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Cumbria County Council is supporting Children’s Mental Health Week next week with a variety of events for young people and their families.

"SUPERNOVA: Charlotte and Gene’s Radical Imagination Station," Panczenko MFA Prize exhibit, through 3/1, Chazen Museum of Art. Open by appointment, noon-5 pm Tuesdays-Wednesdays and noon-7 pm Thursdays-Fridays.

"SUPERNOVA: Charlotte and Gene’s Radical Imagination Station," Panczenko MFA Prize exhibit, through 3/1, Chazen Museum of Art. Open by appointment, noon-5 pm Tuesdays-Wednesdays and noon-7 pm Thursdays-Fridays.

    The competition ‘Express Yourself’ will seek submissions from Primary 6 and 7 pupils to express their thoughts and feelings about the past year through creative writing, encouraging young people to think about their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic.     The shortlisted poems will be selected by Joel M who recently fronted his own BBC television show ‘Life is Magic’ and has one of the largest TikTok followings in Ireland with over 7 million fans. AWARE NI hopes for a future where mental health is a topic that can be discussed openly without stigma. The poetry competi...

Joel M (23), who fronted his own TV show Life Is Magic on the BBC last year, says taking time out from social media is a must. "I'm a big advocate of reducing social media and screen time, which I know is hilarious given that I'm a social media influencer," he says. "But I've experimented with a whole bunch of things, and it's worked out the absolute best for me just not to use my phone in the mornings. Some people do no phone one day a week, but that didn't work for me because it didn't really change any habits, so when I wake up I don't use it until maybe 11am or midday.