Your Mind Matters

Mental health and wellbeing support for young people from armed forces communities.

Children and young people told us being in an armed forces or veteran family can lead to unique challenges when it comes to mental health and wellbeing.

They also told us that civilian friends, teachers, and decision-makers don’t understand how the lives they lead can impact how they feel on a day-to-day basis.

We listened and secured funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund and The MacRobert Trust to make Your Mind Matters happen.

Digital mental health and wellbeing support

The Your Mind Matters Hub provides lots of useful advice, information, podcasts, and downloadable resources.

Children and young people have shared their lived experiences to co-produce to help peers from armed forces communities to enhance their understanding and to suggest useful strategies to overcome mental health and wellbeing challenges.

Better still, many of these co-produced resources are useful for parents, those who support this community or make important decisions on their behalf.

Click the link below to visit our Your Mind Matters Hub.

Face-to-face mental health and wellbeing support

We deliver one-to-one and peer support sessions at Hermitage Academy for pupils from armed forces and veteran families.

One-to-one sessions have delivered early intervention, immediate response and active monitoring to address challenges, as well as provide strategies to improve or maintain wellbeing and signpost towards additional help.

Peer support sessions provide a safe forum for pupils to share their unique experiences with peers, concerning mental health and wellbeing, by taking part in discussions to both give and receive advice through a variety of creative methods.

Find out more about our face-to-face service.

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