Heads up pack - Manchester Youth Council

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9 On 8 PART TWO SESSION PLANSP romo!ng emo!onal well-being 9 Mental health awareness 15 Looking a"er yourself 20 Suppor!ng friends 23 Reaching out 28 Drugs and alcohol 31 Self-harm 35 Dealing with anger 41 Food and mood 47 Managing stress 51 Healthy rela!onships 55 Thinking and feeling 58 When bad things happen 64 PART THREE FURTHER RESOURCESU seful contacts and resources 685 AcknowledgementsThis toolkit has been wri#en with the help and support of Yvonne Richards (UK Youth ), Susan Blishen, (Paul Hamlyn Founda!on), and Frankie Carr (Mental Health Founda!on).Inspira!on for some of the ac!vi!es has been drawn from ideas developed within the following projects:Right Here, Sheffield Here, Brighton & Hove , Hampshire and the Isle of White Oasis, Brighton Conversa!

10 Ons, The Foyer Federa!on !a!ves/healthy-conversa!onsBody: Physical health and wellbeing ac!vi!es for young people, Vanessa Rogers, The Na!onal Youth Agency Academic Resilience, Sam Taylor, Angie Hart, publica!on was made possible by funding from the Paul Hamlyn Founda! Paul Hamlyn Founda!on is delighted to support and contribute to this publica!on, which draws on the experience of our five-year (2009 2014) Right Here young people s mental health programme, jointly run with the Mental Health Founda!on and four pilots in Brighton and Hove; Fermanagh, Northern Ireland; Newham and Sheffield. One of the founding principles of Right Here was that Youth work and mental health go hand in hand.