Over the first 12 Days of December 2020, the SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Youth Reference Group ‘took over’ the Stay ChatTY Instagram page for their ’12 Days of Wellness’ initiative.
Across our earlier engagements and work conducted in 2020, it became clear that the Youth Reference Group had a real motivation to create, plan and deliver their own meaningful initiative centred around mental health promotion.
Harnessing the collective energy, insight, and experience within the Youth Reference Group, we identified that the festive season could be a time of real joy and connection for some, but it could also be a time of real stress, loneliness, and disconnection for others. With the hope of inspiring a sense of connection and positivity, whilst also promoting the importance of self-care, the ’12 Days of Wellness’ was born.
 

Over the 12 Days, our Youth Reference Group presented a range of different tips, tricks and strategies centred around the theme of wellness.
Our Instagram stories were buzzing as we included (amongst other things); a gift-giving guide, baking tutorials, self-care ideas, Christmas tree decoration tutorials, radio interviews, scavenger hunts and much more! We were incredibly proud of the initiative and we hope that we were able to create a diverse range of tips, tricks and strategies to inspire connectedness, self-care and positive mental health, particularly during the festive season.
If you’re interested in seeing what we created for the ’12 Days of Wellness’ initiative, pop over to the SPEAK UP! Stay ChatTY Instagram page where you will be able to find all of the stories saved in our highlights. 

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