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Ready for our Power Up residential, time to reflect with young people on the Power Up project so far and lots of time for relaxation and connection! The Power up project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund Mind Our Future grant, we are working with young people to lead on developing their ideas for a new wellbeing service in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan which also includes influencing the mental health landscape locally and wider in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Our project for young people, Platfform4yp now has a Content Creator Pack - this talks through all the options available to create content to be shared on the website platfform4yp.org

Our content helps young people in lots of ways:

🤩 It can help young people to realise they are not on their own.
🤩 By sharing what has helped them, they can inspire other young people to try new strategies to support their wellbeing.
🤩 Sharing your healing story can be incredibly cathartic - it might help you remember just how far you’ve come, and serve as further support if you ever need it in the future.

Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3HiI1AD

Living in a world where it is safe to be our authentic selves is fundamental to our mental health.

Acceptance, understanding & the freedom to live life on our own terms is essential to our wellbeing and for some people coming out is part of this journey.

How you define your sexuality or gender is a personal choice and one we celebrate whatever you choose to do.



Our young people’s project Platfform4yp has a variety of perspectives from people who found coming out an empowering experience to people who do not feel the need to define their identity at all.

Check them out at the links below:

Why do you have to ‘come out’?
https://platfform4yp.org/blog/why-do-you-have-to-come-out/

Our Stories – My Journey of Being Bisexual:
https://platfform4yp.org/blog/our-stories-my-journey-of-being-bisexual/

Our Stories – Being Transgender:
https://platfform4yp.org/blog/trans-day-of-visibility/

Listen to Platfform4yp’s podcast where our colleague, Adam talks about his sexuality, his passion for LGBTQIA+ rights, what struggles the community is still facing and what allies can do to support their LGBTQIA+ family, friends - loved ones: https://spoti.fi/3rGFsjt

Our mental health is influenced by our circumstances – having safe housing, fair work, being able to afford to buy food and pay the bills, and having supportive networks and communities all contribute.

To genuinely help people experiencing challenges with their mental health, we need to understand that mental health is not an individual endeavour, but a societal one.

Change is needed on a political and societal level. We need kinder politics, built on empathy and understanding of the challenges that many people face. We need nurturing communities in which people feel that they belong and are valued.

We will continue to campaign and work with others, pushing to work with the Welsh and UK government to raise awareness of the social determinants of mental health and the hidden effects of social inequality, emphasising and creating the conditions needed for people to thrive.

Find out about our approaches to mental health, and why we’re saying that our public health systems need to change: http://platfform.org/

On Wednesdays we surf !

Dealing with bereavement and loss can be difficult! Please reach out to those you hold close or contact those experienced at supporting people through distressing times!

✨Dealing with your wellbeing within a relationship ✨

💙 One True Self Podcast 💙

Click to our Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nitz2s5PZQYdyxKiOjIVf

⭐️ 6 tips for dealing with low mood! ⭐️

Septembers theme of the month - Low mood

Send in your content to [email protected]

Mindfulness Content Overview

Check it out on our website - https://platfform4yp.org

Good luck to those of you receiving your GCSE results today!

'I thought they were going to set the house on fire’. - Platfform The 22 August is the UN's International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief. As someone who is a victim of violence on the basis of my faith, I wanted to share what happened to me and my family, how that trauma is still real today many years on, and how it h...

Season one of the One True Self podcast has come to an end!

Listen here - https://open.spotify.com/show/2nitz2s5PZQYdyxKiOjIVf

One True Self Podcast - Episode Seven on volunteering and mental health is out now!

Listen here on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/37OjZ9tMFmQRqczdVKSND8?si=nPQqG6FiQdKUBSwZ6YDRCA

This weeks episode on volunteering and mental health is coming this Thursday!

⭐️ Summer of Fun Event ⭐️

Here's our young people's team at an event for young people. There was a load of fun and exciting activities that young people got involved with!

Episode 6 on Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants is out now!

Find podcast here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FI7QD64AUDzmUsi5bgQa1?si=bi9bjNRtRLWNgtWlHasXSQ

One True Self Podcast - Episode 6 about Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Immigrants

Coming tomorrow!

Flip the Script coming this Friday with Children's Legal Centre on Instagram

Make sure to send in your questions to [email protected] or DM us!

Episode five on hidden disabilities is out now on Spotify!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vRqfciXmpUfP57SN9dQ9N

Theme of the month - Mindfulness

Send content to [email protected]!

There are many ways to improve your mood and becoming creative may help you work through your emotions!

One True Self Podcast - Episode 4 on autism is out now on Spotify!

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nf3zvAYqifOB83sAzXysl?si=9szJrNK6QZCk-fLoOYEnCg

⭐️ Surfing at Aberavon beach ⭐️

Our young people have been having a great time surfing with Surf School Wales. Why not join in the fun!

Surf School Wales

One True Self Podcast - Episode Four is coming out this Thursday!

One True Self Podcast - Episode 3 - Being Blind is out now on Spotify!

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ffopzrccP82skFCZzp2y3

The Summer of Fun is back!

It's an initiative aims to support the social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of all children and young people.

It's a place where we can create a safe space where children and young people develop or re-build their social skills.

Find out more information on our website - https://platfform4yp.org/resources/cat/platfform4yp-swansea-bay/