McPin Young People's Network

Come along to this event if you're interested in social media influencers and their impact on mental health - signup details in the thread 👇

Featuring our very own YP team member Eva 💕🎉

More about the project here mcpin.org/project/infl...

The Young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social recently did youth mental first aid training. Here's why we recommend that anyone working in youth involvement does the course mcpin.org/youth-mental...

Job opportunities Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry. We are a friendly and committed department with an international reputation for excellence.

*JOB ALERT* 👀

Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.

More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Anyone having conversations with young people about sensitive topics like mental health and identity should feel confident they can effectively support someone if that conversation were to cause an emotional reaction.

The @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social team recently took part in a youth mental health first aid (MHFA) course with @mhfaengland.bsky.social.

Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should complete it!

Read the blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdze2jfy

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We are looking for a Research and Involvement Manager to join our team and help transform mental health research. Find out more about the role and apply here.

mcpin.org/about-mcpin/...

Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am

#hiring

New Opportunity! 🚨

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Mind in Camden are looking for people of all ages to take part in two workshops to discuss experiences of hearing voices and suicidality to produce resources for professionals.

Click below to find out more⭐

tinyurl.com/mr4dwmne

🚨New Opportunity🚨

Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.

Click the link below to find out more 👇

mcpin.org/research-opp...

📢New Top 10!

Check out the published priorities for future research around Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: buff.ly/r296eFy

Congratulations to everyone involved in the PSP. Find out more about the PSP here: buff.ly/BHUuSmE

@mcpinfoundation.bsky.social

Take a look at this exciting new report by @ktacheson.bsky.social - “Power and Potential: A Global Blueprint for Youth-Led Decision-Making" ⭐ The report focuses on moving away from tokenism and instead providing young people with power 💛

www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/katie...

Alt text; Top 5 policy changes to create better childhoods: • Whole-school approaches to wellbeing • A trusted adult guarantee, providing chosen trusted adults • A focus on holistic wellbeing in early support hubs rollout • Ambitious implementation and monitoring of the Child Poverty Strategy • Introduce a national wellbeing measurement programme

Children’s wellbeing is still in decline, according to @childrenssociety.bsky.social's #GoodChildhoodReport 2025.

We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood

Read the report here bci-hub.org/documents/ep...

And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...

@ipanalysis.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @matthewbroome.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social

It's now live and in the timeless words of Miles Davis: "We play what the day recommends."

Read it now - mcpin.org/project/b-li...

the dual nature of the music to heal and harm, and lots more.

The B.Life zine explores the experiences and connections to music and mental health of our 8 B.Life Makers and a member of the B.Life McPin team. Here are the B.Life team!

What does music and mental health mean to you?

For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...

🚨New Opportunity🚨

You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇

New Opportunity! 🌎

Researchers from the University of Sussex are looking for young adults aged 18-34 to test out a climate action chatbot to support young adults in navigating climate concern.

Find out more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/4kyfur24

This sounds like a really great set of resources!

Group photo of nine individuals at a "Life as a neurodivergent student" event. They are wearing lanyards and standing in two rows, with a presentation board in the background with the text 'Advice and reflections on navigating university life as a neurodivergent student, co-created by experts with lived experience and a steering group of eight neurodivergent students.'

Quote from Michael with a blue background and speech marks in two corners 'I didn't know about neurodivergence and even anything about it until I went to uni, and then that's when I started to discover I was a little bit different to my peers, I was a little bit different to my friends.'

Quote from Martha with an orange background and speech marks in two corners 'I'd want the listener to be reminded of is just to be confident in who you are being neurodivergent is not a negative trait to have and it's something that you should be proud of and so I wish my past self and even my present selfwouldn't feel so uneasy when I tell people oh I've got dyspraxia.'

Quote from Michael with a blue background and speech marks in two corners 'It was a big learning opportunity for me so I was like wow I need to learn a lot about who I am what makes me tick what this label actually means as well and I think having that diagnosis changed everything in a weird way.'

We’re delighted to share with you ‘Life as a neurodivergent student’.

We worked with a brilliant steering group of neurodivergent students to create a series of free resources featuring advice and reflections on navigating university life with neurodivergence. Read more:
https://bit.ly/47qUaR2

Agency-In-Practice YPAG member, Josh, shares about attending his second ever conference, Qualitative Methods in Psychology, and how it built on what he has learned as a young person finding his feet at big events! Read his blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/28aefjw4

mcpin.org/research-opp...

🚨New opportunity!!

Are you a young person that has been involved in the research process? Get involved in shaping a book all about youth involvement!

Find out more below 👇

mcpin.org/research-opp...

🚨New Opportunity🚨

This research study is aiming to investigate why autistic young people may develop low-self esteem, and the impact of this on their mental health. Researchers aim to complete interviews with young people to understand more about their lived experience.

Find out more below 👇

📣 New Opportunity!

Join the Lived Experience Collaboration Platform Working Group to play a key role in shaping the platform and its first two modules:
• Child and youth mental health collaboration
• Safeguarding in lived experience collaboration

Apply here: mcpin.org/research-opp...

Team member Emma shares how doomscrolling can impact mental health and shares some advice.

Team member George spotlights the Moment2Talk project and shares how waiting lists are often a barrier to accessing support.

It's World Mental Health Day 🌍! Some members of our Young People's Team have reflected on this years theme: 'Access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'.

Team member George shares how waiting lists are a key barrier to accessing help and spotlights the Moment2Talk project.