Our response to government plans for mental health support in schools
We respond to the new green paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’
Type: News
Foster care and mental health
Our media ambassador Martin Barrow reflects on the mental health needs of children in foster care.
Type: Blog
The decade of delay
Children face an average 10-year wait between experiencing symptoms and receiving help.
Type: Page
How mental health can be affected at various stages of development
The different mental health challenges faced by children at different ages.
Type: Page
Experiencing the decade of delay: Dolly’s story
Dolly on her experience of waiting over ten years to receive effective mental health support
Type: Blog
A curriculum for wellbeing
We respond to new announcements that schools will be trialling mental health promotion programmes in schools
Type: Blog
Missed opportunities
We reviewed recent evidence about children’s mental health, and found that children wait on average 10 years before receiving help.
Type: Publication
Children wait ten years for mental health support, says review from Centre for Mental Health
We released a new report today highlighting that the majority of children and young people with mental health issues wait too long for support.
Type: News
Children’s mental health: the challenge ahead for the NHS, councils and schools
Children’s mental health is too important to be left to chance”. Our call for a sustained focus on reducing the ten-year gap between children experiencing mental health symptoms and actually receiving help.
Type: News