There is a whole host of information on conditions, support, services and our podcast Chat-Chit.What’s on this website and what has been created is not just us, in fact we may have written this and other bits but all of it has been motivated and guided by young people in York and people who have witnessed first-hand what young people have to go through with their mental health.

The idea for something better is something that motivates the work we do. If the website ever sounds like we are having a conversation with you then it’s because it’s written by myself (Chris) and Elizabeth to try guide you in the right direction.

It’s no ground-breaking statement to say lots of people suffer with their mental health but we think that whoever you are, there should be a place where you can get good information and guidance.

How to start the conversation about mental health with someone is hard for both the person who is struggling and the person trying to support.

So not only do we want to empower young people to feel confident to understand their own mental health themselves but also aid those who do the supporting also.

Mental health is how we think, feel and act.Mental health and managing it, is for everyone because no matter who you are, you deserve to feel happy or if happy is a push for now, you deserve to feel okay.

Some people aspire to feel normal or to have mental health that is normal but normal is different things for different people.

How we manage our mental health varies from person to person. For me, I go to the gym and go camping. For Elizabeth its singing terribly at the top of her voice in her car. For one of our colleagues it’s playing animal crossing. How we live our lives is up to us and what helps each one of us is going to be different.

Hopefully this website can give a few ideas about different things that might help you, it can guide you towards some info on mental health or show you something or somewhere that might be able to help you manage what you may be going through.