stem4
Our chosen charity is a teenage mental health charity that provides an invaluable series of resources and apps to combat mental health issues in people of a young age.
stem4 is a teenage mental health charity aimed at improving teenage mental health by stemming commonly occurring mental health issues at an early stage.
Young people have just as much right to accessing facts about good mental health as they do good physical health, and yet there is a lack of accurate information. Embarrassment or social stigma surrounding mental health issues can so easily lead to confusion with what may be normal development, as opposed to the early development of a mental health issue.
By raising awareness, sharing information on how to recognise early warning signs and by providing effective strategies in how to deal with them, stem4 aims to identify and stem these conditions early on. stem4 does this through:
- A comprehensive and clinically informed website, www.stem4.org.uk, sharing information on identification, early intervention and management
- Their Calm Harm, Clear Fear, Move Mood, Combined Minds and Worth Warrior apps
- A library of educational videos about teenage mental health, ‘Head-Ed’
- stem4 conferences, designed to inform delegates of the early signs of mental health problems and what steps they can take to make change. They encourage dialogue, create a platform to share ideas and provide a forum to consider best practice and standards of care
Calm Harm is an app to help teenagers manage or resist the urge to self-harm.
Clear Fear is an app to help children and young people manage symptoms of anxiety.
Move Mood is an app to help teenagers manage low mood and depression.
Combined Minds is an app to help families and friends provide mental health support.
Worth Warrior is an app to help young people manage low self-worth, poor body image and related eating disorders.
Diespeker offers its full support to stem4 and is proud to be a part of raising awareness for these important issues with the intention that in the future the prevalence of diagnosable mental health conditions will decline.
Managing Director John Krause has now completed over 220 marathons, many of which he has run in aid of stem4. John also organises an annual trip to the marathon in Malta, raising over £20,000 to date.
If you would like more information about stem4 please visit their website on www.stem4.org.uk or email enquiries@stem4.org.uk.