Mental Health EDUCATION, awareness & Training

At Student Life, our mission is to advance the education, skills and quality of life of young people through access to mental health training, peer-to-peer support and work experience opportunities.

WHY STUDENT LIFE?

We offer collaboration on our projects to young people in high schools, sixth forms, colleges and universities across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex. To ensure inclusion for all young people, we engage with alternative provision (AP) settings, including pupil referral units (PRU’s) and those not in education, employment or training (NEET).

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MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING TRAINING FOR STUDENTS

We’ve created a bespoke training package about Mental Health and Wellbeing, to be delivered to students in secondary school, and delivered in workshop format in alternative provision and NEET (not in employment, education or training) settings. The purpose is to educate and inform young people so they can pass on their knowledge, inform their peers and also provide support and appropriate signposting for people who need specific support.

MENTAL HEALTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME

We upskill young people to be positioned inside settings with the purpose of supporting peers with their mental wellbeing, to look out for signs of poor mental health, to signpost peers appropriately to mental health services, to ensure any safeguarding issues are appropriately reported and to also liaise with the Senior Leadership Team and shape the setting’s Mental Health Policy.

FILM PRODUCTION

We produce an annual mental health film with young people who take part in front of or behind the camera. Our films don’t sugarcoat the facts and aim to provide hard-hitting data and real-life accounts to thoroughly educate young people surrounding all aspects of filmmaking and people's experiences of mental health.

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We’re all about peer-to-peer support

Children and Young People’s Mental Health provisions are still, unfortunately, led by adults and non-service-users. This is something that needs to change in order to provide the best support and care for young people, the people receiving it should be the ones to shape it.

OUR PROJECT IS SPLIT IN TO THREE STAGES:

1.

Mental Health Awareness Training for Students and Teachers

Following an initial chat to introduce ourselves and fully explain the project, we’ll schedule in training to your chosen year groups to a timetable that works for you. Teachers and SLT without up-to-date Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training will be placed on our next MHFA youth course.

2.

Young People Apply to Become Mental Health Ambassadors

Once training has been delivered, Students will have the opportunity to become Mental Health Ambassadors (MHAs), an important role that offers peer-to-peer support and signposting alongside content production and wellbeing activity creation.

3.

Participate in Our Annual Magazine and Mental Health Film

The academic year concludes with the production of our mental health film on a stigmatised mental health topic alongside the publication of our magazine, which is a collection of the content that has been created by the young people involved with our project.