YOUNG PEOPLE, MENTAL HEALTH & WELLBEING by SWYC

A film made by young people at the South Wimbledon Youth Centre (SWYC)
Merton Youth Service, Summer 2011. Funded by Merton Youth Service, London Borough of Merton & by Headliners,Youth Campaign Charity.

This film was created by:
Ashleigh Brown, aged 14yrs
Leah Scott, aged 14yrs
Lucy Webb, aged 18yrs
Eleanor Harris, aged 14 yrs

With help from:
Youth Work Manager, Emily Wood
Youth Worker, Seema Vaja
Youth Worker, Aisha Butt
Film Maker, Mark Krycki

Music written & produced at South Wimbledon Youth Centre by:
Ella Brown, aged 16 yrs

This film was written, created and edited by the young people involved. They were given support, training and facilitation in ideas creation, planning, film making and basic mental health.




Emily Wood (Youth Work Manager, Merton Youth Service) has been working on ways to improve young people's access to mental health services in Merton. As a part of this she managed and facilitated a documentary film making project for the South Wimbledon Youth Centre's summer scheme 2011. The film was made by 5 young people as a part of their Silver Arts Award and funded by Merton Youth Service (London Borough of Merton) and Headliners (a UK charity which inspires and encourages the personal development of young people through journalism). The aim of the film is to support young people and youth professional's awareness of mental health issues and about some of the services available in Merton. A special thanks goes out to all those involved.

The film was recently shown at the SWYC Young People's Mental Health Training day which brought together a diverse group of voluntary and statutory sector youth and community professionals (local councilors, psychologists, therapists, volunteers, youth workers, social workers, youth justice workers, and schools). Discussions, trainings and service presentations covered a range of informal and formal mental health support services for young people. The need for more discussions and collaborative work to look at ways we can improve young people's mental wellbeing and the services we provide was raised and there are plans for future meetings and training sessions. If you would like to find out more, get involved or make any suggestions or comments please contact Emily Wood. emilyalicewood@gmail.com

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