Mental Health & Well-Being

To help them recover from the stress of the pandemic, children need space, time and permission to play freely, the campaigners say
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Leading academics call for a summer of play

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More than 4 in 10 early years workers surveyed said they had noticed signs that children in their care had their emotional wellbeing affected by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown
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Early years staff struggling to support children's emotional and behavioural needs

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The Children's Commissioner report highlights the impact that Covid has had on children's mental health
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Children’s mental health services need ‘rocket boost’ in funding

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The survey found that a third of early years practitioners feel unable to cope with the extra pressures of the pandemic
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Coronavirus: One in five early years workers 'want to leave the sector' - survey

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The latest lockdown is having an impact on parent's levels of stress and anxiety, similar to the first national lockdown
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Parents' mental health hit once more under latest lockdown

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Anna Freud Centre launches well-being survey for early years workers

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The school food parcel posted on Twitter on 11 January
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 Coronavirus: Urgent action needed to improve ‘inadequate’ food parcels

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Researchers are concerned about the impact of the latest lockdown on children's well-being
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Don’t lose sight of children’s mental health during lockdown - experts

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Anna Freud Centre asks early years staff to share experiences of children's wellbeing

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Dr Jackie Musgrave points out that it's easy to think children had idyllic childhoods in the past, but - for example - many children experienced the trauma of the Second World War
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Open University launches free children’s mental health course 

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Spending time playing and exploring the outdoors is vital to children's well-being
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Nurseries and childminders urged to take learning outside on Outdoor Classroom Day

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Expert body launches to support childhood trauma

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Parents think schools should do more to support children's mental health and well-being
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Parents worry about children's mental health and well-being in return to school

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New learning network for improving children and babies’ mental health launched for early years practitioners

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Anne Longfield, children's commissioner for England
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Mental health services failing children, children's commissioner warns

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Holly Lynch, Labour MP for Halifax, has launched the Early Day Motion, calling for children's needs to be put at the centre of any changes to the Mental Health Act
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MPs urge Government to put children's needs at the heart of new mental health legislation

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