Day 1, Keynote 1 starts with a keynote address from Sir Norman Lamb, Chair of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) and Clare Stafford, CEO, Charlie Waller Trust and Vice Chair, CYPMHC. They will be joined by Will Reed, Youth Advisor at Boys In Mind/Girls Mind Too.
The pandemic has caused significant disruption to the lives of children, young people and their families and created numerous challenges for practitioners delivering mental health services during this time. However, this unprecedented situation has also provided an opportunity for us to learn, adapt and grow our offerings and Clare and Sir Norman will take this opportunity to look at some of these learnings, and what the future of mental health services for children and young people might look like.
Clare has worked as a senior manager in mental health for over 25 years and it is her interest and passion. She was delighted to take up the post of Chief Executive at the Charlie Waller in 2014, since which time the Trust has expanded its...
Chair of the Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
Sir Norman Lamb was Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk from 2001 to 2019 and Minister of State for Care and Support at the Department of Health from 2012 to 2015. As Health Minister, Norman challenged the NHS to ensure that mental health was...
Will is a 19 year old on a gap year after his A-Levels a year ago. Boys in Mind has given him a platform at conferences and on local media and news to talk about issues that are important to him – equality within the discourse of mental health, as...