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Welcome to the latest edition of our #BeeWell newsletter!
In this month’s newsletter:
Spotlight on hobbies: Faith’s Curriculum for Life article about the power of hobbies for wellbeing
Save the date! 12th November Anti-Bullying Week learning session
Good Childhood Report calls for national measurement of children’s wellbeing
Now in its 13th year, The Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Report 2024 once again illustrates the worrying decline in children’s wellbeing. According to the report, 15-year-olds in the UK have the lowest average life satisfaction when compared to their peers in 26 other European countries.
Given this, the report says: “The Government must begin a national mission to overturn the decline in children’s wellbeing” and calls for the introduction of “a national measurement of children’s wellbeing, conducted every year to ask every child about their wellbeing, helping to guide the national mission and inform policy and local delivery.”
We wholeheartedly agree with The Children’s Society that now is the time to start measuring young people’s wellbeing nationally!
The Fair Education Alliance calls for national roll-out of the #BeeWell approach as part of their ‘Priorities for a New Government’
A new Fair Education Alliance (FEA) report has called on the new Government to collect “nationally consistent, comprehensive data about the wellbeing of young people, using the work of #BeeWell as a model.”
The report says: “We have seen #BeeWell’s data already inspire solutions across society. School leaders could use this data to better understand the needs of their pupils and what interventions might be required. Data could also help the Government understand the case for investment in training, resources, and interventions, and how to secure the best value-for-money solutions.”
We thank the FEA for championing the importance of measuring wellbeing nationally!
New for 2024: Listening to Year 7 students and Electively Home Educated young people with this year’s #BeeWellsurvey!
We are excited to welcome Year 7 students in Greater Manchester to the survey this autumn! We are pleased to be able to platform their voices this year. And in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton (HIPS), young people in Elective Home Education (EHE) will now be able to have their voices heard as part of the #BeeWellsurvey when it opens on 1st October 2024!
If you are working with young people in EHE in HIPS aged 11-16 please help promote this opportunity to participate in the survey. More info about #BeeWellfor young people in EHE can be found here
Next Greater Manchester Community of Practice with Plan-UK and Kooth on 25th September
If you are working with young people in Greater Manchester, please get involved in the next Plan-UK Community of Practice. Delivered in partnership with Kooth, this session will focus on supporting young people to manage anxiety.
Find out more and sign-up here.
Spotlight on hobbies: Faith’s Curriculum for Life article about the power of hobbies for wellbeing
Faith, a young person who has been doing work experience with the #BeeWell team in Greater Manchester, has written a new article for the Curriculum for Life site. Faith’s article explores how taking part in hobbies can support your wellbeing, inspired by #BeeWell survey insights. The site provides helpful guidance and advice written by young people in Greater Manchester, for young people.
Read the full article here.
Supporting Participation in Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Sports for young people’s wellbeing: online event on 8th October
As part of our ‘spotlight on hobbies’ series, join #BeeWell team members and special guests from Factory International, Football Beyond Borders and Creatives Now for an absorbing webinar on creating SPACES (Supporting Participation in Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Sports) to improve young people’s wellbeing. Featuring poetry from talented Manchester artist SAF-S2E.
Taking place on Tuesday 8th October, 5.00 – 6.30pm.
Read more about the event here.
Save the date! 12th November Anti-Bullying Week learning session
#BeeWell will be hosting an online learning session at 4pm on 12th November as part of Anti-Bullying Week, featuring the latest research, insight from #BeeWell data, and evidence-informed practice. Look out for booking information and more details on our social media channels and in our October newsletter!
