Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will become the second region in the UK to benefit from England’s largest youth-centred wellbeing programme.
#BeeWell, which has been running in Greater Manchester since 2021, will be delivered across all four Local Authorities in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System area from Spring 2023.
The programme will seek the views of the region’s young people in a bid to influence and improve the wellbeing services available to them, both locally and nationally.
It will survey young people about a range of topics, including their emotions, relationships, aspirations, and health.
The survey will be designed in collaboration with young people and delivered in Autumn 2023 to secondary age pupils in mainstream schools, special schools, independent schools and alternative provision settings.
To date, over £4 million has been raised by the programme’s founders to deliver #BeeWell in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight over three years.
This includes £1.6 million from the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.
Cllr Debbie Andre, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and Education at the Isle of Wight Council, said:
“Recognising the mental health challenges of our young people and supporting them through a variety of measures at the earliest stages is a key priority for the Isle of Wight.
"I’m delighted we have been chosen along with our partners in Hampshire and with Southampton and Portsmouth to deliver the #BeeWell programme which places young people at the heart of decision-making.
"I look forward to engaging fully with the programme and with our partners for the benefit of our island’s young people to ensure that we can provide the services that they need in the years to come.”
Now in its third year, the #BeeWell programme has already heard from over 60,000 young people in Greater Manchester.
To date, it has led partners such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Arts Council England and local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to leverage significant investment into improving wellbeing services and provisions for young people where they are needed most.
The founding national partners of #BeeWell are delighted to be working with all four Local Authorities across the region to bring a coherent approach to measuring and improving young people’s wellbeing.
Schools and organisations interested in the #BeeWell programme in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight can contact [email protected].
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