HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the authors of the eight stories shortlisted for the SHORT FICTION/UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2022 MAIN PRIZE (supported by LiFTS_at_Essex)! Celebrate wildly (but keep your identity secret for now to maintain anonymous judging)!

Finishing up some materials for our table top presentation on implementing #socialprescribing for #youth #mentalhealth and then out to explore #Copenhagen IAYMH #iaymh2022 Evidence Based Practice Unit Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) @AFNCCF Behavioural Science & Health UCL ArtsHealthCC UCL IEHC The National Academy for Social Prescribing

Pleased to announce our pilot report evaluating Level Up - an intervention by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to support young people for young people during the transition from primary to secondary school is out: bit.ly/3fxt2Y8 Emily Stapley Hannah Merrick, PhD Evidence Based Practice Unit @AFNCCF Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC)

Funded by Youth Endowment Fund we carried out a pilot study of Level Up, an intervention by Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust to support young people during the transition from primary to secondary school. Read the report 👇youthendowmentfund.org.uk/funding/evalua… Daniel Hayes, PhD Emily Stapley Hannah Merrick, PhD

Thank you so much for tweeting Molly Murray 🏳️‍🌈 (She/Her) 🤗

Come and join us! Looking forward to chatting with you all about this year’s key findings.

Next up Emily Stapley will be speaking about What we've learnt about YP experience of coping and receiving support

It's 1st December and, by popular demand, the #ChristmasSandwichChallenge is back. So, who makes the best #ChristmasSandwich? Will Boots be boasting, can Sainsbury's shine, are Waitrose & Partners winners or will Pret keep the crown? Only time will tell... (Thread updated daily)

Another paper out. This time just published by my fab PhD student @rosa_town exploring definitions of #selfcare #selfmanagement and #selfhelp in #adolescents with #mentalhealth difficulties. We find some conceptual overlap but also key differences bit.ly/3QIYYaC

Thrilled to have this one published. Thank you for your guidance Neil Humphrey and Emily Stapley ☘️

The 6 HeadStart partnerships reported that June 2016-May 2021, 3,900 parents & carers were supported through HeadStart activities. Our new #HeadStartLearning briefing provides examples of these activities & an insight into parents' experiences: bit.ly/3YsEkhR The National Lottery Community Fund

Oscar-nominee #WomenTalking has preview screenings at Picturehouse from today! To celebrate, we've got a copy of the book to giveaway - signed by Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and director Sarah Polley. To enter, simply follow us + RT this before 17/02/23! UK only.

“Being sad was one of the worst things for me & then HeadStart made it all better.” What makes mental health support work *or not* for young people? New article!👇 Emily Stapley @ola_demk Sarah Stock Dr Alisha O'Neill Jess Michael Ungar Evidence Based Practice Unit tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Just out: our paper exploring frontline workers perspectives on #barriers and #facilitators to #socialprescribing for #youth #mentalhealth Here: tinyurl.com/45ddn4jw Findings include a lack of guidelines, need for appropriate spaces to talk and how to navigate parental views

Congratulations to Dr @rosa_town who passed her PhD viva today with minor corrections! 🎉 Rosa's PhD investigated #LGBTQ+ emotional health self-management in child and youth mental health. Find out more about her work here: arc-nt.nihr.ac.uk/research/proje…

It's taken a minute to process, but this morning I woke up as Dr O'Neill ☘️. I'm so grateful to my wonderful examiners for a very supportive viva experience. Thanks also to Neil Humphrey and Emily Stapley for always believing that we'd get here. Thrilled, overwhelmed and honoured

New Research! We've released our latest research paper focusing on supporting children transitioning to secondary school & the interventions in place. Read now: orlo.uk/x7bvQ Congratulations to the team Emily Stapley Hannah Merrick, PhD Daniel Hayes, PhD #research #schools

New Research! Read our latest research paper which considers how mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools can be sustained: orlo.uk/ZGOJI Well done to the team Daniel Hayes, PhD Emily Stapley Jess #wellbeing #mentalhealth #schools #research

We're evaluating the Anti-Bullying Alliance's United Against Bullying Plus programme. Earlier this week, EBPU researchers Emily and Tanya were pleased to attend a parliamentary event to mark #AntiBullyingWeek. Thank you for the invite, Anti-Bullying Alliance #AntiBullyingWeek!

Can #socialprescribing be implemented in #schools for #pupils or who #lonely? We are testing this across 12 schools nationally, testing its feasibility, acceptability and suitability (and are looking for more schools for next stage) Protocol paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…