Welcome to the Emerging Minds podcast! We’ve been connecting with people across our network to find out more about their work and how it can have a positive impact on the mental health of children and young people. Check out the episodes below to find out more.
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Third Funding Call – Information Webinar
Recordings from our information webinar about our second funding call which took place on 27 September 2021

Webinar: Young People’s Mental Health Priorities During and Beyond COVID-19
Recording from our webinar on 20 July 2021

Second Funding Call – Information Webinar
Recordings from our information webinar about our second funding call which took place on 23 March 2021

Youth Mental Health & COVID-19: Impacts in the short, medium, long term
Recordings and materials from the third day of our conference on youth mental health and COVID-19. This session’s focus was ‘How will the wider societal consequences of COVID-19 affect children and young people’s mental health?’

Youth Mental Health & COVID-19: The Evidence Base 2 – Disadvantaged, Marginalised & Vulnerable Groups
Recordings and materials from the second day of our conference on youth mental health & COVID-19. This day’s focus was ‘How has the mental health of children & young people living in different circumstances changed due to COVID-19?’

Youth Mental Health & COVID-19: The Evidence Base 1 – Overall Trends
Recordings and materials from the first day of our conference on youth mental health & COVID-19. The focus was, ‘How has children & young people’s mental health changed due to COVID-19?’

Priority Setting Workshop: Racism & mental health of children & young people: what do we need to know to make a difference?
Recordings of the discussions from our webinar event on priority setting for our Voices, Power and Attitudes Research Challenge

Podcast: How can we best support the mental health of 11 – 16 year olds during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Recordings of our first webinar discussing our CoRAY project

Podcast: Practical Parenting in the Pandemic
The Emerging Minds Network is pleased to share recordings from our joint webinar with The Mental Elf on 2 July 2020 The aim of the webinar was to share findings from our Co-SPACE study and discuss how parents & carers can best support children & young people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast: Let us play! Children’s mental health during COVID-19
The Emerging Minds Network is pleased to share recordings from our joint webinar with The Mental Elf on 28 May 2020 The aim of the webinar was to share what research tell us about the importance of play for children’s mental health and wellbeing. We summarised what we know from reliable research and explored the practical implications for children, young people and their families right now.