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help make a change to students mental health.

Submitted on Monday 9th January 2023

Rejected on Thursday 12th January 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

help make a change to students mental health.

Petition Details

A lot of children suffer with bad mental health, especially during school years and there should not be a stigma around it.

Additional Information

the government have the most power to change something and statistics show that 50% of mental health problems are established by the age of 14.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Provide funding for mental wellbeing staff for children in schools and college: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/628202

Mandatory Mental Health Training for all educational and early years staff: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/620295

Require all secondary schools and colleges to have a full-time counsellor: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/630482

Require schools teach about 'stigmatization' in primary school: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618709

As part of relationships education schools are also required to teach students about mental wellbeing. You can read the relationships education curriculum here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1090195/Relationships_Education_RSE_and_Health_Education.pdf

If you're concerned about yourself or a loved one, you can find out how you can get help from a mental health charity or organisation here: www.nhs.uk/mental-health/nhs-voluntary-charity-services/charity-and-voluntary-services/get-help-from-mental-health-helplines/

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