Sefton Council is working with the charity YoungMinds to improve mental resilience in schools. 28 schools have joined a training session to support schools to improve the mental resilience of pupils, staff and parents.

Mental Resilience is not something that people either have or do not - resilience is learnable and teachable and as we learn we increase the range of strategies available to us when things get difficult.

YoungMinds works with hundreds of schools and thousands of teachers every year to develop their understanding and responses. Further sessions are planned as part of wider work to support schools with improving mental health.

Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.

The overall number of people with mental health problems has not changed significantly in recent years, but worries about things like money, jobs and benefits can make it harder for people to cope. In Sefton there many activities and services that happen in the community every week, that you might not even know about, which could improve your mental health and help make life a little easier.

So, from World Suicide Prevention Day (10th September) to World Mental Health Day (10th October) we are going to spread the word about local services and activities available to people in Sefton. Look out for the hashtag #SeftonInMind and join in by telling us about good local services and activities that have helped you.