The Aye Mind website is designed to support those working with young people, to build their understanding of the online environment and how it impacts children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. This is ultimately to help staff support children and young people, to maximise the benefits of the online environment on their mental health and wellbeing, while minimising the risks.

Led by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC)’s Mental Health Improvement Team, hosted by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership the project works alongside a range of partners from across the area, including third sector, education, social work, health and social care, and more.

It has now been a year since Aye Mind was refreshed and we’re delighted with the response to the project.

Highlights from the year include:
•    111,000 times a user interacted with the site, such as clicking on a link or downloading a resource 
•    60,000 times the website was viewed by someone 
•    56 local and national partners joined our Digital Collaborative network

Aye Mind enables people to be aware of the digital mental health tools available and incorporate these tools and technologies into their working practice.

Heather Sloan, Health Improvement Lead, Mental Health Improvement Team said: “Young people are more engaged in the online environment than ever before and there is a need to constantly evolve to keep up with the pace of change.”

The project includes:
•    A Digital Tools Directory showcasing the range of digital tools that could be used to support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
•    A toolkit providing an introduction to digital youth mental health
•    A range of ‘how-to’ guides, written by other organisations working with children and young people about how they used digital tools in their working practice to support mental health 
•    Resources, supports, and information on a range of themes from Sextortion, Online Bullying, TikTok, and more. 
•    A Digital Collaborative Network has been established which includes partners from across GGC who meet quarterly to discuss digital youth mental health themes, learn from each other, and progress with a range of projects

If you’d like to sign up for Aye Mind’s monthly newsletter, join the Digital Collaborative network or share information about a project/resource of yours on the theme of digital youth mental health, contact ggc.mhead@nhs.scot or follow us on X @ayemind99.