Meriden ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND Thurs 14 June 10am at Moorend Avenue B37 5TB ALI WOOD Chair of Meriden Adventure Playground Association hosts the first Children’s Quarter Learning for Real event – a series of informal occasions when we go out and about to find the difference Member organisations make. Join Ali, her colleagues and other CQ Members for the morning…Read moreRead more
CQ Campaigns
Learn for Real: Chelmsley Wood, 14 June 10am
Children’s Quarter AGM 19 April 2018
Launched in November 2017 and served by an interim Board of Directors, it’s time for Children’s Quarter to have its first Annual General Meeting. The chance for Members to choose who they want to act as Directors, guiding the development of the Co-op between Members’ Meetings. The AGM will start at 10am on 19th April…Read moreRead more
What are the most common mental health problems young people face…
Mental health disorders that are most frequent in the teenage years include those associated with: anxiety and depression, eating disorders, serious antisocial behaviour, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and self-harm. Teenage years are also the age when rarer psychotic disorders can emerge: half of all lifetime cases of psychiatric disorders start by age 14…Read moreRead more
Child poverty makes mental illness more likely
11 year olds from the lowest income families are 4.5 times more likely to experience severe mental health problems when compared to those from the highest income families. See the Mental Health Foundation’s Fundamental Facts @mentalhealth (more…)
Young people’s mental health matters…
Half of all lifetime cases of psychiatric disorders start by age 14 and three quarters by age 24. Some estimates suggest the majority start before age 18 See the Association for Young People’s Health @AYPHcharity (more…)
Risk
Risk – event with Bernard Spiegal (more…)
CQ Survey of Services for Children and Young People
Help Children’s Quarter to map the provision of services for children and young people in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Children’s Quarter is partnering with Birmingham City University’s Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education (CSPACE) to map services for children and young people in Birmingham and the West Midlands. In particular, the…Read moreRead more
Quarter of Girls at Depressed at 14
New research shows a quarter of girls (24%) and one in 10 boys (9%) are depressed at age 14. Researchers from UCL Institute of Education and the University of Liverpool looked at information on more than 10,000 children born in 2000-01 who are taking part in the Millennium Cohort Study. Based on the 14-year-olds reporting…Read moreRead more