{"id":27872,"date":"2025-07-27T22:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27872\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:21:12","slug":"teens-mental-health-scheme-aims-to-create-more-hopeful-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27872\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens&#8217; mental health scheme aims to &#8216;create more hopeful future&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">A charity that aims to increase vulnerable young people&#8217;s practical skills has been awarded a lottery grant of more than \u00a310,000 to launch a scheme to boost teenagers&#8217; mental health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Isle of Man Youth Motor Project (IOMYMP) will run the 12-month &#8220;Developing Authentic Happiness and an Anti-Fragile Disposition&#8221; programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The scheme will include small-group sessions, talking therapies, skills-building activities, and structured personal development. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Peter Hodgson from the IOMYMP said it was about creating a &#8220;safer, more hopeful future for those who need it most&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The charity hopes the sessions will help young people improve their decision-making, build resilience, and develop healthier coping mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">He said the \u00a310,840 grant would enable the charity to deliver a &#8220;meaningful and structured programme that offers practical tools for young people to build confidence, purpose and emotional strength&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">It is hoped that young people exposed to exploitation, harm or risk-taking behaviours will receive tailored support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Sarah Kelly, Chairman of the Manx Lottery Trust, said it was &#8220;an inspiring project that tackles some of the most pressing challenges faced by young people today&#8221; .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A charity that aims to increase vulnerable young people&#8217;s practical skills has been awarded a lottery grant of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-27872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}