Young people co-produce mental health directory

e-wellbeing.co.uk

To co-create a website bringing together local mental health information, advice and guidance for young people in Sussex

£12,000 from the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to develop and co-produce the e-wellbeing website plus £20,000 from NHS England South East for a children and young people's mental health digital review after the site was launched. Training for children's mental health professionals, provided by the project team, was funded through a £35,000 grant from Health Education England

When the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in spring 2020, children and young people's mental health providers across the UK were forced to explore new ways to deliver support and information. Providers in Sussex were no exception. “Services were going online overnight, and there was no central co-ordination,” explains Becca Randell, children's mental health implementation lead at the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Academic Health Science Network. “They wanted something accessible that was co-produced by young people.”