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FE News | Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework

FE News | Access to Autism and ADHD Assessments Improved for Young People as Momenta Connect awarded place on national NHS framework

Published by Miika Tikkanen

Being awarded this place on the National NHS framework will enable Momenta Connect to provide additional, clinically governed autism and ADHD assessment capacity for children and young people, working alongside NHS organisations and existing local services. Momenta Connect has been awarded a place on the national NHS Framework Agreement for the Provision of Autism and ADHD Assessment Services, managed by the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The framework gives NHS organisations a compliant procurement route through which they can commission additional autism and ADHD assessment capacity from approved providers. With around half a million children waiting for an autism or ADHD assessment*, through the framework, Momenta Connect can support NHS trusts and integrated care boards seeking to expand their autism and ADHD assessment capacity for children and young people. Jennifer Abbott, Operations Director, Momenta Connect, said: “For families, waiting for an autism or ADHD assessment can be a long and uncertain period without the support they need. It can delay a clearer understanding of a child’s needs and make it more difficult to …

Who is Callum Vinson? Meet Crystal Lake’s young Jason Voorhees

Who is Callum Vinson? Meet Crystal Lake’s young Jason Voorhees

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s almost time to dive into Crystal Lake, with the Friday 13th prequel series officially confirming its UK release date. Written by Brad Caleb Kane and starring Dead to Me favourite Linda Cardellini as protective mother Pam Voorhees, the gory new series Crystal Lake is set to expand the world of Friday 13th It’ll show Pam grieving following the death of her young son Jason, who is played by rising star Callum Vinson. The synopsis reads: “A prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, Crystal Lake follows single mother Pam Voorhees (Cardellini) who has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason (Vinson) tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. “When two strangers arrive at Pam’s door digging into her past, a disturbing chain of events is set into motion, leaving the townspeople of Crystal Lake wondering: Just who is Pam Voorhees?” Dropping on 19 October, alongside Cardellini and Vinson, the new horror series will also star William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins and Gwendolyn Sundstrom. So, ahead …

Young Man and the Three Podcast Inks Deal with Higher Ground

Young Man and the Three Podcast Inks Deal with Higher Ground

Published by Daniella Wilson

It’s no secret that former President Barack Obama is a big basketball fan. Now the company he founded with his wife Michelle Obama is getting into the basketball podcast space. Their company, Higher Ground, is partnering with the basketball podcast The Young Man and the Three (YM3) as its executive producer and creative partner. YM3 is hosted by Tommy Alter (it was a spinoff of The Old Man and the Three, which Alter co-founded with now-Lakers coach JJ Redick), and is set to return for its new season on Thursday, with guests including Jalen Williams, Jared McCain and Ajay Mitchell. Obama himself is a former guest on the show. Higher Ground is no stranger to basketball. It was a producer on the Netflix docuseries Starting 5 as well as the Olympics-focused Court of Gold. Still, the deal with YM3 gives it significant foothold in basketball podcasts, betting that it an help the platform expand. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome the Higher Ground team to the YM3 Family,” said Tommy Alter. “There are not …

Should national service be brought back for young Brits? Have your say | UK | News

Should national service be brought back for young Brits? Have your say | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

More than half of young Brits say they would take part in a mandatory year of national service if offered the opportunity, a new poll has found. The Focaldata poll, commissioned by US bipartisan group With Honor, questioned 2,176 British adults about their views on national service, and found that six in ten 18 to 24-year-olds would be happy to take part if eligible. Around 19% said they would “very much” like to take part, while 41% said they would “somewhat like to take part”. With Honor co-founder and former US Marine Rye Barcott described the results as “encouraging”. He told GB News: “What this poll found is that young people in particular want to serve – military and civilian service. They want a path forward to give back. Why is that important? Because service actually equips you with life skills. Whether that’s going to be running ah business, serving in a non-profit, you know, running for office. The former Marnie who served in Iraq and Afghanistan said he was proud to serve with Brits …

Gen-X Has Zero Tolerance For 11 Gen Z Slang Words Young People Seem To Love

Gen-X Has Zero Tolerance For 11 Gen Z Slang Words Young People Seem To Love

Published by Jenni Sidey

Ladies and gentlemen, it has come to my attention that I speak like a Gen-Z adult despite being a Millennial. Part of this is due to the fact that my marriage has a major age gap of roughly 10 years. The other part of this is because I deal with a lot of Gen-Z people in my day-to-day life. Sometimes, I can tell the slang I pick up from my friends and partner drives older Gen-Xers up the wall. These phrases, in particular, drive them downright batty. Parents and grandparents of Gen Z and even Gen Alpha will probably relate.  11 Gen Z slang words that Gen X struggles to tolerate from their kids:  1. ‘Rizz’ This is both a Gen-Z thing and a Gen-Alpha thing. The official definition means to be able to display a show of charisma to a romantic partner or a potential date. It’s the way to show off your gift of gab. It also happens to be one of the most annoying phrases teachers and parents hear on a regular basis. …

