Amazing work led by young people in Wales, #SortTheSwitch highlighting the experience of transitions between services, how scary and often uncoordinated it is. Powerful testimonies, thank you @MindCymru🙌🏼
"It's a very uncertain and unknown environment, you're not really sure what's going to happen next."
Diolch yn fawr to the young people who spoke with @SharpEndITV about #SortTheSwitch and their mental health experiences. Catch up here 👇
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Thank you so much Meg, Fiona and @MindCymru for being a part of this amazing journey with me. #sorttheswitch needs to be addressed now. There is no more time to be wasted ❤️
"It's a very uncertain and unknown environment, you're not really sure what's going to happen next."
Diolch yn fawr to the young people who spoke with @SharpEndITV about #SortTheSwitch and their mental health experiences. Catch up here 👇
itv.com/walesprogrammes/arti…
"You’re going from this consistent support system to not being sure when you’re going to get the help or if you’re going to get the help even."
Tune in to @SharpEndITV tonight to hear from the young people at the centre of our #SortTheSwitch campaign.
It's stories like Georgia's that are why @MindCharity we're calling on Welsh Government to listen to young people and #SortTheSwitch. The transition from child and adolescent to adult mental health services leaves too many young people in limbo, often when they're most unwell.
A big thank you to the @SeneddChildren committee members for their support of #SortTheSwitch. It’s clear that, across parties, you share our belief that young people must be heard.
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With young people leading the campaign, our #SortTheSwitch report sets out clear recommendations to help those who are most vulnerable. And yet, Welsh Government hasn’t accepted a Committee recommendation to implement all of them.
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Penblwydd Hapus #SortTheSwitch! 🎂
Here’s to a year of fighting for better mental health support for young people across Wales.
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"We will continue to fight for young people’s mental health across Wales, and young people will continue to be part of this."
Nia, our Children and Young People Manager, explains #SortTheSwitch and why it’s so important young people’s voices are heard in our campaigns.
ALT A quote from a CYPE report:
“It’s fair to say that it was one of the most powerful sessions we had ever been involved in. The young people shared their stories with bravery, confidence and real power.”
- Children, Young People and Education Committee on young people sharing their experiences as part of Sort The Switch
"This lack of consistency and continuity in treatment is costing lives."
Georgia describes how her transition to adult mental health services left her feeling lonely and confused 👇
mind.org.uk/information-supp…#SortTheSwitch
🧵This Saturday marks a year since we launched our campaign to #SortTheSwitch from specialist child to adult mental health services, and what a year it’s been. 1/4
Such a powerful & poignant article by @GTaylor_02 that communicates the importance of @MindCymru’s #SortTheSwitch campaign that advocates that children transitioning to adult mental health services must not fall off a 'cliff edge' & be appropriately supported.👇👇👇
The @MindCymru#SortTheSwitch report and campaign is vitally important. It’s coproduced by people with lived experience of the transition from specialist #child to adult #mentalhealth services in Wales.
I urge everyone to read it and will cont. to campaign for recommendations.
Thank you to @lynne_neagle for her commitments yesterday to #SortTheSwitch, and to @SeneddChildren, chaired by @JBryantWales, for their commitment to listening to the young people involved in our campaign and truly pushing for improvements.
Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi gyd.
We won’t stop fighting for better mental health for all young people across Wales.
Head to our website for more information on #SortTheSwitch, including the full report and recommendations to Welsh Government 👇
bit.ly/3gou4H2
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These emotions I hope will drive & propel MSs into taking action to implement the recommendations that are detailed in the #SortTheSwitch report.
-Sophy
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Last week some of our young campaigners spoke to @seneddhealth and @SeneddChildren about our #SortTheSwitch campaign, to improve the difficult move from SCAHMS to adult mental health services.
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Young people should leave mental health services feeling supported and cared for. Many don’t.
Working with young people, we’ve created a report to share stories of moving from specialist child to adult services.
Find out more, and help us #SortTheSwitch: bit.ly/3b84Dqv