Young People

A collection of 82 posts

research

Children's Commissioner

Shocking report by Children’s Commissioner reveals millions of children in England living vulnerable or high risk lives On Tuesday 4th July the Children's Commissioner published some shocking findings from their recent analysis. One of the key findings states that > 800,000 children aged 5 to 17

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

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

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

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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

Health and Fitness

Getting FIT

Getting FIT! As we begin a new year, often people set out new years resolutions that contain plans to get fit and healthy, re-balance life and have life style changes. These are great ideas, however, by mid-January many of us can feel depleted and disengaged as our hope of attending

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Introducing 'ForYou' Library by Phase

Introducing the 'ForYou' library from Phase When you are faced with difficult things in life, you need good, relevant, true, helpful information and advice at your finger tips. The internet, libraries, magazines and friends or family may be full of loads of information on many topics but it

self-harm

Shelf Help

On Friday 2nd December Hitchin saw the launch of an exciting new pilot project called ‘Shelf Help.’ This is a reading scheme that is being adopted by The Priory School and Phase and is gradually being used by schools and libraries around the country. Shelf help is a list of

self-harm

Rise in self-harm

Earlier this week the NSPCC [https://www.nspcc.org.uk] released statistics about the rise in self-harm amongst young people. Nspcc said > Nearly 19,000 children and young people in England and Wales were hospitalised for self-harm last year You can read the full article here [https://www.nspcc.

Young leader

Phase Ambassadors

Who has invested the most in you? Can you think of someone who saw potential in you, who took time and effort to help you grow? Is there someone you can think of who was instrumental in helping you achieve? For me, it was my church youth leaders and my

school

Growing up with Phase

I have known and had connections with Phase for the last 6 years through ‘It’s your move’ workshops, Holding Nothing back, Time trek, school assemblies, Westbrook, after school club and so much more. But in this last year I have been working much more closely with the team. In

mental health

Mental wellbeing conference

On Friday 7th October Phase were part of a team of people who put on the UK's first mental wellbeing conference for schools. A day not just for teachers and other school staff but for students and young people too! It was an exciting day with over 100

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Love Always Hopes

Love Always Hopes wristbands are in memory of Mary Bacon who sadly died suddenly in May 2016. Mary was heavily involved with Phase in a variety of ways, from helping at Time Trek [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/time-trek-feb16/] to being a young leader at our Holding Nothing Back [http://blog.

mental health

Headspace

As Phase has been developing our mental wellbeing support for young people, we have been looking at various apps and programmes that young people can engage with in their own time to help promote wellbeing and mindfulness. One of these apps is Headspace [https://www.headspace.com/my], an app

support

Celebration service

On Sunday 2nd October 6:30pm we will be holding our annual celebration at Walsworth Road Baptist Church [http://www.wrbchitchin.org.uk] and we would love you to join us! It will be a fun packed hour hearing about the great achievements of Phase from last year, exciting plans

Blogs

What to blog about?

At Phase we are passionate about seeing people's wellbeing and resilience grow, understanding of mental health increase and people living life in all its fullness. As we come into this new academic year, we want to know what you would like to see on our blog! What subjects

funding

Diana smashes her target!

Back in May Diana Seller [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/dianas-challenge/] took on a personal challenge in memory of her son Mark and raised a whooping £2286 for the work of Phase! Diana's original hope was to hopefully reach £1000, but has been blown away by peoples support. This

Creative space

My year with Phase

This year I have been working with Phase as the 'Self-harm Support Intern' and what an exciting year it has been. I've seen Phase achieve so much and am excited about the future of the charity which I will continue to support and be involved with,

mental health

Friendly Places

"There's no health without mental health" [http://www.faithaction.net/portal/our-projects/friendly-places/] Phase HQ recently received our Friendly Places [http://www.faithaction.net/portal/our-projects/friendly-places/] certificate from Faith Action [http://www.faithaction.net/] confirming that we are a faith organisation that is committed to

mental health

Talking to someone who struggles with self-harm

Earlier this year, Phase was asked to write something about what are some helpful things to say to a young person struggling with self-harm. I’ve spent some time putting together a list of some common things people may say, why they might not be so helpful and what people

volunteers

Volunteering is good for you

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36482370] There was a great article on the BBC News website this morning about the positive impact of volunteering for individuals and for organisations. You can read the article here [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-36482370]. Do you have some time and some

mental health

Mental Health Awareness Week 2016

(16th - 22nd May 2016, was Mental Health Awareness Week and this year the theme was relationships.) This blog post is titled 'people need other people' > “You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people

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Inspire

On Saturday 18th June we are asking people to come along and hear about how they can get involved with planning and running fundraising activities for Phase. As the work of Phase grows, there is a need to increase our fundraising so that we can continue to support more and

Youth Work

Relationships workshops

Recently we delivered workshops about Relationships in Hitchin Boys' School as part of the schools sex education course with year 9. The workshop starts by defining what relationships are, thinking about all the different relationships we have around us. We then move on to think about more intimate relationships.