CHWN Update Briefings
Child Health and Wellbeing Network – Update briefing July 2019
Young People Peer Network
North Cumbria and North East Children and Young People Peer Network – Newsletter June Edition
Useful links
Blog Article from our Clinical Lead Dr Mike McKean outlining the development of the Network – NHS Confederation – we can start improving children’s healthcare
Learning Disabilities Matters for Families, a website from the NENC Learning Disability Network- primarily for parents and carers of children and young people who: have been identified as having a learning disability OR have concerns that their child or young person MIGHT have a learning disability.
Being a child in Cumbria booklet
Woodland Trust free trees for schools scheme
Mental and Emotional Wellbeing & Coronavirus Resources
For professionals
WHO – Helping Children Cope with Stress during CV-19 outbreak
Anna Freud Centre – Supporting schools & colleges
Coronavirus resource for practitioners and organisations – links to a huge range of information and sources of support from the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
Let’s Talk Loneliness: The Government’s plan to tackle loneliness during the coronavirus lockdown.
National Joint Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism cell webinar. On Tuesday each week, the national Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Covid-19 cell chaired by Claire Murdoch and Ray James runs a webinar to update colleagues and answer key concerns and feedback. This webinar is aimed at providers and stakeholders, including the independent and third sectors. To register to participate in this sector-wide webinar please email england.mhldaincidentresponse@nhs.net.
Unicef Report on the impact of COVID on CYP – https://downloads.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Unicef-UK-Children-In-Lockdown-Coronavirus-Impacts-Snapshot.pdf#page=1
CYP eating disorder guidance –community, day and inpatient care www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cyp-eating-disorders-access-waiting-time-standard-comm-guid.pdf
www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/addendum-to-the-cyp-ed-guidance.pdf for day and inpatient episodes of care plus helpful resources
HEE – Free e-learning courses relating to prevention and treatment during to the Coronavirus pandemic: https://portal.elfh.org.uk/Component/Details/604722
FREED– https://freedfromed.co.uk/
Resources for Families and Children
MindED for staff and MindEdfor Families including ED e-learning – https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/young-people
Musinc – Free online music lessons and resources for children living within the Tees Valley https://musinc.org.uk/
BEAT –COVID-19 support and resources www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/coronavirus
Young Minds – Talking to your child about coronavirus
Book Trust Home Time – a new range of free digital resources for children from the Book Trust and the Improving Me Partnership
MH advice from the Suicide Prevention Network – Aimed at people 16+ www.stopsuicidenenc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/COVID_19_booklet_network.pdf
The Learning Disability Matters Website for families has a range of resources to support family resilience and health and wellbeing of children and young people with a learning disability.