YoungMinds

Who we are

YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional well being and mental health of children and young people. Driven by their experiences we campaign, research and influence policy and practice. We also provide expert knowledge to professionals, parents and young people through our Parents’ Helpline, online resources, training and development, outreach work and publications.

Find us on youtube, twitter, facebook or visit our website.

Our Goals

To keep ourselves focused and on track, we’ve set out 4 key strategic aims:

1.Foster innovation to meet the needs of vulnerable and excluded children and young people.

2.Promote good mental health to more children and young people than ever before.

3.Champion the voices of young people and parents to influence mental health policy and practice.

4.Inspire excellence to achieve transformed, integrated services.

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Our culture and values

We're not afraid to speak up for what's right

We know what needs to change because young people tell us. If they raise their voices, so do we.

We're optimistic

Things get tough, but we never forget to celebrate progress and never stop looking for practical ways to make things better.

Kindness is our strength

Everything we do, we do with love, care and compassion

We celebrate what makes you, you

Whoever you are, we welcome you and encourage you to always be true to yourself

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Anti-racism, Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (AJEDI) at YoungMinds

We recognise the considerable journey we need to go on to ensure we are an actively anti-racist organisation and know that we have not done nearly enough to ensure the diversity and inclusion of the organisation to reflect the young people we exist to support.   

We have five essential work streams to ensure we bring about the change needed: 

1. Creating safe support spaces

2. Creating safe spaces and transparent structures for organisational listening, learning and accountability

3. Creating a more inclusive, anti-racist and culturally sensitive culture

4. Increasing the diversity of our workforce, leadership team and Board

5. Developing YoungMinds so that young people who are from Black and Minoritised, LGBTQ+ groups and Disabled groups, can be a genuine focus for our strategy, engagement and campaigns