New report calls for mental health support to be built around children’s communities
Recent research demonstrates how children’s mental health is strongly shaped by where they grow up.
Type: News
Place, inequalities and children and young people’s mental health
This briefing summarises recent research on how where children grow up is a critical factor in their mental health.
Type: Publication
Children and young people’s mental health: a crisis shaped by the world around them
Emily van de Venter and Jim McManus argue that framing the mental health crisis as a social media problem risks obscuring the bigger picture.
Type: Blog
Supporting a whole-school approach to wellbeing
Our evaluation of myHappymind, a positive wellbeing programme designed for early years to year six.
Type: Publication
Active Essex Foundation’s Sport and Youth Mental Health Project
The second year report of a three year evaluation of the Active Essex Foundation’s Sport and Youth Mental Health Project.
Type: Publication
Strengths-based support for neurodivergent children and young people
This report explores how adapted, sensory-informed and play-based approaches can improve outcomes for neurodivergent children and young people.
Type: Publication
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
Why babies’ first relationships matter
Secure parent–infant relationships underpin a baby’s emotional regulation, resilience, and healthy development, bringing lifelong benefits.
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