Resources

Grandparents’ top tips

Published 2018. These tips were put together after we had discussions with grandparents as we know many grandparents now spend a lot of time caring for their grandchildren. These tips were created as a part of our Families Project.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Hints and Tips for Parents supporting Teenagers with Poor Mental Health

Published 2018. When your child is struggling with poor mental health it can be a confusing and difficult time for the whole family. We’ve spoken to families around Scotland and put together some tips that we hope will help make it easier to support your teenager and to give you some ideas for how you can help them.

Having Different Conversations

Mental Health and Wellbeing Tips for Teenagers

Published 2018. When you’re a teenager life can feel overwhelming – lots of changes are happening, you’re making decisions about your future, and it can feel like there’s a lot of pressure on you. We hope that these tips can help you through some of these bad times and give you some ideas and tools to help you improve your mental health or to make things easier when you’re struggling.

Having Different Conversations

Hints and Tips for Parents experiencing Poor Mental Health

Published 2018. We spoke to different groups of parents across Scotland and put together some hints and tips that we hope will help people in a parenting role who may be struggling with poor mental health. We hope these will help you and make it easier to know where to start when it comes to looking after your health and wellbeing.

Having Different Conversations

Moving on to Adult Life – A Guide for Staff

Published 2012. This is a guide for staff who work in support services with children and young adults, or with adults who have a disability. In this guide there are suggestions of things you can do to support young people and their families over this period of moving on in their lives, and to encourage them to make choices. It also has suggestions on what you can do to help them make those choices happen. It is from the Moving On to Adult Life project. Published in 2005.

People Having More Choice in their Lives

Mums Supporting Mums – Our Working Lives

Published 2013. These hints and tips are part of our Mums Supporting Mums project which brought together mums with babies and young children. The women wanted to help themselves and others by setting up different types of peer support that fit in with their lives and circumstances and in particular meet the needs of mums living in rural areas. These tips provide information on what women told us about combining work and children, some of the issues they face and advice on how to balance both.

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