(UK) South Yorkshire provides mental health first aid kits for schools

Aug 8, 2017, UK Yorkshire Star: Mental health first aid kits to be launched in South Yorkshire schools http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/mental-health-first-aid-kits-to-be-launched-in-south-yorkshire-schools-1-8691413 Sheffield-based charity The Children and Young People's Empowerment Project has developed the kits, which are much like a traditional first aid box, with youngsters across South Yorkshire. The kits will include supplies to help young people cope and resolve a number of mental health issues such as glitter jars, stress balls, lavender dough, wristbands and colour therapy books. The charity has also worked with a group of teenagers to create 31 tips for better mental health - one for each of day of the month - designed to manage symptoms alongside support. The first 50 kits and advice will be distributed among schools and colleges, with others being adopted by organisations across South Yorkshire, in time for World Mental Health Day on October 10. … "It’s common to see first aid kits in every office, classroom and public space, why shouldn’t there be mental health first aid kits too?” “Many of the supplies in the kits are distraction techniques. They include things like squeezing a stress ball instead of punching a wall, or using a marker pen to mark where you would normally cut.”