How we connect: in conversation with Josh Smith
The theme of Children’s Mental Health Week 2023 is Let’s Connect, and we’re encouraging people to connect with others in healthy, rewarding, and meaningful ways. But what does connection mean to young people?
Place2Be Ambassador, podcaster and journalist, Josh Smith, visited two secondary schools to ask students about the different ways they connect, and how connections can impact their mental health and wellbeing.
This series, aimed at 11-18 year olds, can be used in class, or at home, to start conversations with young people around themes of connection and mental health.
How we connect
How we connect: pandemic
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people reflect on the Covid pandemic and how that changed the ways in which they connect.
How we connect: pandemic
How we connect: social media
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people discuss the impact that social media has had on the way they connect, and on their mental health.
How we connect: social media
How we connect: friendships
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people discuss friendships, and how they cope with disconnection from friends.
How we connect: friendships
How we connect: in school
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people discuss how to make schools more connected and inclusive, touching on themes around LGBTQI+ and racial inclusion.
How we connect: in school
How we connect: community
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people discuss those in the community that might feel a lack of connection with others, and how we can support them.
How we connect: community
How we connect: social action
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people discuss how volunteering, social action and advocacy can bring people together.
How we connect: social action
How we connect: our mental health
Place2Be Ambassador Josh Smith and young people reflect on what Children's Mental Health Week means to them.
How we connect: our mental health