by Andrew Webb | Jan 24, 2018 | Children and Young People, counselling resources, education, mental health, relationships, Society, the spark, topical, young people
Colleagues from The Spark attended the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution’s Annual Conference (SCCR) last week entitled ‘Conflict. It’s all about the brain…or is it?’ The conference focused on how the interaction between our body, feelings and mind determines how...
by Andrew Webb | Jan 16, 2018 | Children and Young People, families, mental health, parenting, relationships, Society, the spark, Tips, topical
You might have spent time over Christmas and New Year listening to children play with their family’s new ‘Alexa’. The Alexa in question – if you are not into your gadgets – is the name of the personal assistant service (and ‘wake word’) on Amazon’s range of Echo...
by Andrew Webb | Nov 13, 2017 | Children and Young People, education, families, mental health, non-profit, parenting, Partnerships, relationships, the spark, topical, young people
Scotland, like the rest of the UK, faces a crisis in youth mental health. Studies and reports detailing the mental health issues faced by children and adolescents are regularly making the news headlines. The existing NHS-provided child and adolescent mental health...
