{"id":21976,"date":"2020-05-22T10:07:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=21976"},"modified":"2020-05-22T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T09:07:04","slug":"some-thoughts-from-young-reporters-during-mental-health-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2020\/05\/some-thoughts-from-young-reporters-during-mental-health-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts from Young Reporters during Mental Health Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week (18-24th May) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/campaigns\/mental-health-awareness-week\">Mental Health Awareness Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of our Young Reporters have shared their thoughts.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Speak now or forever hold your peace &#8211; by Sophie Read<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>You <\/strong>are given a <strong>voice<\/strong> for a <strong>reason. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s to give an <strong>opinion<\/strong>, or have a <strong>conversation<\/strong>; it\u2019s there and its <strong>important. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everything that we are born with is <strong>necessary<\/strong> for us to live <strong>happy <\/strong>lives, and your <strong>voice<\/strong> is included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speak out <\/strong>for what you <strong>believe<\/strong> in; because there will be people who do too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speak out <\/strong>for those who haven\u2019t found their voice yet; because <strong>they want you to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speak out <\/strong>if you feel overwhelmed because <strong>you are not alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Life may feel lonely <strong><em>but<\/em> <\/strong>that\u2019s only because not all <strong>7 billion<\/strong> of us are <strong>speaking out. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Having a <strong>voice<\/strong>, is having <strong>power<\/strong>, and with that power, <strong>you can do anything. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kerry-Green-CG5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21977\" src=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kerry-Green-CG5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kerry-Green-CG5.png 709w, https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kerry-Green-CG5-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-21976\" data-postid=\"21976\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-21976 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of pieces of writing for Mental Health Awareness Week from our Young Reporters. Read on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[369,11],"tags":[626],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-5Is","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21979,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21976\/revisions\/21979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}