TRIUMPH Network Newsletter, June 2019

Welcome to our second TRIUMPH newsletter. We have much to report!

It has been a busy first six months for the TRIUMPH team. Having devoted our efforts to setting up the Network, the team are now well placed to focus and realise our vision for it. We have a great team in place and plans for our first Youth Advisory Group residential are well underway. Just as we get things going, I am sad to announce that I am stepping down as Director of TRIUMPH because I have accepted a Professorship at the University of Queensland in Australia. This is an exciting opportunity for me and my family and we will be moving to Brisbane in July.

Dr Jo Inchley will be the new Director of TRIUMPH. Since 2015, Jo has been the elected International Coordinator for the WHO collaborative cross-national Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, and with expertise in research with young people, schools and mental health, she is well placed to take on leadership of TRIUMPH.

It has been an honour to set up TRIUMPH and I really do believe that it presents an unique opportunity to make a difference to young people’s mental health. I look forward to seeing how TRIUMPH evolves over the next few years and wish Jo, the TRIUMPH team and our members all the very best for the future.

Yours,

Lisa McDaid

Youth Advisory Group launch

On June 27-29 we are excited to be hosting our first TRIUMPH Network Youth Advisory Group meeting in Glasgow. The Youth Advisory Group will play a key role in determining the direction of network activities and making sure the network is accessible to young people. In collaboration with our partner organisations, this two-day residential meeting will bring together sixteen young people representing the four UK nations to discuss what youth mental public health means to them and to work with us to develop our strategy for young people’s involvement in the network.

Keep an eye out on Twitter (@TRIUMPHnetwork) and our website for updates from the meeting.

What are your interests?

To help us plan future TRIUMPH events and activities we would love to to know a bit more about our members. Please click the button below to complete a short survey.

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Lisa McDaid with the National Elf Service

On 17 April Lisa McDaid presented the TRIUMPH network plans at the ESRC cross-disciplinary Mental Health Network launch event in London. You can hear all about these plans in Lisa's podcast with the National Elf Service.

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Supporting young people to speak out about mental health

Debating Mental Health provides programmes for young people to support them in speaking out about mental health. In her guest blog, Laura Wallis, Founder and Director of Debating Mental Health and TRIUMPH Network member, describes how they empower young people to have their voices heard.

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2019

Monday 13 May marked the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019. In her blog, Mariam Kadhim reflects on this year's theme "Body Image – how we think and feel about our bodies" and the role of social media in mental public health.

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Spotlight on...Understanding LGBT + youth suicide

The ‘Understanding LGBT+ youth suicide’ research project is looking for participants to take part in a confidential, conversational interview to explore contributory and protective factors, as well as thinking about future support that would be helpful to reduce LGBT+ youth suicide.

They are looking to talk to:
- LGBT+ people
- Aged 16-24
- Based in Scotland
- Who have had suicidal thoughts or previously attempted suicide

If you would like to know more please visit: www.gla.ac.uk/lgbtyouth

Events calendar

20-21 June 2019, Conference: International Journal of Children’s Rights UNCRC 30th Anniversary Conference, Liverpool

5-7 September 2019, Conference: Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing: Communities, families, resilience and resistance, Stirling

17th December 2019, Conference: SMaRteN Student Conference: Shaping the conversation around student mental health, Cambridge

22-24 June 2020, Conference: CRFR Conference: Intersectionality, Families and Relationships, Edinburgh

Get in touch

If you know of any good practice, research or events relevant to the TRIUMPH Network, or would like to contribute a blog we would love to hear from you. Let us know by emailing the team.

Visit the TRIUMPH Network website

Phone: (+44) 0141 353 7500

Address: TRIUMPH Network,
MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit,
University of Glasgow,
Top floor, 200 Renfield Street,
Glasgow G2 3AX

TRIUMPH is part of Cross-Disciplinary Mental Health Network Plus initiative supported by UK Research and Innovation.