Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York. All views are my own.
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Aniela Wenham retweeted
📍 Many factors affect the mental wellbeing of young people. An underexplored area has been location.
In the new @LSEpoliticsblog, the @youthgeography project (@katherinealices, @anielawenham + @ARoumpakis), look at the impact of where you live in the UK: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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Our blog with @LSEpoliticsblog explores our research with young people in York and Scarborough, reflecting on the role of geography in young people's mental health.
There are many factors contributing to what has been described as a #MentalHealth crisis among young people today. But an underexplored factor is where they live.
Katherine Smith, Aniela Wenham and Antonios Roumpakis @UniOfYork for @LSEpoliticsblog. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
Aniela Wenham retweeted
Fantastic to be able to share our research on geographies of exclusion and inclusion in young people's emotional support with #UUStopTheClock Journal of Youth Studies conference @aRoumpakis @katherinealices, and also with supportive colleagues from other @HealthFdn projects
Aniela Wenham retweeted
Great to meet in person & present alongside Nicholas Adjei @shahid_islam and @b_lockyer at #UUStopTheClock conference last week and to see our research on young people and emotional support together on one panel! @HealthFdn @katherinealices @Aroumpakis
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📢 Professor Ruth Patrick, writing in @ConversationUK, on how the two-child benefit limit is causing real and lasting harm in the UK. #TwoChildLimit
theconversation.com/i-resear…
ALT Headshot of Ruth Patrick, Professor in Social Policy, University of York. Text reads: "There is a mass of evidence on the harm this policy causes. The two-child limit has been a key driver of child poverty in recent years and will continue to be in the future if it stays."
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🚩 In this Social Policy Review chapter, @kdscolliver, @johnhudson, Neil Lunt and @jed_meers explore how local government has responded to the cost-of-living crisis and what the implications are for its future capacity.
Read the findings: bristoluniversitypressdigita…
ALT Front cover of Social Policy Review 36. Title reads: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2024. Text reads: From Whitehall to Town Hall. The last decade has seen local authorities suffer successive challenges: austerity policies, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rise in the cost of living.
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🗳️ Will 'levelling up' change under our new Labour government?
In Social Policy Review, Luke Telford @UoY_SBS and Jonathan Wistow @DurhamSociology, explore the lived experiences of residents living in one of the most 'left behind' areas of the UK: bristoluniversitypressdigita…
ALT The front cover of the Social Policy Review 36. Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2024. Text reads: Levelling up the 'left behind'. The previous government's Levelling Up agenda aimed to reduce geographical inequalities in the UK by improving employment, income, health and education.
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'Scarborough Through Our Eyes Chapter 5: Dean Road Cemetery' explores a location chosen by a young person due to associations with emotions, grief & loved-ones. Also exploring themes of mental health & capturing some amazing Scarborough winter weather! youtube.com/watch?v=hn6AyPtC…
Thoroughly inspiring and so well deserved. Congratulations @beth_moulam Extremely proud to be your supervisor and see you achieve so many wonderful things @UoY_SBS @UniOfYork
Yesterday saw me journey over the Pennines to @ManMetUni, I’m hugely honoured to be recognised for my “empowering #AAC advocacy work and being a #Paralympian” by being awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Health. 🧵1/
Aniela Wenham retweeted
Yesterday saw me journey over the Pennines to @ManMetUni, I’m hugely honoured to be recognised for my “empowering #AAC advocacy work and being a #Paralympian” by being awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Health. 🧵1/
Aniela Wenham retweeted
Things will only get worse: our report as new stats show the two-child limit affects 1 IN 9 children.
Read the devastating consequences of this policy:
cpag.org.uk/news/things-will…
Aniela Wenham retweeted
"The women haunted by forced adoptions looking for answers".
@SarahCorkerNews on the ghosts of the past for birth mothers, adult adoptees, their families and lifelong legacies of historic forced adoption policies and practices for unmarried women.
itv.com/news/2024-07-09/the-…
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‘Scarborough Through Our Eyes Chapter 1: Seaside’ is the first chapter of a film co-produced through participatory workshops & filming walks with young people in Scarborough, exploring how different places in the town make them feel. youtube.com/watch?v=tkLQkzE5… @UoY_SBS
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We are pleased to share the rest of a series of blog posts we have written about our experiences of conducting participatory film-making workshops with young people in Scarborough. Film coming soon! youthgeographies.com/storyte…
It was really wonderful to be part of this and hear about the wonderful work of @JanetBoddy Jim Kaufman @ruthpatrick0 and so many others involved in the workshop. A thought provoking conference on QLR all round. Thank you @FutureNordic for organising and bringing us all together
Today's last parallel sessions have started! 💐 Happy to have among other sessions this workshop by Aniela Wenham from @YorkUniversity with Jim Kaufman from @SalfordUni, Janet Boddy from @SussexUni, and Ruth Patrick from @YorkUniversity @uniofjyvaskyla @futurenordics
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A new Child of the North APPG report published today by @_HENorth reveals the disproportionately high rates of children in care in the North and the £25bn cost placed on stretched services
@UniOfYork @LivUni @EmmaLewellBuck @MaryRobinson01
healthequitynorth.co.uk/chil…
Really wonderful to be part of this event and learn from others research. If you want to hear more about our project, including reflections on using arts-based participatory methods with young people, have a look at our webpage: youthgeographies.com/ @youthgeography @UoY_SBS
Now hearing from @anielawenham @ARoumpakis Katherine Smith on early findings from their work on the geographies of exclusion, focused on York and Scarborough youthgeographies.com
Aniela Wenham retweeted
Come along tomorrow (hybrid) to @UoY_SBS @UniOfYork to hear a fantastic line up of speakers on the 2-child limit, food banks and the geographies of inequality @KEHaddow1 @kat_chzhen @anielawenham Katherine Smith & Antonios Roumpakis york.ac.uk/business-society/…
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'Making a Participatory Film with Young People in Scarborough': A new storytelling post on our website shares experiences of how we began a participatory film-making project with young people in Scarborough youthgeographies.com/story/s… @anielawenham @ARoumpakis @DrSimiManni
Such important discussion at this event, incl. research from @Annie_Irvine. Overarching questions on the conditions driving the rise in prevalence in mental health problems for young people. Emphasis on identifying the root causes and the need for a holistic framework of support
Periods of poor mental health can have significant detrimental impacts on young people's education and job prospects.
Join us on Monday with @Alison_McGovern, @JoBibbyTHF and @Annie_Irvine to discuss new RF research on how we can overcome this challenge.
resolutionfoundation.org/eve…
ALT Graphic for upcoming event on young people and mental health.
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