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Our posts over the last week reached 1.09k people with 515 people being reached the previous week. Our posts over the last week were engaged with 85 times which was up by 44% from the previous week. As we continue to grow our social media presence, we look forward to seeing more people engage with us! Any help you can provide in sharing our information on social media is greatly appreciated, as we look to broaden our reach even further. Please like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/LSCHealthyYoungMinds/) and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/HealthyYM_LSC) and thank you to those who are continuing to share our posts and retweeting us each week.

In addition to the face to face engagement, we have a survey running to help us gather information about what different audiences would like to see on our website. We want to ensure we get feedback from the highest number of children, young people, their families and carers and professionals as we can. On your own social media platforms, you can help us by sharing the survey link below and encouraging your followers to have their say, so we can build a website that works for everyone, from CYP to professionals. https://www.elesurvey.co.uk/f/615158/1b61/

In the New Year, the communications and engagement team will be visiting several groups as we look to co-produce the webpage content with children, young people, their families and carers and professionals. We have several visits planned to groups such as LGBT at Blackburn Youth Zone, and Headstart and Entwined Minds in Blackpool. As always, we’d like to gain insight from yourselves so if you know of any groups you feel would be good for us to co-produce with, please let us know! You can contact us by emailing healthyyoung.minds@nhs.net or calling 01772 214061.

The Care of the Most Vulnerable workstream is based on key priority areas set out in Future in Mind and aims to improve outcomes for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) or learning difficulties.

From his experiences of working as a nurse and suffering from depression himself, Sam Tyrer decided he wanted to do something to raise awareness to tackle mental health issues facing people in Lancashire. He organised a series of ‘Change Talks’ in 2017 and has never ‘Change Talks’ in 2017 and has never looked back. “I left nursing at the start of January with the support of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and they are helping me develop Change Talks by collaborating with their services including the Children and Young People’s Transformation Programme.

The CYPEWMH Transformation Programme would like to hear from children, young people, their families and carers and professionals about what they would like to see on the website www.healthyyoungmindslsc.co.uk. By completing a short survey, you can help shape the future layout and content of the website. There will also be some workshops organised soon which will allow children, young people, carers and family members to share their ideas. The survey is located at https://www.elesurvey.co.uk/f/615158/1b61/

The new eight-bed mother and baby unit (Ribblemere) is set to open in October 2018 and will be an inpatient facility for mothers with serious mental health problems to access support and treatment whilst remaining alongside their babies.

Last week we launched a Facebook page to engage with children and young people, their families/carers and professionals across Lancashire and South Cumbria. We’ve also changed our Twitter name from @CYPEWMH1 to @HealthyYM_LSC to better reflect what our page is about, and link in with our brand, our website and our new Facebook page name. Please share our social media details through any channels that you can. Please like us on Facebook: LSC-Healthy-Young-Minds.

Commissioned by Lancashire County Council, the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Partnership supports children and young people with low to medium-intensity mental health difficulties. Eleven agencies work in partnership to deliver a wide range of therapeutic support across the 12 Lancashire County Council Districts.

The Rose is a ‘special school’ for pupils aged 11-16 with significant social, emotional and mental health issues (SEMH). They provide permanent places for over 60 pupils, many of  whom have been diagnosed with autism and ADHD. The pupils suffer from higher than normal levels of stress, aggression, anxiety and depression and a small number are known to frequently abuse drugs and alcohol; several are ‘looked after’ children.