Youthwatch Trafford volunteer Madhia has written this guide to living healthily during the Corona pandemic. Let us know if you have any more ideas to add by emailing info@healthwatchtrafford.co.uk First of all, during this time you must be: Staying at home. Social distancing, this means not meeting people from other households regardless of whether you’re related to them or they...

All children and young people in Greater Manchester can now access free online counselling and emotional well-being support. From Tuesday 14 April, the Kooth online counselling and emotional wellbeing platform will be available to any young person who may be struggling with their mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Kooth is for young people aged 11-18 and offers a variety of resources, including:...

Are you age 14 to 18, interested in health, social care or young people’s rights and want to give something back to your local area? Time to get involved! Youthwatch Trafford are Healthwatch Trafford’s young volunteers age 14-18. Our Youthwatch team bring us a fresh perspective, helping us to communicate with other young people in Trafford – finding out what...

In Spring 2019, Healthwatch Trafford worked with three other local Healthwatch in Greater Manchester to find out about the local CAMHS service. CAMHS means NHS-provided services in the United Kingdom for children and adolescents who are having difficulties with their emotional or behavioural wellbeing. CAMHS is called Healthy Young Minds in our area. Parents of children and young people with...

If you are a child or young person in Trafford in care or who are using aftercare services and feel you need some help or advice, the Children’s Rights Service can help you. There’s more information about it here: www.trafforddirectory.co.uk/kb5/trafford/fsd/service.page?id=S4NVPfAmqbc YouthwatchTrafford recently conducted an interview with Children’s Rights Officer Alex Bridge and these were his responses: What would you have to...

On the 18th July, three young champions (Yousuf, Hania and Nathan) ran the Healthwatch Trafford drop-in stall at the Altrincham Hospital and Minor Injuries Unit. During the day, we spoke to hospital visitors about their experiences with the health and social care services in Trafford. Throughout the course of the day, members of the public filled out the service feedback...

Ahona & Fazeela attended two events for us on 4th July. First up was a youth conference at the Albert Halls in Bolton, organised by Youth Focus North West who coordinate the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority We took part in workshops and were really impressed with Bolton Youth Cabinet’s presentation about their mental health project Be Kind to My...

We were joined during 24th-28th June 2019 by Eleanor for her work experience – we’ll soon publish the pages she produced for us, but in the meantime here’s her experience of working for Healthwatch Trafford! Overview This week I have… Worked with a lovely group of people Interviewed a Children’s Rights Officer Learnt more about social work Monday I arrived...