McPin Young People's Network
@mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
Young People's Network at The McPin Foundation, reshaping mental health research by placing #youthinvolvement at the very heart of it 😀
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We're putting together a starter pack to link all those who work in mental health research and interested/working in youth involvement.
Please share and invite people to our starter pack! If you'd like to be added to our starter pack, let us know 😊
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Please share and invite people to our starter pack! If you'd like to be added to our starter pack, let us know 😊
go.bsky.app/EFACehf
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How should professionals respond when young people turn to TikTok for DIY mental health support?
Discover practical insights in our expert webinar!
19 Jan | 1-2pm | FREE
Learn what really works (and what doesn't) in online mental health content ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wtf-this-i...
Discover practical insights in our expert webinar!
19 Jan | 1-2pm | FREE
Learn what really works (and what doesn't) in online mental health content ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wtf-this-i...
"WTF, this is so dangerous!" Social media influencers & youth mental health
Join our event and hear youth-led insights on what good and bad mental health communication looks like online.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
How should professionals respond when young people turn to TikTok for DIY mental health support?
Discover practical insights in our expert webinar!
19 Jan | 1-2pm | FREE
Learn what really works (and what doesn't) in online mental health content ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wtf-this-i...
Discover practical insights in our expert webinar!
19 Jan | 1-2pm | FREE
Learn what really works (and what doesn't) in online mental health content ⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wtf-this-i...
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Young people describe some online mental health content as 'dangerous' – but what makes other content helpful?
✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Young people describe some online mental health content as 'dangerous' – but what makes other content helpful?
✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
✅ What helps & hinders youth mental health content use
✅ Tips for creating engaging content
✅ Youth-led solutions from researchers & young people
#SocialMedia #YouthMentalHealth
🧵 THREAD
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📢 Information Toolkit for Parents & Carers on Bullying! 🙌
Learn:
✅ What bullying is
✅ Schools' responsibilities
✅ Signs your child may be experiencing bullying
✅ Steps you can take to support them
✅ Trusted sources of advice & support
🔗 anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-inform...
Learn:
✅ What bullying is
✅ Schools' responsibilities
✅ Signs your child may be experiencing bullying
✅ Steps you can take to support them
✅ Trusted sources of advice & support
🔗 anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-inform...
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
📢 Information Toolkit for Parents & Carers on Bullying! 🙌
Learn:
✅ What bullying is
✅ Schools' responsibilities
✅ Signs your child may be experiencing bullying
✅ Steps you can take to support them
✅ Trusted sources of advice & support
🔗 anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-inform...
Learn:
✅ What bullying is
✅ Schools' responsibilities
✅ Signs your child may be experiencing bullying
✅ Steps you can take to support them
✅ Trusted sources of advice & support
🔗 anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-inform...
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Young women want healthcare professionals to
• Listen to them
• Be mindful of stereotypes & power imbalances
• Believe them
• Validate their experiences & emotions
• Explain next steps & offer options
• Work with them as partners in their care
vimeo.com/1122917114
• Listen to them
• Be mindful of stereotypes & power imbalances
• Believe them
• Validate their experiences & emotions
• Explain next steps & offer options
• Work with them as partners in their care
vimeo.com/1122917114
A young woman's experience of healthcare - training video
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January 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Young women want healthcare professionals to
• Listen to them
• Be mindful of stereotypes & power imbalances
• Believe them
• Validate their experiences & emotions
• Explain next steps & offer options
• Work with them as partners in their care
vimeo.com/1122917114
• Listen to them
• Be mindful of stereotypes & power imbalances
• Believe them
• Validate their experiences & emotions
• Explain next steps & offer options
• Work with them as partners in their care
vimeo.com/1122917114
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Wishing you a happy holidays. Just a quick update from us, our office will be closed from Thursday 25th December, reopening on Friday 2nd January.
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wishing you a happy holidays. Just a quick update from us, our office will be closed from Thursday 25th December, reopening on Friday 2nd January.
Wishing you all an enjoyable festive period from everyone here on the young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social 🎄
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wishing you all an enjoyable festive period from everyone here on the young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social 🎄
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
We're signing off now, we'll be back on 2nd January ready to kick start 2026 with another exciting year of youth involvement and transforming mental health research! 🎉
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Check out updated guidance to support people with eating disorders and their families over the festive period.
It was produced by the CBT-E Training Group & the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO) contributors.
Read 👇
www.cbte.co/2025/cbte-gu...
@rebeccamurphyox.bsky.social
It was produced by the CBT-E Training Group & the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO) contributors.
