If you haven't yet enrolled on Horizon Plan, our free course for parents supporting a child or young person struggling with mental health, then you can do so here: https://www.youthmentalhealthfoundation.org/onlinecourse  ..read more

Job Description Are you... Age 16 – 25 years old  Live in Devon, UK Confident, lively and would enjoy speaking to groups of primary school children.  Passionate about mental health  Interested in earning £15 per hour and have a morning per week available (or more)  This is a fantastic opportunity for a young person to help us deliver our assemblies and workshops in primary schools across Devon. You’ll visit each school with an adult workshop co-leader and participate in sessions to build mental health resilience in your young audience. Se ..read more

Everyone at YMHF want to say a huge, massive, super THANK YOU to the Livewell Foundation for supporting our work. The Livewell Foundation provides financial support for the YMHF and other projects that will have a transformational effect on communities living in Plymouth and South West Devon by reducing social isolation, improving health and wellbeing, or preventing ill-health. We simply couldn't do what we do without you ..read more

Joel and Jade just bounced back into the office, on a high after delivering another workshop at a school in Devon, UK. Our work building mental health resilience in school children and running groups for parents supporting a young person struggling with mental health are ONLY possible because of the incredible support of our generous funders - like People's Postcode Trust ..read more

We're delighted to announce our new partnership with the Royal Statistical Society. They're a world renowned organisation, with over 10,000 members globally, boasting illustrious past members such as Florence Nightingale! They're going to be working with us to examine the many research studies around children and young people's mental health, and we plan to produce a paper illustrating the value of our work, guiding parents and carers to support the healing of a child or teen who's struggling with mental health. We're especially grateful to Adrian Lambou ..read more

Jade won the BBC's Make A Difference Award in 2022 for supporting young people's mental health.  Click on the player above to listen to a short clip of her interview on BBC Radio yesterday talking about the YMHF's work. Go Jade ..read more

  Lots of young people struggling with mental health also have 'neurodiversity'. If you haven't heard the term before, it means their brain is wired slightly differently to the 'norm' - ADHD, Autism Spectrum, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia are a few you might have heard of?   When a young person has neurodiversity, they can sometimes find certain things more difficult BUT on the flipside they often have what we call a superpower. For example, people with ADHD may have trouble with time management. But they also often have amazing passion, drive, and hyper focus on the things they're interest ..read more

Amazingly, Joel and Jade deliver our assemblies and workshops at as many as 5 schools each week! They work with pupils to build self-esteem and build mental health resilience. Today they were at Southmead Primary School in North Devon so we thought we'd share a few photos and the school's amazing feedback ..read more

We're so happy to announce that Jade has WON the BBC Devon's 'Make a Difference Awards' in the category of Volunteer. The judges picked Jade's work speaking to over 35,000 pupils at primary and secondary schools about mental health. She shares her own story and aims to be "the person I wish had spoken to me when I was at my lowest", to destigmatise mental health and encourage others that they can get through this difficult time. You can hear the ceremony and Jade's acceptance speech here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d8nsbg  If you're a Devon based school that would ..read more

It was absolutely fantastic to be contacted by BBC Devon and be told our 18-year old co-founder, Jade, has reached the final three of their 'Make A Difference Awards' in the category of 'Volunteer'. Since the age of 11, Jade has been visiting primary and secondary school to discuss her mental health troubles and recovery. Her mission is to build mental health resilience in her young audience and encourage them to ask for help if and when they need it. In her words "I want to be the person I wish had come and spoken to me when I was at my lowest". Jade has now visited over 80 school, spoke ..read more