The microsite has been co-produced by NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Bolton’s Healthy Minds Youth Project, and aims to combat the stigma around mental health.

Healthy Minds Youth Project is an action group of young people aged 13-19 years delivered in partnership with Bolton Council and Bolton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

In 2016, the young people identified a gap in early intervention services locally and wanted to gain an understanding of what support is available to them. This led to Bolton CCG agreeing to fund an anti-stigma project known as Be Kind to My Mind with the aim of creating an information hub for young people.

The site includes information on local mental health services, where to go if you need to access urgent help along with a poignant video of our young people talking about their personal experiences.

The young people talk about how they live with conditions like anxiety, depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

As part of the website launch, a borough-wide campaign is under way, highlighting the resource to young people between the ages of 14-18 on social media platforms including, Facebook, Instragram, Youtube and Spotify.

The group has been fully involved in creating the campaign, even recording the audio clips for social media.

The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness and ultimately reduce the stigma that is attached to young people with regards to their mental and emotional health