Off-Centre at Family Action

Last year we worked with over 250 young people at our services for young people in Hackney. 73% of our service users who completed their contracts improved their mental health

@stephenfry Talking about the benefits of art for those with mental health problems. @OffCentreUK , Hackney, we offer art therapy to young people with mental health problems, our art therapy service for under 16's is about to lose funding hackneygazette.co.uk/news/health/st…

New Report out on Children and Young People's mental health#mental health#young people digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…

An article in the Guardian about a CYP like Off Centre offering peer mentoring. Our amazing peer mentoring programme had to end last year due to funding cuts#mentalhealth#fundingcuts#youngpeople#hackney theguardian.com/society/2018/n…

@professorgreen cypnow.co.uk/cyp/the-youth-… Off Centre supports young people in Hackney suffering with depression, anxiety and mental health issues offering counselling, therapy and advice and information.

Off Centre work with young people who are grieving for their loved ones offering them counselling and art therapy

We live in the sixth richest country in the world - the growing number of people without a home to call their own is a mark of national shame. bbc.co.uk/news/education…

theguardian.com/society/2018/s… Young people accessing our services often experience suicidal thoughts, have made attempts or have self harmed

The rise in self harm in our service users reflects the national increase that was reported in the BBC recently nhs.uk/news/mental-he…

standard.co.uk/lifestyle/lond… Interesting article about how art therapy can help support female victims of abuse. We often get young people coming to our service seeking support for abuse, including domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, emotional and psychological abuse.

Last year we offered nearly 2,000 appointments to disadvantaged young people struggling with life and mental health difficulties

If you're a young LGBTQI+ person, or questioning your gender or sexuality, then come along to @project__indigo, a LGBTQI+ youth group. We meet Thursdays, at @OffCentreUK, from 6-8. It's a step free building, and we work hard to make it an accessible space! 🥰

The importance of a good night's snooooze 😴 benefitsofsleep.org/impact-sleep-b…

Happy Monday :)

Four helpful films for young renters from @LfL_Advicenow youtube.com/watch?v=ZSrf6G…

#oneofakind #diversity #loveyourself #brrrrrrr

If you're a young LGBTQI+ person, or questioning your gender or sexuality, then come along to Project Indigo, a LGBTQI+ youth group. We meet Thursdays, at @OffCentreUK, from 6-8. It's a step free building, and we work hard to make it an accessible space!

Mental health problems & debt can become a vicious circle leading to crisis. Could a "breathing space" policy be the answer? bbc.in/2C9Qu9h

So many of our YP are fighting invisible battles - we're in awe of their inner strength. #inspiration #youngpeople #mentalhealth

It can be really tough opening up to others when we suffer from mental ill health. It’s even harder when our bravery is met with bad reactions from others. Why not have a read of this Blurt blog to find out how to cope with this situation? buff.ly/2Ewz449 @BlurtAlerts