Member News: Every Week is Children’s Mental Health Week for St Christopher’s

Galina Markova, Our UK Therapeutic Manager for the charity, has taken over this month’s CEO’s Blog and explains why.


Children’s Mental Health Week – February 2026

As we mark Children’s Mental Health Week, we are invited to reflect on this year’s theme: “This Is My Place.” It’s a theme that speaks to the core of what every child needs—to feel they belong. To feel safe, valued, understood, and part of a community that welcomes them just as they are. In the Wraparound service at St Christopher’s, this isn’t something we focus on once a year. For us, helping children and young people feel that sense of belonging is at the heart of everything we do, every single week.

For many children in care, experiences of trauma, instability, or disrupted relationships can make the idea of “belonging” feel unfamiliar or fragile. That is why our commitment to therapeutic, emotionally attuned care is so vital. Our therapists from the Wraparound team work alongside residential care teams to ensure that every environment we create offers more than shelter—it offers a sense of place, identity, and connection.

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