McPin Young People's Network
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
Young People's Network at The McPin Foundation, reshaping mental health research by placing #youthinvolvement at the very heart of it 😀
Wishing you all an enjoyable festive period from everyone here on the young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social 🎄
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wishing you all an enjoyable festive period from everyone here on the young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social 🎄
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
If you haven’t already, check out the full zine to find out more about the role of the YPAG, and see their creative projects on music & mental health 👉 mcpin.org/project/b-li...
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you haven’t already, check out the full zine to find out more about the role of the YPAG, and see their creative projects on music & mental health 👉 mcpin.org/project/b-li...
Here are just a few of the things the B.Life YPAG wanted to achieve, from the very personal to the global.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here are just a few of the things the B.Life YPAG wanted to achieve, from the very personal to the global.
We began with the question: “In an ideal world, with unlimited time and budget, what would we like this project to achieve or represent?”
This helped the group decide the project aims and values, and what skills they wanted to develop from being involved.
This helped the group decide the project aims and values, and what skills they wanted to develop from being involved.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We began with the question: “In an ideal world, with unlimited time and budget, what would we like this project to achieve or represent?”
This helped the group decide the project aims and values, and what skills they wanted to develop from being involved.
This helped the group decide the project aims and values, and what skills they wanted to develop from being involved.
Here’s more on what they did 🧵
We recruited 8 young Black people from/connected to London with an interest in music & mental health to co-produce the project aims & content.
It was a broad brief so we decided to focus on telling this narrative creatively.
We recruited 8 young Black people from/connected to London with an interest in music & mental health to co-produce the project aims & content.
It was a broad brief so we decided to focus on telling this narrative creatively.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here’s more on what they did 🧵
We recruited 8 young Black people from/connected to London with an interest in music & mental health to co-produce the project aims & content.
It was a broad brief so we decided to focus on telling this narrative creatively.
We recruited 8 young Black people from/connected to London with an interest in music & mental health to co-produce the project aims & content.
It was a broad brief so we decided to focus on telling this narrative creatively.
Our recent B.Life zine wanted to co-produce & co-deliver a project focused on music & mental health for young Black people – so of course we wanted to get some young Black people involved!
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our recent B.Life zine wanted to co-produce & co-deliver a project focused on music & mental health for young Black people – so of course we wanted to get some young Black people involved!
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
For more information and how to register your interest, click the link below!
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December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For more information and how to register your interest, click the link below!
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Researchers from the University of Nottingham are looking for young people aged 25 and under to join a PPI advisory group ✏️
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Researchers from the University of Nottingham are looking for young people aged 25 and under to join a PPI advisory group ✏️
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
Researchers we are working with at Roehampton are looking for young people aged 11-18 to take part in an online survey ✏️
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Researchers we are working with at Roehampton are looking for young people aged 11-18 to take part in an online survey ✏️
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
Children’s wellbeing is still in decline, according to @childrenssociety.bsky.social's #GoodChildhoodReport 2025.
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Children’s wellbeing is still in decline, according to @childrenssociety.bsky.social's #GoodChildhoodReport 2025.
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
It's now live and in the timeless words of Miles Davis: "We play what the day recommends."
Read it now - mcpin.org/project/b-li...
Read it now - mcpin.org/project/b-li...
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's now live and in the timeless words of Miles Davis: "We play what the day recommends."
Read it now - mcpin.org/project/b-li...
Read it now - mcpin.org/project/b-li...
the dual nature of the music to heal and harm, and lots more.
The B.Life zine explores the experiences and connections to music and mental health of our 8 B.Life Makers and a member of the B.Life McPin team. Here are the B.Life team!
The B.Life zine explores the experiences and connections to music and mental health of our 8 B.Life Makers and a member of the B.Life McPin team. Here are the B.Life team!
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
the dual nature of the music to heal and harm, and lots more.
The B.Life zine explores the experiences and connections to music and mental health of our 8 B.Life Makers and a member of the B.Life McPin team. Here are the B.Life team!
The B.Life zine explores the experiences and connections to music and mental health of our 8 B.Life Makers and a member of the B.Life McPin team. Here are the B.Life team!
What does music and mental health mean to you?
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What does music and mental health mean to you?
