Maisie Davies is Barnardos Senior Policy and Research Officer, the UK’s largest children’s charity. She leads policy work on mental health and wellbeing for the organisation, authoring key reports such as Time for a Clean Slate - which makes the case for putting wellbeing at the heart of the education system, and co-authoring In Our Own Words with 10 young people on the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people’s mental health.Maisie and I discuss the impact of Covid-19, and lockdown on children and young people, in particular Black, Asian and minority ethnic children, and how they have coped with their numerous losses,  and what frontline practitioners say is the impact on children, young people and families they work with – especially mental health and poverty.Useful links:See, Hear, Respond information page - https://www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respondBoloh information page - https://helpline.barnardos.org.uk/Time for a Clean Slate report page - https://www.barnardos.org.uk/time-clean-slate-mental-health-heart-education-reportIn Our Own Words report page - https://www.barnardos.org.uk/mental-health-covid19-in-our-own-words-reportContact Amanda Seyderhelm on Twitter @TheKidDecoderwww.amandaseyderhelm.com 

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