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Hello! Thank you for your interest in our survey. We are looking for your questions about the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people. Please fill this in if you are a young person aged 11-25, a parent, family member, guardian, if you work with young people, or if you have another interest in the mental health of young people. It should take no more than 10 minutes to fill in. Please read this information so you know what the survey is about. All information you provide is anonymous (no one else will know your personal answers). Please do not enter your name or other identifying information in your responses. For more information about the survey, you can visit www.mcpin.org/youngpeopleMHQ

What will you do with my questions? Step 1: We are interested in everyone’s questions about young people’s mental health. Step 2: We want to collect all these questions about young people’s mental health. Step 3: We will condense these into the 10 most important questions for young people’s mental health.

What questions do you have about 11-25 year olds’ mental health that you’d like to see answered by research? We are looking for questions to help guide future mental health research. When thinking about possible questions some things you could think about are:

 Raising awareness of emotional wellbeing and mental health

 Preventing the development of mental health problems

 Causes of mental ill health and improving diagnosis

 Improving treatments, care, and other types of support This is your chance to have a voice in shaping the next generation of research advances and improve the treatment and care of young people.

1. What question(s) do you have about the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for 11-25 year olds’ mental health that you would like to see answered by research? You can write up to 3 questions in the boxes below:

About you We would like to know about who is answering this survey so we can make sure everyone’s ideas are included.

2. Your age [Tick one box only]  Under 11  11-16  17-18  19-25  26-40  41-65  Over 65 years old  Do not wish to say

3. Your gender [Tick one box only]  Male  Female  Non-binary  Not listed  Do not wish to say

4. Your ethnicity [Tick one box only]

 Asian or Asian British –Bangladeshi  Asian or Asian British - Chinese  Asian or Asian British - Indian  Asian or Asian British - Pakistani  Black or Black British - African  Black or Black British – Caribbean  Mixed heritage - White and Asian  Mixed heritage - White and Black African  Mixed heritage - White and Black Caribbean  White - British  White - English  White - Irish  White - Scottish  White – Welsh  Do not wish to say  Not listed

5. Where do you live? [Tick one box only]

 England  Wales  Scotland  Northern Ireland  Other Do no No t Ye N t wis s o sur h e to say I have/ had mental health problems a.     myself I am a parent/ carer of a young b. person who has/had mental health     problems I am a parent/ carer but none of my c. children have/had mental health     problems I support someone else (like a family d. member or friend) who has/had     mental health problems e. I work directly with young people     I do not work with young people directly, but I have knowledge of f.    young people’s issues through my  work 6. Which of the following describes you? [Complete each row] 7. If you work with young people please tell us what you do: [Tick as many options as you need]  I do not work with young people  I am a teacher  I am a Special Educational Needs (SEN) or pastoral care specialist  I work in another support role in a school  I am a social worker/ social care support worker  I work in another support role in social care  I am a youth worker  I am a psychiatrist

8. Keeping in touch Later in the project we want to ask people to tell us which of the questions that we have received are most important. If it is OK for us to contact you about this, please select I would like to receive further communications regarding the project. If you would like to receive updates on the work of the McPin Foundation and its mission to transform mental health research, please select I would like to receive updates about the work of the McPin Foundation. It will be impossible to link your email address to your answers on this survey.

All information on this survey is anonymous (no one else will know your personal answers). Our survey is open to people of any age, and as such we would always encourage anyone under 18 who would like to sign up to have a conversation with a parent or guardian beforehand. If you do choose to receive further updates or communications from us you can unsubscribe from these at any time. We will never share your email address with anyone outside the McPin Foundation.

 I would like to receive no further communications  I would like to receive further communications regarding the ‘Right People, Right Questions’ project  I would like to receive updates about the work of the McPin Foundation

Thank you for filling in this survey! Please send the completed survey via email to [email protected] or you can post it to: The McPin Foundation, 32 – 36 Loman Street, London, SE1 0EH. If you would like a freepost envelope sent to you, have questions about this survey or would like more information you can email [email protected] You can also follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using @youngpeopleMHQ or join the conversation using #youngpeopleMHQ If you are a child or young person and you are worried about your mental health, or anything else, you can call Childline for free on 0800 1111. You can also talk to Childline on webchat or email. Visit their website here: childline.org.uk/

If you are an adult worried about your mental health, or anything else, and want someone to talk to, you can call the Samaritans in confidence at any time of day or night. You can call them for free on 116 123. You can also email, visit or write a letter. Visit the website here: www.samaritans.org/