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
🚨New Opportunity🚨
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
🚨New opportunity!!
Are you a young person that has been involved in the research process? Get involved in shaping a book all about youth involvement!
Find out more below 👇
Are you a young person that has been involved in the research process? Get involved in shaping a book all about youth involvement!
Find out more below 👇
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚨New opportunity!!
Are you a young person that has been involved in the research process? Get involved in shaping a book all about youth involvement!
Find out more below 👇
Are you a young person that has been involved in the research process? Get involved in shaping a book all about youth involvement!
Find out more below 👇
🚨New Opportunity🚨
This research study is aiming to investigate why autistic young people may develop low-self esteem, and the impact of this on their mental health. Researchers aim to complete interviews with young people to understand more about their lived experience.
Find out more below 👇
This research study is aiming to investigate why autistic young people may develop low-self esteem, and the impact of this on their mental health. Researchers aim to complete interviews with young people to understand more about their lived experience.
Find out more below 👇
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
This research study is aiming to investigate why autistic young people may develop low-self esteem, and the impact of this on their mental health. Researchers aim to complete interviews with young people to understand more about their lived experience.
Find out more below 👇
This research study is aiming to investigate why autistic young people may develop low-self esteem, and the impact of this on their mental health. Researchers aim to complete interviews with young people to understand more about their lived experience.
Find out more below 👇
📣 New Opportunity!
Join the Lived Experience Collaboration Platform Working Group to play a key role in shaping the platform and its first two modules:
• Child and youth mental health collaboration
• Safeguarding in lived experience collaboration
Apply here: mcpin.org/research-opp...
Join the Lived Experience Collaboration Platform Working Group to play a key role in shaping the platform and its first two modules:
• Child and youth mental health collaboration
• Safeguarding in lived experience collaboration
Apply here: mcpin.org/research-opp...
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
📣 New Opportunity!
Join the Lived Experience Collaboration Platform Working Group to play a key role in shaping the platform and its first two modules:
• Child and youth mental health collaboration
• Safeguarding in lived experience collaboration
Apply here: mcpin.org/research-opp...
Join the Lived Experience Collaboration Platform Working Group to play a key role in shaping the platform and its first two modules:
• Child and youth mental health collaboration
• Safeguarding in lived experience collaboration
Apply here: mcpin.org/research-opp...
Team member Emma shares how doomscrolling can impact mental health and shares some advice.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Team member Emma shares how doomscrolling can impact mental health and shares some advice.
Team member George spotlights the Moment2Talk project and shares how waiting lists are often a barrier to accessing support.
October 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Team member George spotlights the Moment2Talk project and shares how waiting lists are often a barrier to accessing support.
It's World Mental Health Day 🌍! Some members of our Young People's Team have reflected on this years theme: 'Access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'.
October 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It's World Mental Health Day 🌍! Some members of our Young People's Team have reflected on this years theme: 'Access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'.
Team member George shares how waiting lists are a key barrier to accessing help and spotlights the Moment2Talk project.
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Team member George shares how waiting lists are a key barrier to accessing help and spotlights the Moment2Talk project.
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Bradford 2025 and MIND have come together to create a short mental health film, with the aim of raising awareness and erasing the stigma around young people's mental health in Bradford.
We are looking for a variety of young contributors with lived experience.
Link below 👇
Bradford 2025 and MIND have come together to create a short mental health film, with the aim of raising awareness and erasing the stigma around young people's mental health in Bradford.
We are looking for a variety of young contributors with lived experience.
Link below 👇
October 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Bradford 2025 and MIND have come together to create a short mental health film, with the aim of raising awareness and erasing the stigma around young people's mental health in Bradford.
We are looking for a variety of young contributors with lived experience.
Link below 👇
Bradford 2025 and MIND have come together to create a short mental health film, with the aim of raising awareness and erasing the stigma around young people's mental health in Bradford.
We are looking for a variety of young contributors with lived experience.
Link below 👇
For this year, the theme for Black History Month is Standing Firm in Power and Pride – so what better time to introduce the B.Life project, or simply put: ‘Black Life, period.’
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For this year, the theme for Black History Month is Standing Firm in Power and Pride – so what better time to introduce the B.Life project, or simply put: ‘Black Life, period.’