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NHS Lancashire and South Integrated Care Board (ICB) is working with Rock FM and a number of high schools across Lancashire to develop its latest mental health campaign.

Online mental wellbeing community, Kooth, is hosting a range of webinars throughout October as an extension of World Mental Health Day today.

Compass Bloom, a brand new mental health support team for children and young people and their families in Central and West Lancashire is launching on Monday with events in Chorley, Leyland and Skelmersdale.

The Yogi Group, supported and funded by local NHS mental health commissioning teams, will work with children to give them specific skills to help improve mental wellness by teaching anxiety-relieving and breathing techniques, yoga poses and mindful movements to support a healthy mind and body.

Health and care leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working with local radio station Rock FM to encourage young people to speak out if they're struggling with their mental health.

NHS Central Lancashire (CCG) has extended its partnership with digital mental health platform Kooth to include young adults aged 16 to 18 in education across the whole of Lancashire and South Cumbria. Available immediately, Kooth will provide access to safe and confidential digital mental health support outside of the normal 9-5.

A new contract to deliver the Central & West Lancashire Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in education settings has been awarded to Compass, a charity which specialises in services to improve health and wellbeing.

A new service to support young people on the Fylde Coast who are struggling with their mental health and emotional wellbeing will launch this week.

Health leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria have been awarded an additional £10.7million pounds of investment to improve children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

As children and young people are preparing to go back to school or college – in some cases for the first time since lockdown – health and care organisations across Lancashire and South Cumbria are reminding them of the mental health support available.