Last week marked #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, a reminder that mental health affects families, friendships, education and workplaces every day.

In our podcast on youth suicide prevention, we discuss how to hold difficult conversations around mental health: bit.ly/49gkeiW

The Princess of Wales highlights how early childhood shapes lifelong wellbeing this Children’s Mental Health Week The Princess of Wales highlights how early childhood shapes lifelong wellbeing this Children’s Mental Health Week

Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales visited Castle Hill Academy in Croydon to mark Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, emphasising the role of early childhood in lifelong mental well-being.
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🔊 Check out the @rcpsych.bsky.social podcast for #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek exploring how to empower young people when discussing their #MentalHealth care or treatment.
CPD eLearning talks offer insights for all #MentalHealth professionals to support your learning: ⬇️
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A young person is peering out from behind a tree and softly smiling. He has brown hair and is wearing a light grey jacket. Only one half of his face is visible as he is patrially hidden by the tree trunk.

🌳#ThisIsMyPlace 🌳

For many young people, nature becomes more than a space - it becomes somewhere they belong.

A place to feel safe, settle, connect and be themselves.

This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re thinking about the power of place. What made you feel like you belonged as a child? 👇️

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek may be ending, but the support doesn’t stop here 💛

We’re here every day for children and young people, and our interactive workbooks are available for young people, parents and families whenever support is needed 👇🏽

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/mental-health-workbooks

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#MyPlace #Belonging
#SocialInclusion

At Freshwater Theatre Company, we’re passionate about delivering workshops that put wellbeing at the forefront 🌞. To end this year's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, Freshwater HQ are sharing a few ways we look after our wellbeing and nurture our mental health every day 💛.

#mentalhealth #freshwater30

The official theme for this year’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is ‘This is My Place’.

At Red Balloon, we understand the value of having a sense of belonging and having a place. Read more: www.redballoonlearner.org/news-events/...

💛 Our #PlaySpecialists support children and families throughout their hospital stay.

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, Sophie Mazin, Health Play Specialist at King’s, said:

💬 “Play specialists provide fun and familiar activities, helping to reduce worries and concerns, and aid recovery."

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Lovely to see LITTLE HOME BIRD by Jo Empson in @storysnug.com's 'This is My Place' Children's Mental Health Week booklist about 'finding and creating homes and spaces where you can feel a sense of belonging' 🕊️

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Empowering children isn’t about expecting them to cope alone. It’s about walking alongside them, amplifying their voices and strengthening the systems that help them feel, this is my place.

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek is a campaign that is close to our heart and we are proud supporters of it 🧡

As it's #CMHW2026, we would like to remind you about our free online support videos which are accessible to families and to people who work with children or young people.

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Not posted about #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek this week as been busy talking to 8 schools about their amazing work; joined up thinking, holistic practice, knowledge of community and context, bringing staff and parental MH into their offer too. If your school does this, get in touch.

As we wrap up Place2Be’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re celebrating the power of community! 🤝✨

A child’s ‘place’ is also the people around them. Grab our free ‘Our Classroom Community’ animated social story here: linktr.ee/learningme

#ThisIsMyPlace #CMHW2026 🏠💙

Bedfordians invited to write “Letters to Our Children” for Children’s Mental Health Week - Bedford Independent A community project to share messages of hope, encouragement and belonging has been launched this week as part of Children's Mental...

‘Letters to Our Children’ is inviting Bedfordians to share a message with the younger generation in response to the question: what are the words we wish every child could grow up hearing?...

#Bedford #BedfordNews #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

How can governance shape more inclusive approaches to mental health and help schools respond to rising levels of need?

Our blog for #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek explores the role of governance in supporting children's mental wellbeing.

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Children’s Mental Health Week 2026: Reshaping Systems for Belonging — Dartington Service Design Lab For Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, we’re thinking about what it takes to reshape systems to better support children and young people’s sense of belonging.

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek and Place2Be are asking a really interesting and important question: what would it take for our systems to actively help children and young people feel like they belong?

