Praise for ambitious healthy schools project

CHESHIRE East ‘Emotionally Healthy Schools’ project has been given high praise at a national awards.

The multi-agency project aimed at improving the mental health of children and young people across Cheshire East was highly commended in the national Local Government Chronicle awards.

The project, which has been running for two years, is supported by a number of agencies, including Cheshire East Council, schools, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership, NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG, NHS South Cheshire CCG and the charities Visyon and Just Drop In.

It focuses on improving resilience across schools and aims to develop teaching staff to ensure they meet the mental health and wellbeing needs of their students.

At the ceremony, more than 1,000 of the most senior figures in British local government celebrated the sector’s greatest innovators.

Councillor Jos Saunders, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for children and families, said: “We are pleased and proud to have received a special commendation in the LGC awards for our work in promoting emotionally healthy schools. The project is an innovative and direct response to address the mental health needs of the children and young people of Cheshire East.

“This special commendation would not have been received without the hard work and determination of our partners in schools, health and the third sector.