CYP Now - My Life: Jack Wilson, 16, Gateshead

I was bullied at school. It was so bad that by the time I was 16, my confidence was at an all-time low.

I found it hard to mix with people my age and often struggled to even leave the house.

Then I found out about Youth Focus: North East through YoungMinds, a charity which helps improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

I volunteered with them and it was there that I met Claire, a youth worker who persuaded me to get involved with the projects Youth Focus: North East run with young people across the North East region.

At first, we met once a month and then we started developing a new mental health project for young people - soon we were raising awareness through campaigning and sitting on groups with my local NHS trust.

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