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Today is Self Harm Awareness Day!

Join us in raising awareness around what is often a very misunderstood topic. Let's break the stigma surrounding self-harm and create hope for those who need it.

It's Children's Mental Health Week and the theme this year is "My Voice Matters."

My Voice Matters is about empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves.

Get involved with these fantastic resources and have fun collecting the voice of the child, it's the most important voice!

https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/schools/
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/families/https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/media/qiepps1c/092_cmhw-toolkit_primary_jan-24.pdf https://mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/media/q22cbic2/092_cmhw-toolkit_secondary-and-fe_jan24.pdf

Tomorrow is Time to Talk Day! Talking about Mental Health isn't easy but this annual awareness day is the perfect opportunity to start a conversation and change lives!

Here are some ways you can ask someone to talk to you without actually asking "are you ok?"

💙Make them a cuppa and pop open some biscuits
❤️Get out in the fresh air and go for a walk
💚Try and speak to them on the phone rather than over text
💜Ask them if they need any help with anything
💛Let them know you are thinking about them

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 is taking place from Monday 13th - Friday 17th November. The theme is Make A Noise About Bullying. Check out this fantastic poster created by MyTime with ways you can help make a noise to stop bullying this Anti-Bullying Week!

Today is World Mental Health Day! 🌍💚 A day to spread awareness and talk about mental health.

The theme for this year is ‘mental health is a universal human right’.

Being open and talking about mental health is so important. It can help people to feel empowered to speak up and ask for the help they need. However, starting a conversation isn’t always easy.

Here are some top tips that can help from the Mental Health Foundation Website.

If you would like to talk to someone about how you are feeling:

1. Choose someone you trust to talk to
This might be a friend, family member or a colleague. Or you might be more comfortable talking to someone you don’t know, for example, through a support helpline.

2. Think about the best place to talk
It’s important to choose a place where you feel comfortable enough to open-up. You might want to choose somewhere private where you’re less likely to be disturbed. You also might want to talk while you do an activity, like walking together.

3. Prepare yourself for their reaction
Hopefully, you will have a good experience when you open-up to someone. But there’s a chance that they may not react in the way you hope. This may be for different reasons, like they may be worried or not fully understand at first. If that’s the case, try to give them time to process what you’ve told them. It might help to give them information to read to help them understand. And don’t forget to be kind to yourself and practise self-care.

If you are checking in on someone you care about:

1. Find a good space to talk without distractions
Try to find a place where you know you can have a conversation without being distracted. Make sure to give them your full attention. It might help to switch off your phone.

2. Listen and ask questions
Listening can be one of the most valuable ways to be there for someone. Show them that you’re actively listening by facing them, making eye contact, and not interrupting. Questions can help you clarify what they mean and also show that you’re actively listening. But make sure the questions are relevant to what they’re saying, and not changing the subject.

3. Ask how you can help
Ask how you can help or make suggestions, rather than telling them what to do next. They might want support with making a GP appointment or just for you to keep things normal and chat about what’s going on in your life.

Happy World Teacher's Day! A day to honour the hard work of Teachers and their impact on educating Children.

The theme for World Teacher's Day 2023 is, "The Teachers We Need for the Education We Want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage."

Good staff wellbeing is essential for developing a mentally healthy school, for retaining and motivating staff and for promoting pupil wellbeing and attainment. As Teachers juggle a number of different tasks, roles and demands, it is important that they are given the right emotional and practical support so that they can, in turn, support their pupils.


Here we suggest some ways you can promote Teacher Wellbeing in your Schools:

• Encourage breaks and provide staff with comfortable areas. Being able to refocus, chat with colleagues, and take some time away from the classroom will help staff to focus on their wellbeing.

• Offer staff the choice to take their PPA time at home, increasing their productivity and reducing the amount of work they have to do on evenings and weekends.

• Buy schemes of work, even if you adapt them, it will save your staff hours of work.

• Embrace flexible working. This can help staff to gain greater control of their work life balance, giving them chance to better manage any caring responsibilities, pursue other interests and prioritise their wellbeing. You may want to offer part-time working, job shares, staggered hours and/or look at adapting the school’s on and off-site working policy.

• Demonstrate positive wellbeing. Encourage your staff to look after themselves, for example through enforcing a ‘no marking’ weekend, arranging social events outside of work, sharing healthy recipes or recommending self-care podcasts (to name a few!!)

