currently closed. This means that other Make Time promotional materials can't be ordered, or booked out on loan at this time.

To help you raise awareness of mental health support services for children and young people, we’ve compiled suggested wording for social media posts. You can down wording and graphics to post online here.