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This is a cause I feel very strongly about. Mental health is often overlooked or goes unnoticed - especially in younger people.

A little about Visyon;

2019 marked the 25th year of Visyon providing support for children and young people. From initially serving only the local community in Congleton, we now provide critical services and support across Cheshire East and Staffordshire Moorlands. The environment that our children and young people (CYP) now live in is both more connected and more isolated than it was in 1994, and the pressures on their mental health and emotional wellbeing are as great as they ever were, if not greater.

Nationally, one in eight 5-19 year olds assessed had at least one mental health disorder. In Cheshire East, 24,300 of those aged between 0 and 24 years have a mental health disorder. Around fifty per cent of mental illness in adults is believed to present before the age of 15 and subsequently attract excess costs of somewhere between £11k and £60k annually per person.

Supporting the mental health of children and young people is morally, socially, and economically necessary.

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