by Andrew Webb | Sep 5, 2017 | Children and Young People, education, families, mental health, non-profit, parenting, Partnerships, relationships, Society, the spark, topical, young people
The Spark is at the forefront of efforts to improve the mental and emotional wellbeing of school pupils in Scotland. It is widely recognised that a child’s ability and readiness to learn can be compromised by difficult life experiences. Through counselling,...
by Andrew Webb | Aug 29, 2017 | Children and Young People, education, families, mental health, non-profit, parenting, Partnerships, relationships, Society, the spark, topical, young people
The mental health of children and young people has rightly become a mainstream political topic this year. Barely a week has gone by without more worrying research about the mental health of children and young people. Indeed only this week a BBC report highlighted the...
by Andrew Webb | Jul 4, 2017 | Children and Young People, couples, families, gender, mental health, non-profit, parenting, relationships, Society, the spark, topical
The idea that male postnatal depression exists has long been considered in the same terms as man flu. Reactions can vary from a raised eyebrow to thinly veiled contempt when the subject is broached. Familiar gender stereotypes entrench the belief that a dad ‘can’t...
