What helped you most, what helped you least?
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This piece of work targeted young Herefordshire people (11-25) that have experienced difficulties affecting their mental health. It aimed to find out what young people feel helped most and what helped least.
A survey was conducted in partnership with practitioners that work with young people some of which will have experienced or be experiencing mental health issues (or issues that impact their mental health in a negative way).
39 young people between 11 and 26 that have experienced difficulties affecting their mental health, took part in this project to share what helped most and what helped least.
The project was carried out in partnership with 6 organisations that work with young people: Close House, Talent Match, The Wellbeing Ambassadors, The CLD Trust (Counselling Learning and Development), HopeSupport Services, SHYPP–Supported Housing for Young People’s Project, Addaction.
Over 50%of the young people in this survey had experience of diagnosed mental health conditions. A few other young people said they had not sought professional help and didn’t know how. Young people experienced mental health difficulties from as young as 6. In this sample the majority experienced difficulties between 11 and 18.
Recommendations were made in the report - no response from commissioners were included in the report.