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Surrey Youth Cabinet are a very busy bunch! They are a democratically elected group representing the 11 boroughs of Surrey. Their aim is to allow young people in Surrey to have a voice in their community and be heard at Council and Parliamentary level about issues that affect them. Go to Youth Cabinet web pagesContinue reading “Surrey Youth Cabinet”

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) have now released a new 24/7 Crisis Line! There is now a new crisis line number to call if you’re worried about yourself, or your family are worried about you. It will be open all day and night, every day of the week. The number is 0800Continue reading “New 24/7 Crisis Line”

As CAMHS Youth Advisors and ATLAS members, we share what we feel are the barriers to accessing mental health services in Surrey: Stigma “Stigma against different backgrounds or ethnic backgrounds and cultures.” “Maybe self-stigma – I don’t really wanna go and talk about it like being scared to reach out.” “Being scared to open-up emotionsContinue reading “What we feel the barriers are to accessing mental health services.”

Children’s and young peoples mental health services are transforming in Surrey! A new alliance of organisations (NHS, National and Voluntary) will provide new and broader range of services for children, young people and their families. Surrey has received a significant increase in funding which will improve and increase services. For example, more than 100 newContinue reading “New Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Service in Surrey”