 Government analyses evidence about the wellbeing of children and young people aged 5 to 24 and is the fourth annual report. The report aims to provide an evidence base for those who work with children and young people. Local government can use the findings to help “deliver better wellbeing outcomes” including: |
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1. Personal well being: dipped in 2020 and recovered close to pre-pandemic levels by 2021 and 2022. New trend: greater anxiousness reported by secondary school pupils and those from white backgrounds |
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2. Mental and physical health: remained consistent during recent years but emotional difficulties and eating problems are at elevated levels compared to 2019 |
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3. Education and skill: although satisfaction with school and feeling
safe there is an increase in reported levels of low happiness.
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4. More children are reporting low happiness with their family and
friends compared to before the pandemic. Correlation between loneliness and
mental health disorders. |
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5. ‘What we do’: children’s happiness with how they spent their time
dropped during the height of the pandemic but seems to have recovered. |
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6. Self, society and the future: young people’s happiness when
considering their futures appears to have increased from 2021, after dipping
during the height of the pandemic.
We at Northumberland News hope that Northumberland County Councils
scrutiny and audit committees take this excellent work and report clearly a
way forward to improve the lives of young people in at least the six areas of
weakness and strengths displayed in the Governments report |
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