Fulston Manor Prospectus 2024/5

Mental Health and Wellbeing Within the Fulston Family

Parents and Carers and Staff

Wellbeing Team

Students

It is estimated by the charity Mind that around 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem during the course of a year. The Fulston Family is a community of students, staff and parents and carers and our Wellbeing Team is on hand to support everybody. We have a team of trained specialists who can help in a variety of ways. Our Wellbeing Team can support students, staff, parents and carers - we are all members of the Fulston Family.

A common trait with mental health issues is for young people to bury or hide it inside. It is much healthier to have a

Our support does not stop with our students. Every person who joins our community is joining the Fulston Family and this extends to our parents and carers too. If you find yourself in need of support, we have plenty of resources available on our website. These range from wellbeing and mental health information to cost of living and bereavement guidance. Parents and carers can also contact our Wellbeing Team twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. We really are a (Fulston) family.

conversation with a peer, friend, parent/carer or a

member of staff. The hardest part is getting the conversation started. We have the capacity to run one-to-one counselling sessions within school as well as group workshops. Students can talk to their house pastoral teams, their teachers, friends and peers or can even be referred to our Wellbeing Team by a parent/carer.

wellbeing@fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk www.fulstonmanor.kent.sch.uk/wellbeing