Community level – Community Recommendations for National Regulations
Key participants:
Parents, teachers, community organisations, children and young people's services management, health professionals, youth workers, and local councillors
Performances:
2
Specific policy issues:
Racial prejudice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), professional bias in youth mental healthcare, and service accessibility barriers due to waiting times.
Impact:
Led to a new touring performance project, The Black Mental Health Manifesto, to build momentum for a parliamentary lobbying campaign.
Policy recommendations included providing additional support opportunities for young people during the mental health support waiting period.
Long-term impact:
Generated new ideas for future legislative theatre approaches in youth mental health
Challenges encountered:
Maintaining communication with policy makers and frontline workers after the event
