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31st Dec 2025
Hampshire CAMHS recognises that life can be incredibly challenging for our young people which can impact on their anxiety, experiences, connectivity and learning.
What is “Connect 2 Thrive in 25” about?
Across 2025 Hampshire CAMHS will be running a campaign called
Connect 2 Thrive in 25
The theme is on connections the importance of them, the contribution they make to our mental health, how to connect, along with some ways of signposting and inspiring young people to connect. The campaign will be based on the fives steps to wellbeing.
Five Steps to Wellbeing
There are five simple things people can do as part of their daily life – to build coping skills, boost wellbeing, and lower risk of becoming mentally unwell. These Five Ways to Wellbeing are:
ONE: Be Active
Dial-up and Dial-down Energy Chart
TWO: Connect
Five Finger Positivity Challenge
THREE: Give
What Does Kindness Mean to Me Poster
FOUR: Keep Learning
FIVE: Take Notice
Connect 2 Thrive in 25 – Resource Booklet
This resource pack can be used by schools and youth organisations to focus on activities around the five steps to wellbeing.
Please click here to download the Connect 2 Thrive resource.
Within this document are different ideas to help young people.
- Identify how they are feeling
- Activities to try to match their mood
- Ideas for generating activities to try which will build confidence, help to manage mood, and to build connections with others.
There’s no obligation, it’s up to you how much you want to get involved.
YOUNG PERSONS PHOTO COMPETITION 2025
C O N N E C T I O N S
Hampshire CAMHS are looking for creative photos that reflect connections; how we connect, who we connect with and the importance of connections.
No faces permissible.
This competition is open to any young amateur photographer in Hampshire.
Download our YOUNG PERSONS PHOTO COMPETITION 2025 – Leaflet here.
Age categories:
- Up to 12 years old
- 13 to 18 years old
Prizes in each category:
1st Place £100 Amazon voucher
2nd Place £75 Amazon voucher
3rd Place £50 Amazon voucher
Submission date: Midnight on 8th September 2025
All submissions must be supplied with an ENTRY FORM.
Please EMAIL your entry form plus up to three photos to:
HantsCAMHSinnovations@southernhealth.nhs.uk
Terms and Conditions
All submissions MUST include a FULLY completed Entry Form.
The information from the Entry Form will allow us to contact the winning entries of the outcome – the information won’t be shared or processed for any other reason and will be destroyed. You have the right to withdraw if you wish.
Only the winning entries will be contacted.
Submissions assume the rights to use photos to publicise this competition.
Submissions will assume rights to display photos as part of a one-off exhibition related to this competition only.
Submissions will assume rights to include entries in a printed collection.
The deadline for submissions is midnight on September 8th 2025.
Entries that have faces included will be disqualified.
The winners will be notified by 29th September 2025. Every effort will be made to contact the winners
