After the first meeting of the government’s Mental Health in Education Action Group, chaired by universities minister Michelle Donelan and children and families minister Vicky Ford, it reiterated plans for the Department for Education's £7m Wellbeing for Education Recovery programme, to facilitate training and resources for staff in schools and colleges.
The programme will see resources for all mental health delivery programmes made available via a portal on the government website.
It will also create a series of free wellbeing support videos, co-created by First News, Sky Kids, the Department for Education, Public Health England and Dr Alex George, the government’s youth mental health ambassador who is part of the group.
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