Read our reflections in our latest blog: www.dartington.org.uk/latest-news/...

Our players also enjoyed relaxing on the swings, challenging themselves on the zip wire and playing with #YoungVolunteer Teddy who is a fantastic role model - and also pretty good at basketball 🏀

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Are you an expert at working with and advocating for young people?
We are recruiting a Participation Team Leader for our Children and Young People service.
Have a look! signhealth.org.uk/jobs/childre...
Deadline 23 March 2026
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #NewJobFriday

First in Europe: high-performance head-only scanner reveals ultra-fine brain detail | King's College London The Centre of Neuroimaging Sciences at the Denmark Hill Campus, King's College London, is now home to a new investigational GE HealthCare MAGNUS 3T MRI scanner, the first of its calibre in Europe. GE HealthCare is a 30 year-long industry-partner of researchers at King’s College London.

A new head-only MRI scanner at King's can scan 2-3x faster than previous state-of-the-art commercial systems, making it ideal for children and young people.

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Proud to be supporting #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek this week & every week ❤️

With the right support & resources, every child can have an inclusive education that enables them to thrive

Did you know our Patient Activity dashboard can inform ICBs, PCNs & GP Practices how long children have been waiting from the point of referral to first appointment for community based services? Contact us to find out more. #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #ThisIsMyPlace https://www.necsu.nhs.uk/digital-applications/raidr/

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Did you know our Patient Activity dashboard can inform ICBs, PCNs & GP Practices how long children have been waiting from the point of referral to first appointment for community based services? Contact us to find out more. #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #ThisIsMyPlace

Graphic promoting Children’s Mental Health Week by Action for ME. Text in top half details how Action for ME support young people with ME through their Young People’s Counselling and Community Service. Photo in bottom half shows a young person on their phone with Children's Mental Health Week logo.

This week is #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek with Place2Be.

1 in 5 children face mental health challenges.

We support children & young people with ME with our FREE Young People’s Counselling & Young People’s Community. More info 👇

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A blue background with a white text box in the centre of the page. It reads ‘Schools aren’t designed for autistic children – these are the sensory challenges they face’. Under the text are digital illustrations created by autistic graphic designer Emily @21sensoryandme of sensory challenges in schools. They show ‘super itchy’ school uniform; a clock ‘tick, tick, tick!’; a teacher with a loud voice and a child holding their hands over their ears; a pen being clicked; and a school bell ‘ring, ring, ring!’. ‘The Conversation’ article logo is in the bottom right corner of the page.

New in @ConversationUK: Keren McLennan highlights the sensory challenges autistic children can face in school. Busy, unpredictable environments can build up sensory overwhelm across the day. Sensory-inclusive design and training matter. 🙌👥
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💜 This Children’s Mental Health Week, the theme is ‘This is my place.’ We asked our children and young people what they love about their school and how it makes them feel, and their answers say it all.

Join our team: www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/careers/

#WitherslackGroup #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

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We had a fun afternoon joining Ards & North Down BC at their 'Connecting Families' event - encouraging more play and less screen time. 🪁🎨🫟🧩

It was lovely to meet so many families, share our resources, and chat about low-cost, easy ways to keep play simple but fun! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Understanding self-harm and promoting self-care: Louise’s perspective - Forces Children Scotland Louise, a Ruby Boots Volunteer Facilitator, attended a two-day training course to gain skills and knowledge about how to handle self-harm. Here is what she learned about supporting others, and…

Her takeaway: 'If we encounter these behaviours, it’s necessary to respond with empathy so that young people have a safe place where they can be understood and supported rather than judged.'

Read more here:

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🎉 It’s Wear Your SCARF Day! 🎉

Today we’re celebrating our SCARF values: Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship 🧣

📸 Tag us in a photo of you wearing your scarf or show us the activities you’re taking part in at school or work.

#WearYourScarfDay #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we are highlighting a study into learning and mood in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

The study aims to learn more about brain functioning in NF1 to help develop future treatments.

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