Phase Hitchin

prevention

Understand, Implement, Prevent: tackling poor mental health in schools

Welcome to our 2nd Guest blog takeover. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 30; self-harm in teens has nearly doubled since 2007; in 2015 more than 1 million people were in touch with mental health services; nearly 80,000 teenagers are suffering with depression; 26% of teenagers in

TED talks

What's been on our screens

Have you every wondered what someone else is looking at on their computer or laptop screen? What articles are they reading? What songs are they listening to? What apps are they using? Maybe they could help me. Well i have, sometimes I even take a sneaky look. :) Then I thought

training

Train the trainer!

In the past 18-months Phase has taken incredible leaps forward in our knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young people that is attacking their wellbeing [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/wellbeing-life-list/] as well as key ways to grow and improve this – emotionally [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/embracing-gratitude/], mentally [http:

wellbeing challenge

May's Photography Challenge

What I love about photography is that it allows you to press pause on a specific moment of time and save the atmosphere, sights, feelings and all the senses from one moment using no words. I did the photography challenge for Mays wellbeing challenge and I was given a word

emotional wellbeing

June Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to June, that means it’s time for another wellbeing challenge. This month it's mindfulness. The challenge 1st - Start and end each day with some meditation. Whether that is meditating on scripture, or using a guided meditation app, it’s your choice. 2nd -

funding

Local company put Phase in the driving seat

Local car sales and service business AZ Autos [http://www.azautos.co.uk] recently took on an exciting challenge to support young people and give two local students an opportunity to experience business in the driving seat. AZ Autos [http://www.azautos.co.uk] donated a car for Luke and

emotional wellbeing

Emotional First Aid

Let’s set the scene – its evening, you're nice and relaxed, you’re at home cooking yourself a tasty dinner, you're busy minding your own business, when all of a sudden you cut your finger. What do you do? It’s not bad enough to warrant

wellbeing challenge

May Wellbeing Challenge

Wellcome to May :) So were doing something a little different this month - A photo challenge. This is a chance for you to get your camera out and notice the things around you. It's simple each day find or create something that represents the word that is given.

wellbeing challenge

An intentional diet

The April wellbeing challenge [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/april-wellbeing-challenge/] was all about changing your diet or doing something different in relation to the food you are eating. Food is very important and can have a big impact on how we feel and function each day. Why I choose to take

fundraising

Amanda goes the distance

You may or may not know that Amanda, our office manager has taken on a huge challenge in aid of Phase. Kieran took a few moments in between Amanda's busy schedule to find out what she is doing and why. In the year that I turn 50 I&

wellbeing

Bullet journalling

I wonder if you are a technology person, or if you prefer paper and pen? Do you use a diary, or is your life recorded on an online calendar? In most circumstances, I am a technology person – even as a teenager I had a Palm (blast from the past?) and

wellbeing challenge

April Wellbeing Challenge

We are officially ¼ of the way through the year, I feel like it’s flown by. So far on our challenges we’ve increased our water intake, learnt a new skill and tried some things to build on our spiritual wellbeing. Wait! What’s that I hear you say, you

promote

‘'I am a parent; how can I promote positive wellbeing?’'

For most of us, from our waking moments to a sleeping bed at night, we worry. We worry about what we are, or aren’t saying to our children. We worry if they are getting 5 a day or 5 a week. We worry if they are doing ok at

spiritual

Boost your spiritual wellbeing

What do you find most helpful in developing your spiritual wellbeing? I hope that many of you have been joining us throughout March, on our spiritual wellbeing challenge – but it’s also Lent, so I’m aware that you may have been doing other challenges too. For example, I’ve

People Have Started Talking

Last week Donna told you all the exciting things that happened at our premier [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/lets-talk-2/]. This week our new #lets talk series was in the Comet [http://www.thecomet.net/news/hitchin_mental_health_and_wellbeing_charity_s_let_s_talk_video_project_launches_a_second_

watch this space

Let's Talk...

After the success of our first Let’s Talk video we decided to make a whole series of videos that would act as conversation starters about key mental health topics. The Princes Trust recently revealed some of their latest statistics, including the the fact that one in four young people

wellbeing

Spiritual Wellbeing

What is spiritual wellbeing? Does it mean to be a priest, a guru, one of the few enlightened ones or could it be someone who creates space and time to think and connect beyond themselves. I like to put it as ‘a brush with the Divine’. Just as our March

March Wellbeing Challenge

Welcome to March and a new wellbeing Challenge, this month our focus is on spiritual wellbeing. If you’re wondering what spiritual wellbeing is all about Kieran, our director will be explaining all about it on the blog on Friday, but for now it’s all about the way we

wellbeing challenge

Hola! Hablo Español?

Incase you missed this months wellbeing challenge [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/february-wellbeing-challange/] it was all about learning a new skill. I’m pretty sure you can guess what new skill I’ve been learning over the last month from my title – Spanish. A little bit of history I started learning

anxiety

Managing Anxiety

“A head full of fears has no space for dreams” We want young people to live life in all of its fullness and so when we hear that more young people than ever before are struggling with anxiety, holding them back from reaching their potential, we want to do something

Young People

MAD ;)

Something that we are working on is how we can help young people go MAD!! I should probably explain, MAD stands for Make A Difference and it is a project where young people will be able to apply for small amount of seed funding to run their own project or

change

Goals and rhythms

Where do you want to be in ten years’ time – or five, or even one? What do you want to have achieved by then? Is there any area of your life where you are desperate to see change - where you would be disappointed to look back in ten years

wellbeing challenge

February Wellbeing Challenge

Well Hello There, Can you believe it's February already, that means it's time for a new challenge. This month’s challenge is to learn a new skill. This could be something you started but never quite managed to get the hang of, something you’ve always

wellbeing challenge

Water Challenge

This month’s wellbeing challenge is now coming to an end and the team are positively glowing after drinking so much water and getting fresh air and blood pumping around the body. As a reminder – our challenge for this month was to drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a

Holding Nothing Back

Holding Nothing Back - banter and biscuits!

It’s my turn to talk about what has been happening recently, so I thought I’d fill you all in on developments at Holding Nothing Back. It’s been an exciting few months, and there’s more in store this term. At the end of last term, we had