Our super brilliant team of volunteers and young leaders attended the fabulous European Youth Event 2023, conducting the “Speak your mind v2.0” workshop. The aim was to explore the biggest factors affecting young people’s mental health and propose solutions. Check out the digital copy or download the PDF for the full report.
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European Disability Card – from proposal to reality
Albiona and Su, young leaders from EYMH, attended a webinar about the European Disability Card – a project to boost participation of disabled individuals across the EU. The webinar highlighted the card’s development and future plans, though it did miss discussing mental health explicitly and concerns were raised about varying treatment in different countries. Overall, the initiative seems promising but it’s still a work-in-progress.
Turning 25
Young Leader Lotte, from Netherlands, shares their experiences of life and mental health at this milestone age.
Celebrating our team!
Meet Ella, a devoted Youth Engagement Facilitator, collaboratively works on projects with young people with mental health difficulties, showing commitment and impact to all she does.
A GEM of a youth voice project
Youth-GEMS – Young Experts Advisory Collective – one year on… Youth Engagement Facilitator, Ella Sheltawy, share’s her experience of working with and supporting the our Young Experts for the Youth GEMs project, in partnership with Maastricht and Utrecht University after its first year of inception. Hi, my name is Ella, and I’ve been a YouthContinueContinue reading “A GEM of a youth voice project”
Exciting Events coming up!
You’ve got a friend in me!An hour-long interactive session looking at how we are the best people to help our friends with early mental health difficulty symptoms. EYMH Next StepsWe will share our planned work for the next year, with Key Listener MEP Tilly Metz! and Young Leaders from EYMH. Sign up here!
Huge, Busy & Colourful – European Youth Event 2023
Last June, along with 5 other Young Leaders, Antonio, Albiona, Filipe, Annika and Alketa, Young Leader Filip, from Poland, attended the European Youth Event 2023 in Strasbourg. This is their account of this brilliant weekend.
Recruiting for new Chair of our Board of Trustees!
Euro Youth Mental Health is Recruiting for a Chair of our Trustee Board. Euro Youth Mental Health is Europe’s first and only youth mental health focussed non-profit. Run by passionate and enthusiastic volunteers who share their expertise and experiences to improve the mental health support young people get across Europe. We act in order toContinueContinue reading “Recruiting for new Chair of our Board of Trustees!”
Is the mental health sector inclusive and stigma free for all stakeholders?
During this three-day event, I, and health professionals from all over the world gathered with the aim of raising awareness and exchanging knowledge on various mental health topics, from stigma, to obsessive-compulsive disorder, to migrants and women’s wellbeing and more.
To the person that’s looking for a sign: It’ll be okay
EYMH #raiseup collective member Nikki shares an open letter to all who might be struggling this winter, coming from her personal experience. If the holidays seem longAnd you’re not feeling strongRemember to hold onSoon peace will be uponYouYou are the lightYou are the wonderYou are magicYou are everything Hey. This is a little note toContinueContinue reading “To the person that’s looking for a sign: It’ll be okay”