Supporting children’s mental health and wellbeing

January 14, 2021

To coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week, UK charity The Reading Agency and Libraries Connected are launching a new children’s mental health scheme as part of their Reading Well programme.

The Reading Well for children booklist is available to ‘book and collect’ in English and Welsh from libraries across the county borough of Bridgend. They cover topics such as anxiety, bereavement and bullying and have been carefully selected by leading health professionals to support the mental health and wellbeing of children.

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