📣 Young People Leading Change in Health and Social Care 📍 Central Bedfordshire 🙌 Participation, Co-Production and Impactful Youth-Led Projects 📧 @annabailie
Central Bedfordshire
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📢 Co-Designing a Focus Group with Young Healthwatch and Uni of Herts! 📢
🔬 Research Opportunity for Young People (14-18 yrs)!
Are you interested in sharing your thoughts on how culture and ethnicity impact neurodiversity and mental health? DM us now! 📩
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🎉 What a Fantastic Oral Health Session! 🦷✨
A huge thank you to our amazing Young Healthwatch volunteers for joining our Gen-Beds-Oralhealth session! 💙 Your enthusiasm and commitment to promoting good oral health in the community is truly inspiring. 🪥
#GenBedsOralHealth
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🚨 Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed too late—let’s change that! 🚨
💚 Early detection saves lives. Know the symptoms, spread awareness, and help #CloseTheGap!
🎗️ Your voice can make a difference! Tag a friend to raise awareness and share this post. Let’s break the silence.
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🚀 Youth-Led Research & Mental Health Education in BLMK! 🧠💬
We're empowering young people to explore mental health & neurodiversity through interviews, surveys & workshops—by young people, for young people. Their voices, their experiences, their future!
📍Central Bedfordshire
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#Throwback to an epic night with our amazing Young Healthwatch volunteers! 🎉🎯
As a big thank you for their hard work, we took the team out for Laser Quest in Milton Keynes 🔫 followed by a well-earned meal at Nando’s 🍗🔥
Huge shoutout to our young volunteers—you’re the best!
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#ThrowbackTuesday to our visit to Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice! 🏥💙
On 30th July 2024, YHW volunteers explored the Hospice, spoke with staff & patients, and shared young people’s perspectives on care. Grateful for the warm welcome & inspiring work they do! 🌿✨
#YoungVoices
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Young Healthwatch we were joined by Jodie, Lauren and Katherine from Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust @ccs_nhst
We discussed ways of engaging young people in the ELSA Study, which screens children for type 1 diabetes in our area @elsadiabetes @NIHRresearch
Our Young Healthwatch team are out and about at Harlington Recruitment Fair today. Pop along and find out more about what we do and how you can become involved.
#younghealthwatch
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Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire held a Health and Wellbeing Conference for young people on Tuesday, 24th October at Centre Parcs in Woburn.
Hear what Harry has to say about his mental health and the services he has needed.
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Young Healthwatch Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023 allowed young people to share their experiences of how the Covid pandemic affected their lives and how mental health services could be improved.
To watch the full video, please click on this link: youtu.be/WSlfKfQ8Q5Q?feature…
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Young Healthwatch Health & Wellbeing Conference 2023 allowed young people to share their experiences of how the Covid pandemic affected their lives and how mental health services could be improved.
To watch the full video, please click on this link: youtu.be/WSlfKfQ8Q5Q?feature…
@Healthwatch_cb are looking for young women aged between 24-29 who have received an invite for cervical screening but, for whatever reason, have decided not to take up the offer.
£25 gift voucher for those interviewed.
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We are looking for young women aged between 24 – 29 who have received an invite for cervical screening but, for whatever reason, have decided not to take up the offer.
Contact @Healthwatch_cb on 0300 303 8554, or [email protected].
Today is World Prematurity Day, a day to raise awareness of premature birth and the huge impact it can have on families.
An estimated 53,000 babies are born prematurely each year in the UK – 1 in 13 births*
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@youngepilepsy is starting a new online youth club for young people with the condition. This will be a ground-breaking project offering support to children and young people a safe environment to be themselves.
#EpilepsyAwareness
#epilepsy
Young Healthwatch volunteer, Liam, shares his experience of being a member of the Young Healthwatch team, and urges young men to join their local Young Healthwatch.
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#personalgrowth
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Help us explore what has affected young people during and since the pandemic. We aim to better prepare you to develop #keyskills needed for your future #health and #Wellbeing .
Don't miss out - LAST FEW PLACES!
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@YoungHWatch volunteers visited the paediatric unit at Bedford Hospital yesterday. Their aim is to help improve children's services and give suggestions based on a young person's POV.
Their report will be shared with the hospital and local stakeholders in due course.
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