The objectives were among dozens discussed by 250 UKYP members at the 12th annual sitting of the UK Youth Parliament, which was held in Nottingham last week.
Jaysen Sharpe, UKYP member for Taunton Deane and West Somerset, said he is personally keen for improvements to be made to mental health services.
“There’s a stigma about mental health and it is time we started seeing it with an unprejudiced view and provide better targeted support and education in schools,” he said.
“It is not necessarily about spending more money but the ways in which you spend the money you have. It doesn’t necessarily need a huge amount of capital. If mental health education was included with citizenship education it would result in more well-rounded young people who are aware of the world around them.”
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