News 2020

BACKGROUND The case for new Mental Health legislation was made following the Wessely Independent Review of the 1983 Act. The Review (although welcome) said little...

Over the past week, we have witnessed anger and outrage at the catastrophic mismanagement of A, B Tech and GCSE exam results. The focus has...

BUT WHEN? AND WHERE IS THE MENTION OF CHILDREN? The Child Mental Health Charter Campaign is grateful to Labour MP Dan Carden for tabling a...

This useful guide from the Universities of Reading and Oxford is designed to help parents, carers and those who work with children and young people...

The Child Mental Health Charter Campaign would like to thank Lord Reynard, Baroness Walmsley and Baroness Lister very much indeed for their messages of support...

Through their Royal Foundation, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enabled £1.8 million to support key workers and those with mental health problems arising directly...

The National Domestic Abuse Helpline has received an 80% surge in calls /for help in June amidst warnings of a looming autumn surge (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/23/domestic-violence-helpline-calls-80-june-amid-warnings-surge/). Domestic...

Helen Clark, Campaign Manager for The Child Mental Health Charter Campaign, is delighted to share this message of support from the children’s mental health charity...

Teachers and health service providers have predicted a huge crisis in children’s mental health needs when schools re-open in September (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/19/therapists-and-teachers-warn-of-looming-mental-health-crisis). Ieso Digital Health puts...

Magic Breakfast is a charity that provides school breakfasts to vulnerable children. Their survey assessed teacher’s views on how food insecurity, in the context of...