Celebrating Autism Acceptance Month at Changing Lives
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and Compass Changing Lives has been celebrating by sharing Autism Fact Files created by staff with lived experience.
Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Support
Meet the Award Winning Specialist Team
The Specialist Team at Compass Changing Lives has received an award for their work in Participation in Derby and Derbyshire.
Worries and Emotions Group at Arkwright Primary School
Changing Lives, recently ran a Worries and Emotions group at Arkwright Primary School in Chesterfield.
Exhibition on Suicide Prevention in Derbyshire
Members of Compass Changing Lives attended the All Words, All Actions, All Weathers event on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Derbyshire.
New Anxiety Workshop now available on the Changing Lives App
Our new Anxiety Workshop is a self-guided webinar on worries, anxiety and ways young people can manage both.
Young people can sign up to our service to receive help and gain access to our webinar today!
Changing Lives celebrates Children’s Mental Health Week 2025
Children’s Mental Health Week took place between 3-9th of February 2025. Changing Lives Mental Health Support Teams visited schools across Derbyshire to attend events, run workshops and give special assemblies for the week, seeing thousands of children and young people.
2024, A Year In Review for Changing Lives
Changing Lives’ mission is to provide mental health and emotional wellbeing support to children, young people, families and schools in Derby City and Derbyshire, and 2024 was a massive year them.
Changing Lives welcomes Centres of Excellence in Derby City and Erewash
Changing Lives is expanding once again, welcoming two more Centres of Excellence in Derby City and Erewash, further increasing the mental health support they can offer the children and young people of Derbyshire.
Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates!
This year saw a number of Compass Changing Lives’ staff graduate from their courses at Derby University to become fully qualified Supervising Practitioners, Educational Mental Health Practitioners, and HI-CBT practitioners.
Christmas Fun with Derby Mental Health Leaders
Team Leaders from Compass Changing Lives supported a recent event for Mental Health Leads at schools in Derby City.
Changing Lives connect with Sikh community in Derby
Changing Lives visited the Sikh community in Derby at a Gurdwara to talk to talk to young people about how to break down barriers to accessing mental health support.