Author: Katherine Bays

On 29th November we exhibited a video as part of the 100 Voices exhibition at RESET 2021. RESET is an annual conference in Trafford where professionals, parents and young people can get together to learn about local mental health support and the issues faced by young people. Calm Connections run RESET and invited us to get involved. We all contributed...

Earlier this year Trafford Council asked Youthwatch Trafford to take a look at Kooth.com – the council-funded online counselling service for 11-18 year olds. We’d all heard of Kooth before, through our schools and through volunteering with Youthwatch (we signpost to it on our mental health page). We planned and undertook a mystery shop exercise then presented our findings back to Kooth...

Earlier in 2021, Heather Henry of Breathchamps ran a fantastic training session for us in which we learned all about asthma so that we can help friends and family manage the condition. Youthwatch’s Malaika has turned our learning into a new online resource – check out our guide here: youthwatchtrafford.co.uk/health-hub/asthma-awareness We are very proud to have been awarded the Child...

There are ten volunteers in the Youthwatch Trafford team at the moment: Arjun, Diana, Diya, Evie, Luis, Madhia, Mila, Malaika, Priya, Sohail. We just said farewell to Hania who is hoping to study medicine at University next year! 2021 has been a busy year so far: Six of us have been trained by YouthFocusNW to be young health inspectors. In...

Last year Healthwatch Trafford asked people for their experiences of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. They wanted to hear how people felt towards health and care services and how COVID-19 has impacted their lives.During July-September 2020, 250 people responded to the survey – 25 aged 17 and under. Healthwatch Trafford published a report on their findings in November 2020 and we’ve...

Youthwatch Trafford’s Luis attended the 2020 Let’s Talk Youth conference in December – this is his report on the session from 1st December, ‘Let’s Talk Mental Health with The Panic Room’ Together with Trafford Youth Cabinet, Joshua Fletcher from the Panic Room gave a talk on anxiety and how you can help someone who struggles with it. Josh is a...

What are your contraceptive needs & has COVID-19 had an impact? @traffordcouncil and @GMSHNetwork will use your views to help shape future contraceptive services for young people in our borough. If you’re under 25 in Trafford, tell them what you think by 14th Dec! Here’s the survey – and it’s anonymous: https://trafford.citizenspace.com/adults/young-person-s-sexual-health-services-in-greater-m

We’re at #RESET2020 today, hosted by Calm Connections to bring Trafford families, communities & workforce together to reset youth mental health. Our Youthwatch Trafford volunteer Diya put together this brilliant video to showcase the the #mentalhealth information for young people in Trafford that you can find on our website: youthwatchtrafford.co.uk/health-hub/mental-health/ Remember there’s info for adults on the Healthwatch Trafford website...

Today marks the start of self-care week 2020 and what better way to look after yourself than to think about your own health and fitness. Youthwatch Trafford volunteer Madhia has put together our new guide to Healthy Living: Diet and Fitness, with the help of Judith Williams, Trafford Council’s expert on diet and weight management. Madhia says: I wrote it...