Welcome

Welcome to Brunshaw's dedicated Mental Health and Well-being section. Here you will find all about our fantastic team of both staff and pupils who all contribute towards your children's journey through school life.

You can find our policies and procedures and a whole host of useful information, videos, websites, leaflets and more that you can keep coming back to as and when you think you might need it. This section is updated regularly so please keep coming back to see what's new.

Meet the Team

Mrs Atkinson

As part of my role as Inclusion Lead, I am also the Senior Mental Health Lead, along with Mrs Preston, here in school.

Our aim is to promote a mentally healthy school environment through:

• Promoting our school values and encouraging a sense of belonging
• Promoting pupil voice and opportunities to participate in decision-making
• Celebrating academic and non-academic achievements in order to promote self-esteem
• Providing opportunities to develop a sense of worth through taking responsibility for themselves and others
• Providing opportunities to reflect and reset
• Access to appropriate support for children and staff that meets their needs
• Helping children to understand their emotions and feelings better and to feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries
• Helping children to develop emotional resilience and to manage setbacks

Well-being Ambassadors

The Pupil and Family Support team have appointed our new Well-being Ambassadors. Thank you to all the year 6 children who applied. 

Our Well-being Ambassadors will be given age appropriate training on understanding 'big feelings/little feelings'. 

We will hold regular meetings to give them time to reflect on their role and offer support.

Siobhan and Alex from MHST will be coming to chat with our WBA's regularly and provide them with some up to date training.

This year's appointed Well-being Ambassadors are:

Millie, Boe, Carmen, Navayah, Chelsea and Lucy-Jane.

The Well-being Ambassador’s skills are:

• Listening
• Communicatng
• Being reliable
• Responsibility
• Being Supportive
• Empowering
• Motivating
• Non-judgemental

To view our dedicated section in the Children's Area, with minutes from meetings and photos of what we have been up to, please Click Here.

Useful Links

Please find below links to useful websites and also some documents you can download and use:

MindEd Hub

Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Do you just want some hints and tips on parenting? MindEd for Families has advice and information from trusted experts and will help you to understand what problems occur, what you can do to best support your family, and how to take care of yourself. MindEd for Families is written by a team of specialists and parents, working together.

You do not need to register to use these resources.

Follow the link below

Please Click Here to watch our promotional video

Early Help Training can be accessed Here

    Burnley Family and Wellbeing Services

                                   Please click me for a link to our Healthy Relationships Promotional Animation

Support for Young People dealing suicide, depression or distress

Hopeline: 0800 068 41 41

Text: 07786 209697

Weekdays: 10am-10pm

Weekends: 2pm-10pm

Wellbeing Hotline - 0800 013 0707 - 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week

 Guidance and Support for chidren and young people

Offers Support for anyone affected by suicide in Lancashire

Referral hotline: 0330 088 9255

Available any time, day or night on: 116 123

 Burnley FC in the Community Kitchen

 Lancashire Women's Centre

 Bereavement SupportHub of Hope

                 PH7 Wellbeing Centre