Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire

📣 Young People Leading Change in Health and Social Care
📍 Central Bedfordshire
🙌 Participation, Co-Production and Impactful Youth-Led Projects
📧 @annabailie

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

📢 Co-Designing a Focus Group with Young Healthwatch and Uni of Herts! 📢

🔬 Research Opportunity for Young People (14-18 yrs)!

Are you interested in sharing your thoughts on how culture and ethnicity impact neurodiversity and mental health? DM us now! 📩

[Central Bedfordshire Council @letstalkcentral]

Today, we approved plans to open a new specialist primary school for children with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, marking a major step forward in our commitment to inclusive education. https://t.co/9bHf8ykaQf

[Luton Sexual Health @LutonSH]

We took the mic to #YouthFest to ask:
✨ What’s one thing you wish you’d known about sex and relationships growing up?

Thank you to everyone who shared, these are the convos young people need to hear 💙

#Luton #YouthFest2025 #SexEd #HealthyRelationships #YouthSupport #LSH

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🎉 What a Fantastic Oral Health Session! 🦷✨

A huge thank you to our amazing Young Healthwatch volunteers for joining our Gen-Beds-Oralhealth session! 💙 Your enthusiasm and commitment to promoting good oral health in the community is truly inspiring. 🪥

#GenBedsOralHealth

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🚨 Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed too late—let’s change that! 🚨

💚 Early detection saves lives. Know the symptoms, spread awareness, and help #CloseTheGap!

🎗️ Your voice can make a difference! Tag a friend to raise awareness and share this post. Let’s break the silence.

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

@iCaSHService ❣️❤️💟♥️

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🟥✨ HIV Awareness Week Recap! ✨🟥

From 10th-16th February, we came together to raise awareness and promote sexual health!

A huge shoutout to iCASH for running an insightful health education session on contraception, helping to spread knowledge on protection and prevention 💡

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🔗Link to Young Person's Survey (chance to win £50):

https://t.co/McO5ckwJpA

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

📢 Have Your Say on Mental Health & Neurodiversity! 🧠✨

Are you a professional, parent/carer, or young person with experience in mental health & SEND services? Your insights are invaluable in shaping better support for children & young people!

📝 Complete our survey today!

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🔗Link to Parent/Carer Survey: https://t.co/Rf1xf8TU8j

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

🚀 Youth-Led Research & Mental Health Education in BLMK! 🧠💬

We're empowering young people to explore mental health & neurodiversity through interviews, surveys & workshops—by young people, for young people. Their voices, their experiences, their future!

📍Central Bedfordshire

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

#Throwback to an epic night with our amazing Young Healthwatch volunteers! 🎉🎯

As a big thank you for their hard work, we took the team out for Laser Quest in Milton Keynes 🔫 followed by a well-earned meal at Nando’s 🍗🔥

Huge shoutout to our young volunteers—you’re the best!

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

@Sue_Ryder 💙

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

#ThrowbackTuesday to our visit to Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice! 🏥💙

On 30th July 2024, YHW volunteers explored the Hospice, spoke with staff & patients, and shared young people’s perspectives on care. Grateful for the warm welcome & inspiring work they do! 🌿✨

#YoungVoices

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

Jodie Battrum is a co-production specialist and Health and Wellbeing Champion. Lauren Moody is a clinical research assistant supporting the ELSA study. Katherine Vale is an RN [Child], SCPHN School Nurse, and Clinical Research Facilitator.

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

Young Healthwatch we were joined by Jodie, Lauren and Katherine from Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust @ccs_nhst

We discussed ways of engaging young people in the ELSA Study, which screens children for type 1 diabetes in our area @elsadiabetes @NIHRresearch

[Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire @YoungHWatch]

Information on the Study:

Children aged 3-13 can have a simple finger-stick blood test to determine their risk of developing type 1 diabetes in the future.

Currently open to families living in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

[Wake Up Wednesday @wake_up_weds]

It’s the start of September, and the new school year has begun ⏰ Let’s make sure the kids have a successful return! ✨📖 This #WakeUpWednesday, we’re letting you know how to support children as they go back to school after the holidays.

Download here >> https://t.co/VNmEIYY1he

[RCPCH_and_Us @RCPCH_and_Us]

Today @RCPCHtweets publish our blueprint for transforming child health services in England. #RCPCHBlueprint makes the case for change for child health services.

@RCPCH_and_Us volunteers highlighted that change must be supported by two fundamental principles from the UNCRC.