Young parrot rescued from grips of invasive boa snake

Young parrot rescued from grips of invasive boa snake

Published by Jenni Sidey

In the Maricao State Forest on the western end of Puerto Rico, a biologist encountered a flock of parrots in a panic. Raúl Correa of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service followed the chaotic squawks and found a young bird in the grips of a red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor). The snake had trapped a juvenile Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) on a bamboo stalk. Correa quickly sliced the bamboo, causing the snake to lose its grip and release the bird. USFWS observed the parrot after the incident to ensure it didn’t suffer any lingering injuries. Just a day later, the bird returned to flying with its flock. Red-tailed boas are considered an invasive species in Puerto Rico. Native to South America, they came to the island in the 1990s through the illegal exotic pet trade. Without anything above it in the food chain, the snakes spread rapidly and have caused widespread damage to native wildlife populations, including the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot. Puerto Rico is also home to a native boa (Chilabothrus inornatus) that …

Why young people are finding solace in speaking to the dead

Why young people are finding solace in speaking to the dead

Published by Daniella Wilson

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in It’s a dark — dare I say eerie — Wednesday night in west London and the Spiritualist church is full. ABBA’s “I have a dream” plays softly as more of the congregation filter in. After the opening prayers and three minutes of meditation to Enya’s 2000s hit “Only Time” we’re ready. Ready to speak to the dead. One of tonight’s mediums, a fabulously blonde, tanned and bejeweled woman named Bev Mann stands in the pulpit. She’s joined, she says, by a spirit who reminds her of the comedian Max Wall. He liked to wear wigs. “I knew someone of that description,” a man volunteers. But Bev, she asserts, already knew they were for him. “It feels as though you’ve been down and he’s come forward to lift you up,” she says. “Does that make sense to you?” It does. He smiles. “There’s been a lot to deal with.” Spiritualist churches …

Tell us: are you a young person in the UK struggling to find work?

Tell us: are you a young person in the UK struggling to find work?

Published by Sam Flores

About 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds in the UK are not in employment, education or training (Neet), according to a report published in May, which warned that the figure could rise to 1.25 million by the early 2030s without urgent government action. Alan Milburn, the leader of the review into why so many young people are economically inactive, said the UK risked opening up a “generational fault line” between young and old without urgent steps to overhaul schools, the health service, the welfare system and the jobs market. We would like to speak to young people living in the UK who are not currently in work or education, or who have been struggling to find a job. Have you been applying for months without success? How many applications have you made? Have you struggled to get interviews or found yourself being repeatedly rejected or ghosted by employers? How has the search for work affected you financially or emotionally? Share your experience Please share your response using this form, by messaging us or sharing a voice …

The Young British Artists’ Collective Reputation Has Changed

The Young British Artists’ Collective Reputation Has Changed

Published by Jenni Sidey

In his latest bestseller, London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe refers to art in his prologue to illustrate the way the city of London changed near the end of the 20th century: In 1988, a group of young artists used a derelict warehouse in the docklands of southeast London as the venue for their first group exhibition, “Freeze.” He doesn’t say anything else, assuming the reader will know who those artists became: the Young British Artists, or YBAs. Arguably Britain’s most famous artistic group ever, the YBAs were a symptom of their moment. They rocketed to fame in the early ’90s, as London was undergoing a profound renaissance—or rupture, depending on how you look back on it now. Their legacy has ebbed and flowed in parallel with Britain’s national image, peaking in the heady atmosphere of the end of the millennium and gaining nuance as it has fallen ever since. And that legacy has continued to be reexamined in notable exhibitions, among them shows for Tracey Emin at Tate Modern earlier this year, Jenny Saville at …

Why I chose to be honest with my young sons about my depression

Why I chose to be honest with my young sons about my depression

Published by Daniella Wilson

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Nobody explains postnatal depression to you fully before you become a mother. So, when I went to baby groups after having my first son, George, in 2015, aged 27, I didn’t understand how some mums looked so perfect while I was drowning; how their kids weren’t snotty and prams were immaculate, while I struggled to leave the house. The truth was, they could have been suffering too – they were just better at hiding it. I tried to conceal that I was struggling, but it didn’t work. Some days, I was so overwhelmed that I couldn’t function but felt guilty when my family helped out. All in all, I felt like I was failing as a mother. I’d been determined to breastfeed but, when my midwife came round, there was no milk at all. A friend had to go and fetch me all the bottle and milk supplies because I …