Between May 2nd and May 8th marks Children's Book Week, and to mark the occasion we are sharing book recommendations around mental health and wellbeing.
Do you want to start a conversation around mental health and wellbeing with your children?
Reading can be a great tool for allowing children to begin learning about their emotions, wellbeing, and mental health. Solent Mind staff have recommended books for a variety of ages, and talking about different topics, which you could try with your children. Whether you read with them, or allow them to read it themselves:
If you want to find mental health support, but aren't sure where to start, head to our Finding Support page.
If you are in crisis, national 24/7 services are available with the Samaritan's by phoning 116 123, or SHOUT by texting 'SHOUT' to 85258.
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With four brilliant Universities in our area, we wanted to ensure the student population moving in our cities in the coming weeks know the support available to them with this toolkit.