Someone in My Corner - Well-being Competition

What does it mean to have someone in your corner?

To have someone in your corner means to have someone who is supporting you and helping you in some way.

“It’s good to know that whatever happens, whatever you are going through, that someone is there to support you and be in your corner. This is especially important to our emotional health and well-being.”

James from The Source website team shares below what it means to him to have someone in his corner who is there to help him when his feeling low…

How to enter our ‘Someone in My Corner’ Competition

We would like young people to think of a time when they had someone in their corner helping them ( a friend, family member, carer, teacher, youth worker, etc) and to tell us in a creative way about how it feels to have someone in your corner helping you and how did it help support your emotional well-being?

Competition entries can be in the form of:

• Creative Writing – e.g. A poem, short story (MAX 500 words)
• Artwork – A drawing, painting or doodle.

There will be three age groups for entries:

• 5 – 10 Year Olds
• 11 – 15 Year Olds
• 16 – 25 Year Olds

The competition winner of each age group will receive a £25 online voucher of their choice.

All competition entries will be displayed on The Source website and in a public emotional health and wellbeing exhibition at Endeavour House at Suffolk County Council, to mark World Mental Health Day in October.

Confirm your details with your entry

Download and complete the relevant competition Entry Form below to submit with your entry.

Competition Entry Form for Children & Young People:

How to send us your competition entry

Send us your creative entry, along with your completed Competition Entry Form by either:

Post to: CYP Engagement Hub Team, Suffolk County Council,
Endeavour House, Lime Block, Floor 4,
8 Russel Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX.
(Note we are unable to cover the postage fee)

Drop off your artwork by hand at: Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, Ipswich.
Give it to Reception on arrival and they will pass it onto us.
Make sure that your entry form is attached to your writing/artwork.

Email it to us at: thesource@suffolk.gov.uk
You can scan or take a photo of your artwork to email it to us (make sure your photo is not blurry and captures the whole artwork). If you send us a photograph of your artwork we can arrange to collect the artwork from you so we can display it in our exhibition.

The deadline for entries has been extended until Monday 16th September 2024.

Competition Ts & Cs Details

• All entrants must complete the Competition Entry Form and submit this along with their creative entry to be entered into the competition.
• Children under 16 years old must have parental permission to enter and must provide parent/guardian/carer contact on their Competition Entry Form. 
• All entrants must live in Suffolk. 
• Entrants will be judged by a panel of young people and those with the most votes within each category and age group will be our selected competition winners. Winners will be notified by Monday 30th September 2024 by phone.  
• By submitting your entry, you give us permission to display your work on The Source and Council websites, in print and in our public exhibition. 
• We will only use your personal information provided for the purpose of the competition. You can view the Suffolk County Council Privacy notice on their website: www.suffolk.gov.uk/about/privacy-and-data-protection

Competition Promotional Resources

Jot the friendly robot video to promote the competition to children in Suffolk:

Download our competition poster below:

Playlist

We have put together this playlist of tunes to help inspire you as you get creative 🙂

Well-being Resources and Activities

YoungMinds Charity – Explore people you are connected with activity

Anna Freud – Helping someone else advice for young people

4 Corners Activity – for getting to know each other better
The below 4 Corners video activity is a good icebreaker activity that you can do with a group of friends or can be used in class or in youth clubs as it helps to get to know each other so you can support each other better – especially if you are meeting for the first time. The questions in the video can be adapted to start many fun conversations