BOLTON Campaign Be Kind to My Mind has been developed by the Healthy Minds Youth Project and NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group, to reduce the stigma and discrimination around mental health.
It is designed to enable young people who are struggling with emotional or mental health problems to know “it’s okay to talk”
Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group helped to fund the project.
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A Bolton CCG spokesman said: “We recognise the importance of children’s mental health and wellbeing which is why we worked with young people in Bolton and our partners to launch the Be Kind to My Mind website in April 2019.
“The website www.bekindtomymind.co.uk has been created by young people for young people to help reduce the stigma around mental health and to highlight the support that is available.
“It includes information on local mental health services and where to go for urgent help.
"There is also a poignant video of our young people talking about their personal experiences of living with conditions like anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).”
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