{"id":873,"date":"2024-02-08T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=873"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:54:12","slug":"place2be-express-yourself-childrens-mental-health-week-2024-and-bbc-radio-solent-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?p=873","title":{"rendered":"Place2Be- Express yourself  Children&#8217;s mental health week 2024 and BBC Radio Solent interview."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/steve-harris.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"888\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/steve-harris.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?attachment_id=888\" class=\"wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/steve-harris.png 590w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/steve-harris-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p2baa.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"889\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p2baa.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?attachment_id=889\" class=\"wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p2baa.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p2baa-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/p2baa-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wowsers, what a busy week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have done in previous years, Archie and I have been proudly supporting Place2Be  this children&#8217;s mental health week. The theme this year is &#8221; express yourself&#8221;. Archie expressed his loves and all the things that help his mental health by dressing me in those things! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Place2Be do so much for kids who need support and we are so proud to shout about them!  I&#8217;ve grabbed this from there website&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Every day, children and young people across the UK struggle with their mental health.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are committed to helping children and young people with their mental health,&nbsp;<\/strong>and the need for our services grows daily.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.nhs.uk\/data-and-information\/publications\/statistical\/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england\/2023-wave-4-follow-up\" target=\"_blank\">1 in 5 children and young people<\/a>&nbsp;experience mental health difficulties. Half of all mental health problems are established by age 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.place2be.org.uk\/media\/nildeny5\/integrated-approach-and-specialised-expertise-diagram.png?width=376&amp;height=355\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our approach to children\u2019s and young people&#8217;s mental health is to\u00a0<strong>intervene early to prevent life-long mental health issues<\/strong>. We do this by:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.place2be.org.uk\/about-us\/our-work\/our-approach\/#early-intervention\">providing support early<\/a>, spotting mental health problems before they develop and helping children and young people cope with challenges throughout their lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.place2be.org.uk\/about-us\/our-work\/our-approach\/#therapeutic-approach\">using an effective therapeutic approach<\/a>\u00a0backed by research that combines several ways of working<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.place2be.org.uk\/about-us\/our-work\/our-approach\/#support-services\">offering a range of mental health support services<\/a>, including advice and support for families and school staff, to build resilience and raise awareness of mental health across the whole school community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see why we are keen to help in any way we can! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to support their amazing work this week I  have been&#8230;  Pikachu ( Pok\u00e9mon) , A Lego man, an XBOX controller ( that was awkward!) and Marshmallow ( Fortnite character) . 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\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Trying to read and respond to over 50 emails this morning, tricky \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I agreed to do this because it makes me understand a little of what Archie feels like on a day to day basis.  Arch, like lots of children with Autism, often feels self conscious, embarrassed, like everyone&#8217;s looking etc. It also meant we were encouraged to speak to lots of people about the importance of caring for yours and your children&#8217;s mental health!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_121754034-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"878\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_121754034-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/?attachment_id=878\" class=\"wp-image-878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_121754034-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_130823235-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_130823235-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PXL_20240206_130823235-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t mind admitting that it has been a really fun but tiring week (trying to stay up beat, trying to look like I wasn&#8217;t embarrassed etc) but I only have to do this for 1 week of the year. Our Awesome Archie does this EVERY DAY!!! What a brave and awesome kid he is \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take a look at the Place2Be website for all your children&#8217;s mental health support and donate by scanning this link if you can \ud83d\ude4f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aa-place2be-2024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-886\" width=\"153\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aa-place2be-2024.png 266w, https:\/\/www.awesomearchie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aa-place2be-2024-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally THANKYOU to the team at BBC Radio Solent for having us on again. It was a total pleasure to chat on two different regions about the incredible &#8221; make a Difference&#8221; awards that Archie and I were were honoured to be finalists last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y3TwyKZl-oU&amp;ab_channel=AwesomeArchienonprofit.\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y3TwyKZl-oU&amp;ab_channel=AwesomeArchienonprofit.\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a>We also spoke a little about why we do what we do  and how we plan to expand moving forward. Link to the interview below \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"BBC Radio Solent-Awesome Archie &quot;Make a Difference Awards&quot; catch up. 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