WELLPOD

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Campaign to the West Sussex Youth Cabinet aims to raise awareness of mental health issues through their podcast and Instagram skits. They encourage young people to take breaks from social media and engage in positive activities. Teachers suggest detoxing from phones, seeking help, and enjoying offline activities. They emphasize the importance of supporting overall wellbeing and mental health. The group provides resources and encourages listeners to contact Childline if in need of serious help. Hello everyone, hope you're having a lovely day and welcome back. We are Grace, Katie, Cushy and Giselle. So what do we do and what's our aim? We're the Mental Health and Wellbeing Campaign to the West Sussex Youth Cabinet, a group of 11 to 18 year olds who want to help raise awareness of issues around wellbeing and mental health. We do this through our podcast and Instagram skits, as well as talks raising awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing, and to give you more helpful tips around the topic. We have a variety of social medias and if you haven't already, please feel free to follow us on any link from Instagram, Spotify and under your space by casting. We want to help make young people's voices heard, so if you have ideas for future podcast topics, please let us know on previously mentioned social media sites. This week, we'll be discussing how to help yourself when you're feeling low, especially in regards to social media. To support our mission, we have Arts School representatives some questions and quoted them. Top tips. First thought, let's get off with our top tips for wellbeing today. We recommend today trying to find some positivity online instead of constant content scrolling, and to instead take time away from your phone. Social media sites and scrolling reduces dopamine, which makes our phones just as addictive as drugs and alcohol, and the content we see can be negative sometimes, worsening our overall wellbeing. Because of this, it's really important that we take time away from our phones, although it can be hard, or at the very least, make sure that our online activity is positive. We recommend doing something fun and stimulating like a daily wordle as a healthier alternative way to spend time on your phone. Overall, we really encourage you to be considerate of the time you spend online, and make time that you do spend online as positive as possible. So what is wellbeing? Having spoken to school staff from all across West Sussex, we've gathered some advice they've shared with us in relation to today's top tips. Teachers from Burgess Hill Girls recommend a total detox on your phone. To talk to someone, meet up face to face, and remind us we are never alone. Teachers from St Philip Howard's recommended staying away from social media as much as possible, and having time away from social media's toxic people instead. Another expert says to talk with others and seek help, and reminds us there's a lot of online support you can get online, and recommends listening to music as well. A teacher from Malay School in Horsham also recommends trying free online services for help, and counselling if needed, and overall to take breaks and enjoy a range of activities offline. And remember, as hard as limiting our time can be, it's really important that we try to do as many ways to support our overall wellbeing and mental health. Maybe you can even try combining our advice on the previous podcast, and replace your time scrolling with some positive time outside of being active. Thanks so much for being with us here again, and I look forward to seeing you back for our next podcast. Thanks again for listening, and remember, if in need of serious help, call Childliner 0800 1111, who are always available to help, whatever the weather. We look forward to meeting you next time, but for now, this is the Wellbeing Group for Youth Cabinet. See you next time. Bye!