Mental Health in Children: What to Look For

Do you know the signs of poor mental health in children?

It’s a shocking statistic that 1 in 6 children and young people in the UK are currently suffering from a diagnosable mental health condition. Mental health and wellbeing are an important part of life for everyone, but especially for young people who are still developing and finding their place in the world. So, what can […]

And Breathe …

Breathing for mindfulness can help relieve anxiety, stress and pain.

On average we  breathe around 22,000 times every single day. The respiratory system is a remarkable piece of machinery: it does what it has to do naturally. It keeps us alive. Day after day after day. But how aware are you of the breaths that you take? Most of the time we breathe through our […]

Wellbeing Ambassadors – The Crew of the Future

As schools prepare to shut down for Christmas, it’s been anything but quiet for The Wellbeing Crew, as December saw the launch of our Wellbeing Crew Ambassadors programme. Being rolled out across the West Midlands and Staffordshire, we’re working in schools with KS1 and KS2 students and pastoral care teams, promoting wellbeing and creating our […]

Human Touch Can Make All The Difference

peer to peer massage, massage in schools

From the moment we’re born, the need for human touch is ever-present, it’s one of our most basic primal needs. In a post-pandemic world where far too many people are engaged in their screens and personal bubbles, touch is becoming less common in everyday life, contributing to feelings of isolation, depressing and anxiety.   When […]

Delivering Life Skills – All Part Of The Wellbeing Journey

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working at the ContinU Plus Academy (CPA) in Kidderminster. CPA is an alternative provision free school, and provides high quality education for 11-17 year olds,  Opened in September 2013, the school has capacity for 90 pupils, who for a wide variety of reasons have disengaged or experienced difficulties […]

Back To School Anxiety – What To Look For

September’s here, and the summer holiday adventures are now just distant memories. Our social media timelines are full of children standing in front of front doors or fireplaces, awkwardly posing for those infamous back to school photographs that will come back to haunt them one day. Yes, it’s the start of the new academic year. […]

Workplace Stress – The Silent Plague

Workplace stress affects UK business

According to mental health charity, Mind, 1 in 6 workers experience mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. The workplace is the biggest cause of stress, ranking higher than financial problems and family issues. Furthermore, poor mental health costs the UK economy between £74 billion and £99 billion a year. Stress affects people […]

Hello. We’re The Wellbeing Crew!

Business team giving group high five in park

Welcome to our brand new blog. It’s not something we’ve ever done before, so we hope you’ll enjoy finding out a bit more about The Wellbeing Crew over the coming months. We’ll be sharing insights with you about what we do and how we help to bring calm – and fun – to our fabulous […]