Reaching priority communities with our Young People’s Programmes

Welcome to our interactive map, designed especially by our partners, Ordnance Survey (OS).

This map showcases the breadth of our delivery across the UK. Exploring the map, you can see where each of our programmes have been delivered and how many people benefitted.

By selecting the checkboxes (top right) you can see further insights mapped against our priority communities with additional data layers described below.

About our Young People’s Programmes

Since 2019, our Young People’s Programmes have been delivered to almost half a million young people across the UK. Our programmes have developed and evolved to meet the growing needs of young people aged 14-18. Our three programmes illustrated on the map are:

Your Resilience: aims to fortify resilience in young people and prevent the escalation of mental health challenges through prompt and tailored support in a range of community settings.

Me & Money: seeks to reduce young people’s anxieties around money by increasing their understanding of the interconnections between money and mental health.

Bloom: Delivered in schools and colleges, Bloom supports young people’s mental health resilience and equips them with the tools and knowledge to maintain their mental health through life’s transitions.

About the data layers on our map

Evidence shows there are deep-seated mental health inequalities for many young people in the UK. Recognising that young people’s lives are shaped by multiple, intersecting factors — such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geography and more — allows for a more nuanced and effective approach to providing mental health support to those who need it the most.

We’ve been working with young people and communities to better understand the needs of the following key groups of young people, who have an increased likelihood of experiencing poor mental health. We have three data layers you can switch on and off via tick boxes. These indicate the following:

Areas of deprivation: the data layer shows the 40% highest neighbourhoods in England lacking resources according to the English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Areas of high ethnic diversity: areas with less than 50% White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish according to the latest Census data

Rural communities: areas of settlements of less than 10,000 people, or areas of open countryside, in line with the Rural-Urban Classification for Output Areas

The layers are constructed from a combination of respected data sources across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Methods of calculating these figures differ between the nations but provides a sound basis for interpretation.

For more information about our Young People’s programmes visit our website: https://mentalhealth-uk.org/support-and-services/supporting-young-people/

The data displayed spans delivery between 2021 to 2024.