Read 👇
www.cbte.co/2025/cbte-gu...
@rebeccamurphyox.bsky.social
CBT-E Guidance for the Holiday Season
This guide provides general advice for people with eating difficulties, and their friends and family, on how to cope over the holiday period.
www.cbte.co
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Check out updated guidance to support people with eating disorders and their families over the festive period.
It was produced by the CBT-E Training Group & the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO) contributors.
Read 👇
www.cbte.co/2025/cbte-gu...
@rebeccamurphyox.bsky.social
It was produced by the CBT-E Training Group & the Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO) contributors.
Read 👇
www.cbte.co/2025/cbte-gu...
@rebeccamurphyox.bsky.social
Our recent B.Life zine wanted to co-produce & co-deliver a project focused on music & mental health for young Black people – so of course we wanted to get some young Black people involved!
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our recent B.Life zine wanted to co-produce & co-deliver a project focused on music & mental health for young Black people – so of course we wanted to get some young Black people involved!
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
The YPAG (Young People’s Advisory Group) was made up of young people living in/connected to London.
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Cont. #ayearinreview #philsky Contributed to a resource for school staff supporting young people who seek help for their mental health mcpin.org/resource/age... in partnership with the wonderful @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social and @rachelred94.bsky.social #epistemicinjustice @wellcometrust.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Cont. #ayearinreview #philsky Contributed to a resource for school staff supporting young people who seek help for their mental health mcpin.org/resource/age... in partnership with the wonderful @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social and @rachelred94.bsky.social #epistemicinjustice @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Researchers from the University of Nottingham are looking for young people aged 25 and under to join a PPI advisory group ✏️
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Researchers from the University of Nottingham are looking for young people aged 25 and under to join a PPI advisory group ✏️
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
You will help to shape research on how teenage experiences relate to personality disorder diagnosis and how support can be offered earlier and more effectively.
Researchers we are working with at Roehampton are looking for young people aged 11-18 to take part in an online survey ✏️
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Researchers we are working with at Roehampton are looking for young people aged 11-18 to take part in an online survey ✏️
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
You will help shape a new form for young people to decide what they want to do in therapy.
Link to survey below!
roehamptonpsych.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Come along to this event if you're interested in social media influencers and their impact on mental health - signup details in the thread 👇
Featuring our very own YP team member Eva 💕🎉
More about the project here mcpin.org/project/infl...
Featuring our very own YP team member Eva 💕🎉
More about the project here mcpin.org/project/infl...
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Come along to this event if you're interested in social media influencers and their impact on mental health - signup details in the thread 👇
Featuring our very own YP team member Eva 💕🎉
More about the project here mcpin.org/project/infl...
Featuring our very own YP team member Eva 💕🎉
More about the project here mcpin.org/project/infl...
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The Young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social recently did youth mental first aid training. Here's why we recommend that anyone working in youth involvement does the course mcpin.org/youth-mental...
Improving youth involvement with mental health first aid - McPin
The McPin young people’s team took part in a youth mental health first aid course. Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should do it.
mcpin.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Young people's team at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social recently did youth mental first aid training. Here's why we recommend that anyone working in youth involvement does the course mcpin.org/youth-mental...
*JOB ALERT* 👀
Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.
More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.
More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
Job opportunities
Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry. We are a friendly and committed department with an international reputation for excellence.
www.psych.ox.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
*JOB ALERT* 👀
Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.
More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
Our friends at Emerging Minds are recruiting for a NEW Children and Young people’s Involvement and Engagement Facilitator for the Centre based in Oxford.
More info here www.psych.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...
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The @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social team recently took part in a youth mental health first aid (MHFA) course with @mhfaengland.bsky.social.
Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should complete it!
Read the blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdze2jfy
Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should complete it!
Read the blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdze2jfy
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social team recently took part in a youth mental health first aid (MHFA) course with @mhfaengland.bsky.social.
Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should complete it!
Read the blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdze2jfy
Here’s why we think everyone working in youth involvement should complete it!
Read the blog here 👉 tinyurl.com/bdze2jfy
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We are looking for a Research and Involvement Manager to join our team and help transform mental health research. Find out more about the role and apply here.
mcpin.org/about-mcpin/...
Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am
#hiring
mcpin.org/about-mcpin/...
Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am
#hiring
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
We are looking for a Research and Involvement Manager to join our team and help transform mental health research. Find out more about the role and apply here.
mcpin.org/about-mcpin/...
Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am
#hiring
mcpin.org/about-mcpin/...
