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Images of secondary school students striking bold poses under the banner "I am me" appeared on the walls of a community centre in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in April. Alongside each photo of the eight 15- to 18-year-olds from Swanlea School were short poems encapsulating a message about their own mental health. The display was the culmination of a two-month project led by the school to help young people raise awareness of mental health within their communities.
The need to improve school-based support for young people's mental health has been attracting policymakers' attention in recent years. But Swanlea School deputy head Kabir Miah says his school experiences more localised need because of the borough's demographic.
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