A partnership between Oxfordshire Youth and Oxfordshire Mind delivering an annual conference that equips delegates with the tools and knowledge needed to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Young people face significant challenges in finding safe spaces in the online and offline worlds. This means we must grab the chance to engage in cross-sector problem solving to continue meeting their diverse and complex needs.Young people face significant challenges in finding safe spaces in the online and offline worlds. This means we must grab the chance to engage in cross-sector problem solving to continue meeting their diverse and complex needs.
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We delved into strategies to promote emotional resilience, explored the creation of safe online and physical environments, and addressed the complexities of the digital world in relation to youth wellbeing.
Youth in Mind has the power to ignite new ways of thinking and address complex problems facing services and their users by uniting Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Thames Valley Police, The University of Oxford, local authorities, school staff, voluntary sector organisations, plus national mental health and youth work organisations.
We’ll see you at Youth In Mind 2025!
Keynote speakers from left to right – Mina Fazel, Kadra Abdinasir, Kay Rufai, Peter Leonard
Kay Rufai, artist, mental health researcher and founder of the S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Project, explored how art challenges stereotypes and creates safe spaces with and for black boys in the education, mental health and criminal justice systems.
Mina Fazel, Professor of Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, shared how she strives to bridge the gap between groundbreaking research and real-world impact to ensure interventions reach those in need.
Kadra Abdinasir, leads policy and influencing work at the Centre for Mental Health, bringing over ten years’ experience in youth policy, research and engagement.
Peter Leonard, Chief Executive of The Centre for Emotional Health, helped us all to create emotionally healthy spaces for children.
We had a dazzling array of stimulating workshops lined up this year. Each and every one was delivered by experts in their field, and delegates told us they were inspirational, informative and – most importantly – directly applicable to their work with children and young people.
Youth in Mind is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people working in your field, deepen existing connections and discover new ways of working together. We build in facilitated networking opportunities to support you and your organisation to be better connected to your peers.
The theme of our networking session in 2024 was: “Building bridges for health – linking the NHS and voluntary sector.” This took place as a VCSE Alliance Networking Session: ‘Strengthening cross-sector partnerships’.
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Calling all young people in Year 7 to Year 11 in and around Cowley in Oxford. Oxfordshire Youth are launching our weekly Digital Skills Youth Club for you to upgrade your Digital Skills every Monday from 4:30pm – 6:30pm during school term time! Join our mailing list for this youth club to stay up to date!