Category: APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood – Documents and Links

APPG Members The Intergenerational Foundation will be 10 years old in 2021 and this research report investigates how young people

Support for families with children affected by respiratory infections  Public Health England is expecting an increase in respiratory infections among children

Free Webinar Tuesday 16 November 2021 from 12 noon – 1 pm APPG members may be interested in this webinar,

SIR DAVID AMESS MP: A TRIBUTE By Helen Clark: Lead Author of the APPG The tragic murder of Sir David

APPG members Food Active‘s Annual Conference will this year focus on the elimination of weight stigma. Weight stigma and discrimination

 DAILY MIRROR’S MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN: ‘FAILING OUR KIDS’ During the week of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, ‘The Daily

Link: https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/play-therapists-demand-itv-apologise-for-airing-coronation-street-episode-that-brings-the-profession-into-disrepute As Play Therapists demand an apology from ITV after Coronation Street depicts the profession in disparaging terms, Nursery

Monika Jephcott, CEO of Play Therapy UK and an external member of the APPG, made this statement this morning: It

Recommendations following an investigation into how to improve services for children from conception to age 5 A new report from 

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, chaired by Professor Alexis Jay OBE was set up in 2015 because of

SHADOW CABINET MENTAL HEALTH MINISTER SLAMS LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION FOR CHILDREN Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (who will lead

Peer-to-Peer Touch: The New School Milk The Provision of Free Milk Regulations in 1946 provided milk to all school children

‘CHILDREN IN CRISIS: ARE WE FAILING YOUNG MINDS?’ That’s the title of a groundbreaking television programme, broadcast by ITV Central

‘ONE IN EIGHT CHILDREN IN HIGH INCOME COUNTRIES HAS A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER AT ANY GIVEN TIME’ This is the

There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 20th July at 9:25am. The subject for this debate is

The briefing can be found here. The Children and Young People’s Health Policy Influencing Group (HPIG) is a membership group

Briony Richter speaks to Monika Jephcott, chief exec and clinical director of Play Therapy UK and Sophia O’Neill, course director, postgraduate MA in Practice-Based Play Therapy in

BORN TO FAIL? SOCIAL MOBILITY – A WORKING CLASS VIEW BY SONIA BLANDFORD Professor Sonia Blandford of Achievement for All

The Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network The VAMHN aims to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems among children, adults, and

The Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network is an interdisciplinary research network that aims to understand, prevent, and reduce the

NATIONAL WEEK OF PLAY: 21-27th June The Early Years Alliance has launched a National Week of Play with the aim

Debate in Westminster Hall, House of Commons: 2.30pm – 4pm 16th June 2021 This debate was called by Liberal Democrat

EDM 140: Reform of the Mental Health Act, tabled 7 June 2021 by Dr Lisa Cameron MP That this House

By Helen Clark: Lead Author for the APPG 5th June 2021 ‘The Daily Mail,’ (since 19th June 2020, Britain’s biggest

Monika Jephcott and Sophia O’Neill, of Play Therapy UK, were interviewed for the latest edition of Nursery World. The interview

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ‘MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY MONEY’ FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 10th May 2021 In Mental Health Awareness Week, the Government