Join us for this month’s Youth Worker Forum, where we will take some time to pause, reflect, and focus on our own wellbeing before the busy Easter holiday provision begins.

As frontline workers, you spend so much of your time supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people. This forum is an opportunity to take a moment for yourselves and make sure your own wellbeing is looked after too.

Location: Lancaster Youth Hub, 128A Lancaster Road, W11 1QS

Time: 11am – 1pm

Date: Wednesday 25th March 2026

In this networking event, you will take part in a short workshop with Hattie Edmonds, who will share with you strategies to reduce stress and anxiety.

The session includes information on how closely our heart health is connected to our mental health and how, constantly living in our heads causes anxiety and stress. We will become aware how anxiety affects our body (tight shoulders, clenched stomach and jaw etc).

Hattie will share easy self-care techniques to bring us into the present moment, through deep breathing and feeling our heart beat. This helps to calm our nervous system, bringing our emotions into balance, helping us to make better decisions and giving us a more positive outlook. We will find and embed an easily accessible resource - a memory or experience where we felt completely relaxed and calm, which we can draw on in times of stress.

About the Facilitator: Hattie Edmonds

Hattie was the first in-house writer for Comic Relief and has since published two novels. She has just completed a book about the heart, in which she interviews doctors, cardiologists, scientists and mindfulness/meditation teachers on the best ways to keep our hearts healthy, physically, mentally and emotionally. She has run 'Writing for Wellbeing' sessions in schools, colleges, mental health inpatient units and for Meanwhile Gardens. For 7 years she volunteered, guiding weekly relaxation sessions at the Pembridge Palliative Care unit of St Charles’s hospital.

Alongside the workshop, there will be plenty of time to connect with fellow youth workers, share ideas, and reflect on your experiences. The forum is designed to be relaxed and supportive, giving everyone the opportunity to learn from one another.

Please feel free to bring along any resources, flyers, or literature you would like to share with fellow members — and come ready to walk in and float out!

We look forward to seeing you there.