LPT Youth Advisory Board (YAB)

Pleased to share the @LptYab new recruitment poster created by young people. Please share and email us with any enquiries, new members are welcome 😊 @LPTpatientexp @LPTnhs

Last night’s YAB meet was a little different… we had to choose our favourite pictures taken by leicester University students to display at a CAMHS base! See below 2 of our favourites 📸

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and we're spreading the message that it's ok to talk about suicide, in fact asking directly can help save a life. 💜 For advice on talking about suicide check out our website: bit.ly/4ge4qif #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

Great session at YAB last night, full of ideas for collecting demographic data for young people in CAMHS ! 💻📋

YAB’s bowling away day last night was a hit! thank you to our YAB members ongoing hard work 🌞🙌🏻

one of our amazing YAB members has created a poster to spread awareness of children’s mental health week 3-9th Feb 🧠

Yesterday the YAB supported with creating content which will be played on all tv screens in LPT CAMHS bases! A great session with lots of amazing ideas, thanks to everyone who attended 🌟

This past Tuesday YAB provided ideas on improving LPT’s Quality Account. You can access the 23/24 quality account and summary here: leicspart.nhs.uk/about/what-we-… YAB are currently supporting making a young person friendly version of the summary, keep an eye out for updates!

It's a Monday like any other... It might be a good day for your mental health, a tough day - or somewhere in between. However you're feeling today, remember you and your mental health matter, every day of the year. 💜

Happy new year! YAB is back and ready to help make a massive impact this year. We’re looking forward to co-producing some amazing work with you all. 🎊🤳🏼

One of our long-standing YAB members has created this incredible poster, she is part of a side project through the YAB to raise awareness around self-harm through imagery. Incredible effort, round of applause to her 👏🏻

Last night at YAB we had Cara and Becky from Occupational Therapy within CAMHS attend YAB for support in creating documents explaining what OT’s are, and how the assessments work! We’re looking forward to next Tuesday, when YAB attends the LLR Youth Summit.

It’s World Mental Health Day. At the YAB mental health is a topic our members are eager to raise awareness around and help to improve these services for young people. Look after yourselves, and remember everyone deserves help 🩵

Additionally, last night we also had Mhorag Duff - Consultant Community Paediatrician at LPT attend to get thoughts and ideas on her new research project - the use of empathy with ADHD patients

Last night at the YAB we had David Williams and Alison Gilmour attend to obtain the YAB’s thoughts and ideas in shaping the new 2025 strategy for NHFT + LPT!

Moving up or changing schools is a big change for children, parents, carers and grandparents. These new free courses from @SolihullApproach could really help you all adjust, particularly for those children with additional needs. Find out more 👇 buff.ly/3zrx3Ye

Reminder: No YAB tonight - see you all 6th august 😇

Hi, I’m Georgia (she/her) and i’ve now taken over the YAB twitter as i chair the YAB as a Lived Experience Partner (LEP). The YAB is on break until 6th August and then we have some exciting upcoming guests so keep an eye out and stay tuned on here! have a great summer ☀️

Great session tonight facilitated by the East Midland health innovation leads, sharing with @LptYab the use of VR headsets for young people to use in health settings. The board had great ideas how these could be used and considerations for YP who are neurodiverse

Last night at @LptYab we welcomed Gemma from CAMHS who shared feedback from a recent estates survey YAB had been involved in developing. The board are further supporting the service to develop questions for staff interviews over the next few weeks brainstorming session pending!