Decision - Academy FM Folkestone

Decision details

Academy FM Folkestone

Decision Maker: Ward Member for Broadmead

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Mental Health Shorts – This project will work with 30 young people to research 10 common mental health problems.  They will produce a series of radio features for broadcast which will be re-versioned into videos and create webpages to host it all.  It is vitally important that parents have a good idea of the mental health issues so for the final part of the project 8 local adults will be trained to present a regular radio show talking about parenting with a mental health focus.  

 

Decision:

To provide funding of £450 to the above project.

 

 

Reason for decision:

 

There is a mental health crisis developing in young people.  We aim to work with young people at the Folkestone Academy.  Many of the school’s students come from deprived backgrounds.  The Kent Local Transformation Plan (2017) tells us that mental health disorders are consistently associated with deprivation, with 1 in 10 children having a diagnosable condition. 

 

Publication date: 27/12/2018

Date of decision: 14/12/2018

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