Praise for charity from sixth form

A sixth form in Suffolk has praised wellbeing training delivered to students for free.

Suffolk Mind attended Stowupland High School’s Sixth Form to provide 100 teenagers with tips and advice on understanding their emotional needs and how to meet them. The charity delivered its Life Hacks for the Teenage Brain session to 100 students, which aims to teach young people how to manage their mental health and keep them on the wellbeing side of the mental health continuum.

Ashley Hailstone, Sixth Form Director, said, “The session was incredibly informative to the students. We live in an increasingly stressful and difficult society, and our students’ mental health and wellbeing is extremely important to us.

“The more knowledge and support our students have so they can help to self-manage and seek support is incredibly useful, and the Suffolk Mind session and other activities we arrange as a Sixth Form is testament to that.”

Suffolk Mind also launched its range of emotional needs and resources cards, as well as a wellbeing guide, both aimed at young people to a smaller group of students prior to the main session.

The sessions were delivered by Louise Harris, Children, Families and Young People Lead at Suffolk Mind. She said, “It’s incredibly important