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ALT The cover of ‘One in a Hundred Thousand’ by Linni Ingemundsen. The cover has an illustration of a teenage boy standing inside a bottle filled with white. Around the image of the cover are decorative dotted lines and an arrow pointing to it.
ALT Sandar is 15 and he has Silver-Russell syndrome, a condition that affects one in a hundred thousand people. It means he’s smaller than other people his age, and at school, the biggest and loudest people are the ones who seem to get the most attention. But Sandar notices little things other people miss, and as a result he can make a big impact.
ALT A graphic introducing the app of the month: Stay Alive. There’s an image of a phone with lines coming out of it to form an arrow shape.
ALT The Stay Alive logo: a simple design with the app name. Text says: The Stay Alive app brings together resources to support people who are having thoughts of suicide.
ALT An illustration of a girl wearing dungarees and AFOs (braces that go from her foot to her knee to help support her ankle and foot) and using a crutch is walking from darkness into light. She has her eyes closed and is smiling – she looks peaceful. She’s leading a dark blue ‘creature’ by the hand – the creature is taller than her and has eyes but no other facial features.
ALT Regardless of whether you celebrate Halloween, it’s OK if you don’t want to answer the door to trick or treaters. The background is a photo of a Halloween table with decorated biscuits and a bucket of sweets.
ALT People with mental health problems aren’t scary or dangerous. The background is a photo of a canvas bag with a smiling ghost on it.
ALT You can support friends by giving them a heads up about potential trigger warnings in spooky films before you start watching. The background is a photo of a window decorated for Halloween with fake spider webs and a small glow-in-the-dark skeleton.
ALT If you need to talk to someone, you can always text NATTER to 85258. A trained volunteer will text back and it’s free, anonymous, and confidential. The background is a photo of a jack-o’-lantern shining onto some grass.
ALT Happy Diwali! There’s a background photo of a lit candles surrounded by flowers. There’s also a line drawing of some speech bubbles.
ALT A graphic introducing the app of the month: Wysa. There’s an image of a phone with lines coming out of it to form an arrow shape.
ALT The Wysa logo: a cartoon penguin. Text says: Wysa has an AI-based conversation tool that’s always there to listen and make suggestions.
ALT Coping as the seasons change. There’s a line drawing of a calendar. The background image is of a park at dusk.
ALT There’s a line drawing of a phone with a speech bubble coming out of the screen. Inside the speech bubble, text reads: Which mobile networks can young people text NATTER from for free?
ALT Young people living in the UK can text NATTER to 85258 for free from all major networks. Some other networks do not provide the capability to message short codes, so it isn’t possible to text NATTER from them.
ALT A graphic that shows a myth about self-harm is that: ‘There’s nothing a young person can do if a friend has hurt themselves.’
ALT A graphic showing the truth, with text that reads: While young people aren’t responsible for fixing things, they can offer some support.
ALT They can encourage their friends to speak to a trusted adult about what’s going on and also remind them of their positive qualities.
ALT Get support for OCD through OCD Action. There are logos for OCD Action and Best For You.
ALT Your identity is valid, whether you’re out to everyone, only some people, or no one else at all.
ALT You deserve to be able to live freely and proudly as you are.