Improving children’s resilience helps them to deal with the adversities they experience during childhood. It provides a foundation for developing skills and habits (e.g. coping skills, healthy thinking habits) that enable them to deal with later adversities during adolescence and adulthood. Resilience is also important for children’s mental health. Children with greater levels of resilience…

Starting secondary school is a huge transition in a young person’s life. Attached is some information to support you and your child at this time. Click HERE for full article

The ParentZone Pods identify common issues parents face and explores these in detail. Hosts Anita Weber and Laurie Arrowsmith (Season 1) and Michelle Brown (Season 2) are Qualified Parent Group Facilitators at ParentZone. Every week, they work with parents and carers, supporting them with a variety of parenting issues and concerns. Click HERE

Children often have ups and downs that affect the way they feel and behave. But sometimes children don’t ‘bounce back’ from the downs, and this starts to affect other parts of their lives. This can be a sign that children are having mental health problems. Below are signs of mental health problems. If you notice…

This presentation will help if you are finding the stress of parentingdifficult to manage.When daily stress becomes chronic it can turn into parental burnout.This is an intense exhaustion that leads parents to feeling detachedfrom their children and unsure of their parenting abilities, distinctfrom other forms of burnout. Thursday 19th October at 7pm Click HERE to…

Managing anxiety in your familyAnxiety is more than just being worried – it’s a mental health issue that can affect your wellbeing and quality of life. Both adults and children can suffer from anxiety, and other people’s anxiety can also affect us. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to manage anxiety in your family. For…

Managing anxiety in your familyAnxiety is more than just being worried – it’s a mental health issue that can affect your wellbeing and quality of life. Both adults and children can suffer from anxiety, and other people’s anxiety can also affect us. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to manage anxiety in your family. For…

8 x 2 hour online sessions from October 23rd – December 11th For parents and carers of children aged 1-11 years. Learn how to better connect with your child and to support their social and emotional development. These programs will help you better understand and communicate with your child, and prevent anxiety and behavioural problems.…

Mental health workshops offer a wide range of benefits for individuals, communities, and society as a whole. Here are some of the key advantages: If you would like to learn more about free mental health events, click on the tab Upcoming mental health workshops there you will find a range of upcoming events with many…

The last Friday of August each year is Wear It Purple Day. And like other wonderfully purple things (Cadbury’s chocolate-bar wrappers, grape-flavoured Hubba Bubba and Prince circa 1984, to name a few), it’s pretty special. Wear It Purple Day is all about celebrating and supporting young LGBTQIA+ people, and challenging societal attitudes to help shape…