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Correspondence with the Prime Minister
In response to Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement around mental health support earlier this year, Our Time wrote to her to draw attention to the vulnerability of children who have a parent with a mental illness.
‘Who Cares?’ awareness raising events in Barnet
This February we ran four events with 27 secondary schools in Barnet to raise awareness of children of parents with a mental illness and start to explore what they, as schools, can do to support them.
Prime Minister unveils plans to transform mental health support
Our Time responds to the Prime Minister's announcement of a comprehensive package of measures to transform mental health support in our schools, workplaces and communities.
Young people’s responses from the Young Carers Festival
Our Time has gone through all the responses from our stall at the Young Carers Festival and there are some consistent and strong messages from the young people that attended.
Our Time at the Young Carers Festival 2016
Our Time went to the Young Carers Festival at YMCA Fairthorne Manor and met some amazing young carers.
Carers Week 6th-12th June
This year for Carers Week we are asking how organisations can build carer friendly communities - with one in six pupils in a classroom affected by a parent with a mental illness, what are schools doing to support them?
Mental Health Awareness Week 2016
This week, from 16th to 22nd May, is Mental Health Awareness Week.
The Mail on Sunday features KidsTime Workshops
The article highlights a number of the families Our Time are helping through the workshops and how the work of drama is helping to support them.
Project showcase event
‘Who Cares?’ project: the unique in-school project to help children and young people of parents with mental illness will be presented on 26 October 2015.
Early positive feedback on the ‘Who Cares?’ programme
A number of schools have now completed their piloting phase of the ‘Who Cares?’ programme and have made overwhelmingly positive comments about their experience.
