Last night at LPT Youth Advisory Board (YAB) we welcomed Gemma from CAMHS who shared feedback from a recent estates survey YAB had been involved in developing. The board are further supporting the service to develop questions for staff interviews over the next few weeks brainstorming session pending!

Great session tonight facilitated by the East Midland health innovation leads, sharing with LPT Youth Advisory Board (YAB) the use of VR headsets for young people to use in health settings. The board had great ideas how these could be used and considerations for YP who are neurodiverse

📷 Summer Term Break! 📷 📷 The college is closed for two weeks for the Summer Term Break 📷 If you have any urgent queries, please call 0116 295 1196 or email [email protected] and we will respond as soon as possible 📷 Have a lovely half term everyone!

Hi, I’m Georgia (she/her) and i’ve now taken over the YAB twitter as i chair the YAB as a Lived Experience Partner (LEP). The YAB is on break until 6th August and then we have some exciting upcoming guests so keep an eye out and stay tuned on here! have a great summer ☀️

Reminder: No YAB tonight - see you all 6th august 😇

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AUTUMN TERM RELEASED! We have just released our Autumn Term Prospectus! Scan the QR Code below to see the new courses on offer starting from August 26th!

Last night at the YAB we had David Williams and Alison Gilmour attend to obtain the YAB’s thoughts and ideas in shaping the new 2025 strategy for NHFT + LPT!

Additionally, last night we also had Mhorag Duff - Consultant Community Paediatrician at LPT attend to get thoughts and ideas on her new research project - the use of empathy with ADHD patients

It’s World Mental Health Day. At the YAB mental health is a topic our members are eager to raise awareness around and help to improve these services for young people. Look after yourselves, and remember everyone deserves help 🩵

Last night at YAB we had Cara and Becky from Occupational Therapy within CAMHS attend YAB for support in creating documents explaining what OT’s are, and how the assessments work! We’re looking forward to next Tuesday, when YAB attends the LLR Youth Summit.

One of our long-standing YAB members has created this incredible poster, she is part of a side project through the YAB to raise awareness around self-harm through imagery. Incredible effort, round of applause to her 👏🏻

It's a Monday like any other... It might be a good day for your mental health, a tough day - or somewhere in between. However you're feeling today, remember you and your mental health matter, every day of the year. 💜

Happy new year! YAB is back and ready to help make a massive impact this year. We’re looking forward to co-producing some amazing work with you all. 🎊🤳🏼

This past Tuesday YAB provided ideas on improving LPT’s Quality Account. You can access the 23/24 quality account and summary here: leicspart.nhs.uk/about/what-we-… YAB are currently supporting making a young person friendly version of the summary, keep an eye out for updates!

Yesterday the YAB supported with creating content which will be played on all tv screens in LPT CAMHS bases! A great session with lots of amazing ideas, thanks to everyone who attended 🌟

one of our amazing YAB members has created a poster to spread awareness of children’s mental health week 3-9th Feb 🧠

YAB’s bowling away day last night was a hit! thank you to our YAB members ongoing hard work 🌞🙌🏻

Great session at YAB last night, full of ideas for collecting demographic data for young people in CAMHS ! 💻📋