Speakers: Dr Victoria Randall, University of Winchester; Prof. Jeanne Keay, Leeds Beckett University; Dr Andy Davy-Smith, University of Bradford; Kate
Category: APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood – Documents and Links
Short articles, news updates and opinion pieces relating to a Fit & Healthy Childhood. Contact Helen West if you would like to contribute.
15/06/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 15/06/21.
10/06/21 – A New Early Day Motion Calls For Reform of the Mental Health Act
EDM 140: Reform of the Mental Health Act, tabled 7 June 2021 by Dr Lisa Cameron MP That this House
‘THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY HAVE HAD THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ‘CRUSHED’ BY LOCKDOWN’ SAYS ‘THE DAILY MAIL’
By Helen Clark: Lead Author for the APPG 5th June 2021 ‘The Daily Mail,’ (since 19th June 2020, Britain’s biggest
Play Therapy UK interviewed by Nursery World
Monika Jephcott and Sophia O’Neill, of Play Therapy UK, were interviewed for the latest edition of Nursery World. The interview
28/05/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 28/05/21.
17/05/21 – Redressing the Balance: new pro-child legislation in England
Speakers: Lord Bird; Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales; Melissa Bui, Intergenerational Foundation 18 May 2021 All-Party Parliamentary Group on
17/05/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 17/05/21.
10/05/21 – Government announces “Mental Health Recovery Money” for Schools and Colleges
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ‘MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY MONEY’ FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 10th May 2021 In Mental Health Awareness Week, the Government
10/05/21 – Labour Appoints a Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty – Helen Clark Writes
LABOUR APPOINTS A SHADOW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR CHILD POVERTY By Helen Clark: Lead Author In 2014, the newly formed
09/05/21 – Mental Health Awareness Week – Helen Clark Writes
NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK May 10th – 16th 2021 The theme for this year’s National Mental Health Awareness Week
09/05/21 – Celebrities in Education – Dr Aric Sigman Writes
Celebrities in Education? Paved with the best intentions, schools have increasingly used celebrities to engage pupils and remain relevant, to
Reducing Parental Conflict – three Reports from the DWP
07/05/21 – APPG Member Patrick Myers writes: Reducing Parental Conflict Reports The Reducing Parental Conflict (RPC) programme aims to help
30/04/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 30/04/21.
20/04/21 – A Whole Life Obesity Strategy
Speakers: Carolyn Pallister, Slimming World; James Toop, BiteBack2030; Dr Max Davie, RCPCH; Ashley McDougall, National Audit Office
15/04/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 15/04/21.
30/03/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 30/03/21.
The Leadsom Review: Change or Status Quo?
Andrea Leadsom MP was charged by Boris Johnson to devise a plan to ensure that every child is afforded the
Baroness Frances d’Souza Calls for a Cabinet Minister for Children
In a debate on Friday 19/03/21 on the Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill, Baroness (Frances) D’Souza made a
Royal College of Nursing Calls for a Nurse in Every School to Address Child Mental Health Problems – helen Clark Writes
Head of the Royal College of Nursing, Dame Donna Kinnair has called for every school to have a permanent school
19/03/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 19/03/21.
A Big “Thank You” to our Members!
Helen Clark, the APPG’s Lead Author has praised APPG members for making their voices heard in the run-up to publication
Government Launches Mental Health Action Group – Helen Clark Writes
10 March 2021 Government Ministers have held a first meeting of the new ‘Mental Health Action Group’ as children return
Government moves on mental health service provision for children – Some quick results for the APPG’s mental health campaign
On February 8, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood convened an open meeting to encourage campaigning
Monika Jephcott, CE and Clinical Director of Play Therapy UK, interviewed in Nursery Management Today
We are delighted to see Play Therapy UK and its founder Monika Jephcott featured in the latest issue of Nursery
15/02/21 – Useful Links
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Impact of Covid on Children’s Mental and Physical Health – A Study
In September 2020, Rackets Cubed began a year-long educational and physical activity intervention project for selected pupils from seven primary
08/02/21 – Meeting calling for sector-wide activity to press for improved mental health support for children and young people
Open Meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood An open meeting was called by the
In Children’s Mental Health Week Dr Lisa Cameron MP Supports Calls For The Government to Implement a Covid-19 Recovery Mental Health Strategy for Children
Dr Lisa Cameron supports ‘Action for Children’s’ call on the government to prioritise children’s mental health when COVID-19 recovery planning
Children’s Mental Health Week 1-7 February 2021
Place2Be launched Children’s Mental Health week in 2015 and continues to promote it each year. For Children’s Mental Health Week
‘INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS’ COVID’S ‘DEVASTATING LEGACY’ TO CHILDREN : BBC, 30th January 2021
A child is unlikely to be severely impaired physically by Covid, but its effect on their mental health is potentially
29/01/21 – Useful Links
Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 29/01/21.
As yet another report calls out the “EPIDEMIC IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH” we ask: “So what – if anything – will be done about it?”
The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has published her fourth annual report on the state of children’s mental health
MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE: A CALL TO URGENT MASS ACTION
Hopes raised Even before the pandemic, there was overwhelming evidence of a significant and growing decline in the mental health
Sport England – Active Lives Children and Young People’s Survey
Yesterday, 14/01/21. Sport England published the latest official statistics from the Active Lives Children and Young People’s Survey. This publication is split
15/01/21 – Dr Lisa Cameron MP, SNP Spokesperson for Mental Health, speaks to Nursery Management Today
Dr Lisa Cameron, MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow has been interviewed by Nursery Management Today Magazine about her
New Year Cheer for Children’s Mental Health!
Parliament resumed yesterday for Statements from the Prime Minister and also the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson. Dr
WALES’S RESPONSE TO CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH – helen Clark Writes
The Child Mental Health Charter Campaign has received a response (link below) from the Welsh Government to an enquiry about any
As We enter a Further Lockdown, Phil Royal Shares Quotes on the Effect of the Pandemic on Children’s Mental Health
Quotable quotes on the effect of the pandemic on children’s mental health ‘The Covid-29 crisis poses the greatest threat to
‘Ikea-style ‘Do It Yourself’ approach to mental health won’t do,’ says Child Mental Health Charter Campaign
Barely 48 hours after the dawn of 2021, mental health services are again outcasts from the optimistic future envisioned by
28/12/20 – Two Cheers and One Misgiving – Helen Clark Welcomes the End of BOGOFs
Helen Clark: Lead Author for the APPG on A Fit and Healthy Childhood As we approach the end of the
Children’s Safety in Public – The office of the Children’s Commissioner Reports
The Children’s Commissioner has become concerned at the level of fear being picked up from children. Both safety when out
Catherine West MP Puts Mental Health on the Map in the Comprehensive Spending Review Debate – Helen Clark Writes
A big ‘thank you’ to Catherine West (Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green) for putting mental health services on