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Peer Education Project (PEP) Overview

The Peer Education Project is a secondary school-based educational programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health and that of their peers.

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How the Online Safety Act is re-shaping our experiences online

10 Feb 2026 / Families, children and young people

The content we read, watch and interact with online has huge capacity to affect our mental health and wellbeing. How can we protect children and young people from consuming harmful content? Does the Online Safety Act go far enough to keep people safe? Or does it go too far?

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I have been changed for good

This blog explores the impact that time away from home can have on an individual's mental health and the challenges that returning home or being away for the holidays can present.

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Peer Education Project (PEP)

The Peer Education Project is a secondary school-based educational programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health and that of their peers.

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The MHF Young Leaders

The MHF Young Leaders are a diverse group of people from the UK with a wealth of personal and lived experiences. Young Leaders inform the Foundation’s work with families, children and young people.

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Self-harm

What is self-harm, getting support, ways you can look after yourself and how to help someone who self harms.

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Body image

What body image means, how it affects your mental health and what causes body image concerns.

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Becoming a Man (BAM)

The Becoming a Man (BAM) programme is a mental well-being intervention adapted from the US that aims to support young men’s personal development by taking into account their lived experience and the often difficult environments they must navigate.

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University and mental health: tips for students

Read our tips for students on managing their mental health whilst juggling the struggles of studying a course.

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Talking to children about scary world events

In the digital age, it is no longer possible to control the news that we are exposed to or shield children from upsetting information. What you can do is help to minimise the negative impact it has on your children through open and honest conversations.

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