Please apply before Monday 1st December 9am
#hiring
New Opportunity! 🚨
Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Mind in Camden are looking for people of all ages to take part in two workshops to discuss experiences of hearing voices and suicidality to produce resources for professionals.
Click below to find out more⭐
tinyurl.com/mr4dwmne
Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Mind in Camden are looking for people of all ages to take part in two workshops to discuss experiences of hearing voices and suicidality to produce resources for professionals.
Click below to find out more⭐
tinyurl.com/mr4dwmne
Help shape the production of resources for hearing voices and suicidality - The McPin Foundation
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November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New Opportunity! 🚨
Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Mind in Camden are looking for people of all ages to take part in two workshops to discuss experiences of hearing voices and suicidality to produce resources for professionals.
Click below to find out more⭐
tinyurl.com/mr4dwmne
Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Mind in Camden are looking for people of all ages to take part in two workshops to discuss experiences of hearing voices and suicidality to produce resources for professionals.
Click below to find out more⭐
tinyurl.com/mr4dwmne
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
Mind HFEH are looking for young people to shape a new co-production service for young adults aged 18-25.
Click the link below to find out more 👇
mcpin.org/research-opp...
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📢New Top 10!
Check out the published priorities for future research around Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: buff.ly/r296eFy
Congratulations to everyone involved in the PSP. Find out more about the PSP here: buff.ly/BHUuSmE
Check out the published priorities for future research around Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: buff.ly/r296eFy
Congratulations to everyone involved in the PSP. Find out more about the PSP here: buff.ly/BHUuSmE
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📢New Top 10!
Check out the published priorities for future research around Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: buff.ly/r296eFy
Congratulations to everyone involved in the PSP. Find out more about the PSP here: buff.ly/BHUuSmE
Check out the published priorities for future research around Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: buff.ly/r296eFy
Congratulations to everyone involved in the PSP. Find out more about the PSP here: buff.ly/BHUuSmE
Take a look at this exciting new report by @ktacheson.bsky.social - “Power and Potential: A Global Blueprint for Youth-Led Decision-Making" ⭐ The report focuses on moving away from tokenism and instead providing young people with power 💛
www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/katie...
www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/katie...
Katie Acheson - Churchill Trust
The Bob and June Prickett Churchill Fellowship to examine how involving young people in decision-making can help address rising mental ill-health - Public Service — Politics and advocacy
www.churchilltrust.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Take a look at this exciting new report by @ktacheson.bsky.social - “Power and Potential: A Global Blueprint for Youth-Led Decision-Making" ⭐ The report focuses on moving away from tokenism and instead providing young people with power 💛
www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/katie...
www.churchilltrust.com.au/fellow/katie...
Children’s wellbeing is still in decline, according to @childrenssociety.bsky.social's #GoodChildhoodReport 2025.
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Children’s wellbeing is still in decline, according to @childrenssociety.bsky.social's #GoodChildhoodReport 2025.
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
We back their recommendations to reclaim hope and call for the government to take decisive action to overturn this damaging decline: www.childrenssociety.org.uk/good-childhood
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Read the report here bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...
@ipanalysis.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @matthewbroome.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...
@ipanalysis.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @matthewbroome.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Read the report here bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...
@ipanalysis.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @matthewbroome.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
And find out more about the Agency project here mcpin.org/project/agen... and Agency-in-Practice mcpin.org/project/agen...
@ipanalysis.bsky.social @lisabortolotti.com @matthewbroome.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social
What does music and mental health mean to you?
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
October 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What does music and mental health mean to you?
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
For our Young People's Advisory Group of young Black people living in/connected to London, it's everything from the links between fashion, music and mental health and self-expression, to the criminalisation of Drill music...
🚨New Opportunity🚨
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨New Opportunity🚨
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
You can find out more by scanning the QR code in the thread below 👇
New Opportunity! 🌎
Researchers from the University of Sussex are looking for young adults aged 18-34 to test out a climate action chatbot to support young adults in navigating climate concern.
Find out more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/4kyfur24
Researchers from the University of Sussex are looking for young adults aged 18-34 to test out a climate action chatbot to support young adults in navigating climate concern.
Find out more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/4kyfur24
October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New Opportunity! 🌎
Researchers from the University of Sussex are looking for young adults aged 18-34 to test out a climate action chatbot to support young adults in navigating climate concern.
Find out more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/4kyfur24
Researchers from the University of Sussex are looking for young adults aged 18-34 to test out a climate action chatbot to support young adults in navigating climate concern.
Find out more here 👉https://tinyurl.com/4kyfur24