People s Panel today. You can use your views and experiences to help us help other young people.

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1 Aged 16-25? Help us design new advice and support for children and We re Mind, the mental health charity. If you re Aged aged between ? and 25, we d Help like you us to apply design to join our new Young People s Panel today. You can use your views and experiences to help us help other advice and support for children and Keep reading to find out how you can get involved. What are we doing? We know that growing up is not always easy, and we d like to help. That s why, in 2018, we ll be offering advice and support nationally to children and Over 50 of our local Minds already run services that help children and young people in communities across England and Wales. Now, these local Minds are helping us to develop our work with children and young people nationally, too. Why do we need young people to join our panel? By listening to your views and experiences, and learning from the things you say, we ll create advice and support that give children and young people the support that s right for them. Who are we looking for? We re looking for up to 10 young people aged between 16 and 25 from a wide range of backgrounds to join our Young People s Panel. Whether you ve got your own experience of mental health problems or not, it doesn t matter. As long as you re interested in the subject, we d love to hear from you.

2 What s involved? If you re selected to join the panel, we ll ask you to meet with us twice, once on Saturday 18 March 2017 and again on Saturday 25 March 2017, between 11am and 3.30pm, in central London. Both meetings will be very informal. We ll ask you to share your thoughts and ideas on the advice, support and services we re planning to deliver. We ll try to make both sessions as fun as possible and we ll ask you to tell us how you felt each session was run. What support will you get to take part? If you re selected to join the panel, we ll cover all your travel and accommodation costs. We can talk to you about how else we can help you take part, including collecting you from a train or tube station if that helps. On both days, we ll provide lunch and drinks, and as a thank you for your time we ll give you a 20 gift voucher. Keeping you safe All panel members will be covered by Mind s Children and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy and our Lived Experience Influence and Participation Policy. Mind staff will run both of the panel days. They have all been approved by the Disclosure and Barring Service to work with anyone under the age of 18. All of the information you tell us will be kept safe in line with the Data Protection Act. How will we decide who joins the panel? We re looking for young people who: are passionate about improving children and young people s mental health can share their views and experiences can listen and explore views and opinions that might be different to their own are good at timekeeping can work with other young people from diverse backgrounds.

3 Apply today Please print off this information, fill out the application form on the next two pages below and send it to Louise Clarkson, Head of Children and Young People Programmes, Mind, Granta House, Broadway, London E15 4BQ by Monday 27 February If you re under 18, please make sure you get consent from a parent or guardian. If you d prefer to fill in the application form online, please visit mind.org.uk/youngpeoplespanel We ll let you know if you ve been selected to join the panel by Friday 10 March. If you have any questions, or would like help completing the form, please contact Louise Clarkson, Mind s Head of Children and Young People Programmes at CYP@mind.org.uk or call If you need help with your mental health now, please visit Young Minds: youngminds.org.uk Our promise to you In the application form below, we ask you to provide your personal information. This is to make sure we have a representative group of young people as part of our Young People s Panel. To help us with this, please complete the form as fully and honestly as you can. We will only use your personal information to establish and run Mind s Young People s Panel. If you are under 18, Mind wants to ensure you can participate fully in the panel. In the application form below, we ask for your parent or guardian s details so that we can contact them to seek their permission for you to be involved. But, other than your name, we will not share your personal information with them. We do not share the information you give us with any other young people that will be involved in the panel. We will not share this with any other organisations unless required to by law (please ask us to see a copy of our Privacy Policy for full details). Please tick this box to confirm that you ve read this information and to tell us that you agree with how we ll use your personal information

4 Tell us about you... Name Surname Address Mobile number Age If you re under 18, please fill out the information below Has a parent or guardian seen and read the above information about Mind s Young People s Panel? Do they give their permission for you to apply and to attend both meetings on Saturday 18 March 2017 and again on Saturday 25 March 2017? Please tick: Yes No Parent s name Parent s number Parent s

5 Please tell us why you are interested in joining Mind s Young People s Panel. Please use extra paper if you need more space. Remember to post your application to Louise Clarkson, Head of Children and Young People Programmes, Mind, Granta House, Broadway, London E15 4BQ, by Monday 27 February 2017.