This is my place – belonging, identity and community
Efua Poku-Amanfo, Head of the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, reflects on the theme of Children’s Mental Health week 2026.
Type: Blog
Expanding parent-infant relationship services could save government billions
Specialised parent-infant support improves child and parent wellbeing, and expanding access could save government billions, across health, social care, and education systems.
Type: News
Why babies’ first relationships matter
The value of parent-infant relationships in the UK
Type: Publication
Social media and children’s mental health
Andy examines the concerns and debate around the dangers posed to children by social media
Type: Blog
Future Minds: A roadmap to transform children and young people’s mental health by 2035
The Future Minds roadmap puts forward concrete solutions to transform children and young people’s mental health.
Type: Publication
Bridging the gap
An evaluation of Barnardo’s Inner Resilience and Development (BIRD) service supporting children and young people with mental health problems.
Type: Publication
Invest in childhood
Priorities for preventing mental ill health among children and young people
Type: Publication
Future Minds
Why investing in children’s mental health will unlock economic growth
Type: Publication
Mapping the mental health of the UK’s young people
This map tool shows prevalence of mental health difficulties across the UK, including rates of eating disorders and self-harm, hospital admissions and secondary care referrals, and wider factors such as loneliness, school absence and bullying.
Type: Publication
A dual crisis
This report explores the impact of poverty and benefit conditionality on the mental health of parents and children.
Type: Publication