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We’re proud to announce that applications are now open to recruit a new cohort of leaders to take part in sounddelivery’s Spokesperson Network Programme and I’d love you to share it with your networks or if you see yourself in the applicant profile – apply!

Today is Youth Mental Health Day #YMHD, a day to encourage understanding and discussion of mental health in young people, and to talk about how to improve mental health. Beth Thomas is the Mentoring Scheme Co-Ordinator and Safeguarding Director at Our Place Support CIC, and in this guest blog she shares her own experiences and how mentoring can make a difference to youth mental health.

In May we launched our new spokesperson programme for grassroots leaders with lived experience of social injustice and social inequality. The programme sets out to build their skills, confidence, networks and platforms to enable them to become more media confident and public spokespeople offering their expertise and insight to the big issues facing us today. For the first time and with a lot of thought and planning we were able to hold an in-person residential, bringing our new cohort of 14 together for three days of masterclasses, reflection time, peer learning and fun at Cumberland Lodge. In this guest blog Debs from our network shared her reflections on the residential.