Category Archives: health

Congratulations to the Youth Commission on Alcohol for their report on alcohol culture in Scotland

Posted on April 9, 2010 by amelina

Hi blog readers, Just been reading the Youth Commission on Alcohol report. Wow! It’s great! The young people involved have spent a year doing research about Scotland’s relationship to alcohol. They have talked to doctors, politicians from all over Europe, … Continue reading →

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Interview with Keith Gray, winner of Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards

Posted on February 4, 2010 by amelina

Enquire interview with Keith Gray, the author whose book Ostrich Boys won the Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards in 2010. The book looks at how a group of teenagers deal with the death of one of their mates.
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Drugs and alcohol – think you know all the risks? Fast Forward can set the record straight

Posted on November 3, 2009 by amelina

Interview with peer educators at Fast Forward, which promotes health and well-being by giving young people the info that they need to make wise choices about drugs and alcohol. In the interview, young people discuss how alcohol and drugs can affect young people at school, and the support that helps. Continue reading →

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Feeling down in the dumps at school?

Posted on September 23, 2009 by amelina

What do these famous people have in common? Drew Barrymore  Jim Carrey Kurt Cobain from Nirvana They’ve all had depression at some point in their lives. Some people think that ‘mental health’ is just something other people have. But we … Continue reading →

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Alcohol culture in Scotland… let’s get it sorted

Posted on August 11, 2009 by amelina

Peer pressure, stress at school, isolation … these were just some of the issues about alcohol that came up in Enquire’s interview with Siobhan, one of the young people on the Youth Commission on Alcohol. Continue reading →

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Do you like taking photos? This competition may be just your thing.

Posted on July 2, 2009 by amelina

Do you like taking photos? See Me have a competition that may be perfect for you!  See Me is the national campaign to stop stigma against people with mental health issues. So what is stigma?  See Me say that its … Continue reading →

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Stressed out?

Posted on June 26, 2009 by amelina

Last week I went to an event about supporting young people’s mental health. People sometimes say silly things about mental health. Maybe they don’t really understand what it means. But the truth is that all of us have days when … Continue reading →

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Is someone you know drinking too much alcohol? Are you?

Posted on May 22, 2009 by amelina

This week Enquire met up with Alcohol Focus Scotland to talk about how alcohol affects young people’s lives. It may be that someone in your family is drinking too much and you feel ashamed and don’t know who to talk … Continue reading →

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Off school because you’re not well? Boy tells Enquire how he deals with ill health

Posted on March 26, 2009 by amelina

Interview with boy in Falkirk about how he copes with his experiences of ill health. We talked about the people in his life who have helped him – like school, family, friends and Action for Sick Children. Continue reading →

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Being off sick can make it hard to keep up with school and friends

Posted on January 21, 2009 by amelina

Hello blog readers, how are you? How’s the new school term going?  I found a cool new website called YouthHealthTalk. Check it out! There are videos and photo diaries by young people talking about their real-life stories of illness and depression.  … Continue reading →

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