Ripley Wellbeing

From left to right: Ripley St Thomas CE Academy staff Mr P Wilson,  Mr Quarry, Mrs R Newsham, Miss L Johnson (Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead) and Chaplain Michael Reynolds are all qualified as Mental Health First Aiders for the Ripley community. Miss Roberts and Mr R Wilson are also undergoing the training currently.

MHFAs are trained to offer a deeper understanding of mental health and the factors that can affect people’s wellbeing, including depression, anxiety disorders, eating  disorders, psychosis, and substance misuse. As well as spotting triggers and signs of mental health issues, they offer non-judgmental listening, support and early intervention but are also trained to respond to individuals in crisis who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts, self-harming behaviour, panic attacks or reactions to traumatic events.

They offer a strictly confidential listening service and can provide signposting to further help if needed. They do not judge or diagnose, and they hope to reduce the stigma around mental ill health in school communities.

For more information please see  https://mhfaengland.org/  and  https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

A – Z of Wellbeing

Our A-Z of Wellbeing on Google Drive includes 95 wellbeing topics and website links to further information. All resources are printable for each topic too. The idea was to have everything in one place and there will be topics and resources added at a later stage.

These resources are aimed at different age groups from younger pupils to parents. We hope you find them very useful.

Services for Young People and Families

The following PDF file contains a full list of 32 links to  websites,  email addresses and contact numbers for  organisations  supporting mental health and wellbeing for families, children and young adults.

Valuable Partner newsletters

Please click on each of the images below to download PDF documents or read as posters.

Student Wellbeing Matters over lockdown

Our Wellbeing Matters newsletters were a welcome addition to help us stay on the straight and narrow, mentally and physically, keeping in touch and offering support.

We shared lots of positive ideas and information to help support everyone’s mental wellbeing and health, particularly during these challenging and difficult times.

If you would like to respond to any of the articles, share any ideas or get in touch, you can email us at: wellbeingmatters@ripley.lancs.sch.uk.

Have a look at some of the past Student Wellbeing Matters from last year.