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Life Guards Healthy – Hearts willowfieldchurch co uk
Life Guards Healthy Hearts teaches children and young people how to look after their physical mental and spiritual health Through an an informative and practical eight-week programme young people learn about the impact of stress on their physical and and mental wellbeing and and how to find healthy ways of dealing with it it Since launching four years ago Life Guards has already impacted the lives of more than 7 000 youngsters in in in 44 primary schools including special educational needs schools across Northern Ireland The team have developed a a a a a a full range of resources and now want to to scale up their training to to empower others to deliver the the the programme across the the the UK Mum2Mum – princessproject co uk
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Mum2Mum helps local churches to support vulnerable young mums in their community by linking mums with trained volunteer befrienders The initiative aims to tackle issues of isolation loneliness and poor mental health that are faced by young young parents The project also helps young young mums to access the wider range of support and and services they and and their babies need but may be reluctant to access for a a a a a range of of reasons including fear of of judgement The community and family provided through Mum2Mum helps to build self-esteem and mental wellbeing of these young women while also breaking generational cycles of low aspiration The initiative was started by Princess Project at at St Luke’s Church in in Maidstone Maidstone eight years ago and is now running across Maidstone Maidstone and Medway with the the involvement of nine other churches in in in Kent Their ambition is to to see a a a Mum2Mum group in in every town and city in in the UK offering vulnerable young parents and their children the the chance to be part of a a nurturing loving community PTO
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