A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 6 month report July - Dec 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 3 month report Oct - Dec 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

A Thematic Analysis of Field Notes 3 month report July - Sept 2025  Prepared by: Dr Michaela James Swansea University, blog written by Nicole Burchett Single Parents Wellbeing

In this blog post aimed at our young people, SPW’s Roy Ghoshal shares his experience of addictive tendencies and how important it is to develop healthy habits.

SPW’s Roy Ghoshal shares some creative ways we can connect with our children this Children’s Mental Health Week.

This Children’s Mental Health Week we have a selection of videos, worksheets and an online facilitated conversation to look at how we can best support our teen’s hard feelings.

We find out about the role of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, what 2026 will bring for them and how we can access their services.

We chat with Gemma Watkins from NAS Swansea, a volunteer led branch of The National Autistic Society.

Talia chatted with some of our Young People and their parents to see how folks in our community are spending their Christmas Day.

Among these, we share some of the difficult things we are anticipating, mixed with some of the brighter/more heart warming things we are grateful for!

Whatever your Christmas day is looking like this year, we hope you know you are not alone and that you can create your own unique, wonderful way of doing things! 

Roy Ghoshal (He/Him), a Youth Action Academy Member and Events and Engagement Officer for SPW has written this blog to help us navigate the online world safely with our children/teenagers. 

Roy Ghoshal (He/Him), a Youth Acton Academy Member and Events and Engagement Officer for SPW has written this blog to help young people stay safe online. There are tips and resources to help with online safety, cyberbullying, setting boundaries and identifying AI.

We chat with Samuel about his experience of being transgender and how Single Parents can best support their children who may be questioning their gender.

Following a recent YAA Focus Group Session with Public Health Wales we chat with YAA Katie Law as she opens up about the value of sleep and the difference it makes.

The MHM team met up with our Youth Action Academy for some reverse mentoring to hear about the issues that are really impacting them and what we can do to better support our young people.

We chat with Liv Pollard about their experiences of being a young person with ADHD and the changes they would make to help school children.

When we talk about family, we often picture a nuclear image: two parents, a couple of children, a shared home. But for many young people, that image doesn’t reflect their reality.

That’s what inspired the “What Does Your Family Look Like?” pilot project. At networking events SPW staff noticed how uncomfortable some young people felt when conversations turned to their home life.

This Pride Month we chatted with Toni at GoodVibes about the events and support they offer young people in the LGBTQIA+ Community in Swansea.

In honour of Pride this month, James Lindsay (our Youth Action Academy member)  has written an informative blog covering the history and reasons why millions of people around the world stand with people in Pride. 

This Pride Month and ahead of School Diversity Week we speak with Lily from Just Like Us about the incredible resources and services they have for parents, carers, schools and young people.

This blog is to raise awareness of what children from single parent households need to thrive!  Our 2025 Youth Action Academy members (young people from single parent households age 16-24) have shared what they think a child living in a single parent household needs to go on to have a mentally healthy future. These were the 8 core themes running through all of their answers:

Connection with others with shared experience, emotional support, a safe, environment, clear communication, educational support, positive experiences, positive relationships and mental health support.