Children and young people have heroically adapted to save lives and protect our NHS. This has understandably had a huge impact on their mental health, so I want to shine a spotlight on this vital issue ahead of their return to school. I’m delighted that Dr. Alex George will be working with us as we do everything in our power to improve people’s mental wellbeing.

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Alex is a resident presenter on ITV’s Lorraine, has presented for Watchdog and also appeared on Celebrity Masterchef. Alex has a hugely successful podcast, The Waiting Room, and a rapidly growing audience on YouTube & TikTok. He is also a fully qualified Level 3 PT. Across his platforms, Alex has become a leading voice in mental and sexual health, and uses his platform to make health and medicine more accessible to millennials and beyond.The last year has been unimaginably difficult for all of us, but particularly for young people who have sacrificed so much.

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Alex is on a mission to make mental health education compulsory in schools, and has become prolific throughout the UK in his campaigning with charities such as YoungMinds, Anna Freud Centre & Mind, to lobby the government to change policy and ensure mental health sits alongside the likes of Maths and English on the curriculum. Right now young people need a voice in government, and I hope that through this role I can advocate for meaningful change in this area. As Youth Mental Health Ambassador, he will use his clinical expertise and personal experience to champion government’s work on children’s mental health and shape policy on improving support for young people in schools, colleges and universities. In this empowering and hopeful handbook, Youth Mental Health Ambassador Dr Alex George is here to show us how.

A Better Day: Your Positive Mental Health Handbook

What a wonderful book for young readers on mental health topics. And not just your run of the mill explanations, but tangible emotions explained through real-life scenarios. I recommended to a teacher that I know that copies of this be given to all the Year 7s (11-12 year olds) upon starting secondary school and she’s going to read my copy to see if she agrees, which I think she will. Dr. Alex is an A&E doctor and has been a passionate online campaigner for children’s mental health since he tragically lost his brother to suicide last year.One big message that runs throughout the book is the importance of opening up about how you are feeling when you start to feel overwhelmed (even before then if you can) How finding someone you can share these feelings with will help you see light at the end of the tunnel and that there is no shame in asking for help. Dr Alex is an A&E doctor, he has become known for his honesty and insight around mental & physical health and wellbeing, using his broadcast and social media platforms to bring accessible advice around health and medicine to his followers. He recently presented his own documentary for BBC One and Children in Need, is a regular guest on Lorraine, and has his own show, Inner Harmony on Classic FM. Puberty is a confusing time. These helpful books not only explain the changes that happen to children’s bodies and emotions, but can also empower them as they grow into teenagers and beyond. Encompassing mental health, friendship issues, navigating the online world, and much much more, we hope these books will be a comfort and a support. The book remains positive throughout and you get the feeling that the author has personal lived experience, and understands well the struggles that the reader may be going through.