• Say Thank You! It doesn’t have to be big or expensive but a real thank you can do wonders for staff moral. A box of chocolates, a postcard saying thank you, personalised notes all make staff feel valued.

Today is Youth Mental Health Day, this year’s theme is BE BRAVE.

How are you going to today?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqmiSUywXc

Barnardos & MyTime Cumbria are celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Pride Month of June - check out our Pride Newsletter to find out more..

Barnardos are celebrating the LGBTQIA+ Pride month of June Barnardo’s core values include respecting the unique worth of every person, working with hope and encouraging people to fulfil their potential , having an active presence at some of the 280 plus Pride

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Are you ready for a new challenge? Do you have an interest in children and young people's emotional wellbeing? Do you have management experience?
We are looking for a South Cumbria Team Manager, more details here:

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We are looking for a Full-time Mental Health Practitioner, more details here:

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Would you like to work in a service that supports children's emotional wellbeing? Do you want to be part of a team making a difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families?

We're seeking a Full-time Administration Assistant, based in Kendal. More details here:

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Service Administrator (12365)
Moving Mindsets - Morecambe Bay Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs)

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Administration Assistant
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 All you need to know for Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, focusing on loneliness.

Anti-Bullying Week 15th - 19th November

Kindness go’s a long way - Random act of kindness

WINNER ALERT
Our final winner and whose logo design will now become the face of MyTime across Cumbria is .....EMILIA TURNER age 8 years!!!

Congratulations are in order for 3 very talented young people.
MyTime held a competition for young people to design a logo for the service to use and be recognised as. We had over 300 amazing designs from both primary and secondary aged children. We had 3 finalists and then an over all winner
Our finalists were.....
West - Harvey Smith
North - Isobel Hastwell
South - Emilia Turner

Well done to everyone who sent us a deisgn, we really loved looking through them and seeing all the great talent that is in our young people of Cumbria

Look what’s on at women’s community matters

Check out our what's on guide for October

World mental health day 2021
Mental health and inequality are issues that continuously over, people experiencing mental health issues can face considerable challenges including discrimination and judgement which make the struggles more of a battle.
1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health issue each year, this could be a friend, family member or even yourself.
Let’s help support mental health and make today and everyday a chance to talk, find support and help and together.
What is your role in supporting people around you who are experiencing poor mental health - whether it is friends, family, colleagues or a neighbour…

Something to thing about….. there is always two sides

Don’t forget, this year’s Pride event is a ticketed event. Tickets of course remain completely free! But, to be fair, we will be allocating them via a raffle. If you haven’t applied yet, please be quick! Head to www.cumbriapride.org/pride where you’ll find all the details and the link to enter. There is no charge to enter. If you want to attend with a group of people make sure you enter together on one form and put the total amount of tickets you will need. Your group only need enter once. CLOSES MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! We’ll be contacting everyone via the email address given to let you know tomorrow!

An act of kindness goes a long way

Returning to school is a different experience for everyone, be the student to make a difference

Youth Mental Health First Aid 2 day course. £60 inclusive. Booking at http://ow.ly/NX3P50FOPlK Identify, understand and help a young person experiencing a mental health issue.

Family Action are offering the following activities

Do need need help to support your child experiencing anxiety? Here are some helping phases to lower their anxious feelings

Ways for Everyone to Relax Over Summer:

1. Get 9 hours sleep every night for a month – keep a diary about how you feel each day and keep track every day of how you feel - if you do only one thing for yourself this summer – let it be this!

2. Reflect on the past year. You won't be able to fully relax until you reflect, write it all down, and get it out of your head.

3. Read a book, maybe not a ‘work’ book, but any other book you want – a biography of your favourite politician (!) or start on Robert Galbraith – it’s not the curriculum – you get to choose.

4. Reflect on the past year. You won't be able to fully relax until you reflect, write it all down, and get it out of your head.

5. Try something new.

6. Actually take a holiday… or a staycation.

7. Visit with family and friends – we’re allowed again now…

The summer holidays are finally here and the heat is on! Check out the wide range of activities for children and young people available across Cumbria.
The Cumbria Holiday Activity Programme has a wide range of activities on offer across Cumbria to suit all age ranges, from firefighter experiences and drama & dance workshops to visiting the zoo, football academies and rock climbing. Free and paid-for places available.
https://cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices/childrenandfamilies/cfis/holidayactivity/holidayactivities.asp