Confident Young Minds

03/09/2026

Building confident, emotionally healthy children — one assembly at a time.

Introducing Confident Young Minds

Mental wellbeing starts young. That's why we bring engaging, age-appropriate assemblies into primary schools to help children understand their emotions, build resilience, and know it's okay to ask for help.

If you're a head teacher or PSHE lead looking to support your pupils' wellbeing, we'd love to talk.

📩 interested give us a call on 01482 014144

28/08/2026

Meet the Founders - Sue Altass and Hannah Cheshire

Sue Altass

24/08/2026

Meet the Trustees - Sara Hudson - secondary teacher

Sara Hudson, I’ve been a secondary teacher for 25 years. I have seen over that time a need for children’s mental health to be made a major issue. I asked a class of Y7 students recently what is your major concern. Relationships, exams, friendships, social media or mental health issue's. The mental health issues got the most hands up and I was very surprised. The onset of social media and technology not only to be a great asset to young people but also to be a concern of comparing themselves to others. The real issue is how it makes young people feel. We all know as adults how we can filter through information but to young children they don’t have that. They struggle to regulate what is real from what is not. How to feel in a world of overload is difficult . Leaving them feeling all sorts of emotions. Government funding is so short in schools to address these issues. These children are our future and we need to enable them to move and progress through life with the understanding and skill set to navigate social media and self worth. I support this charity and become a trustee as I am at the forefront of the issue of children’s mental health locally, as a parent and teacher. This issue is so important and for future generations locally.

Sue Altass

22/08/2026

Want to join me in making a difference? By raising money to benefit CONFIDENT YOUNG MINDS,… Hannah Cheshire needs your support for Mental Wellbeing in Schools

22/08/2026

Meet the Trustees - Suzi Storr – Primary schools & university

As a former Primary School Teacher now working in Teacher Education, I feel passionate about the wellbeing of children and teenagers. The data around children’s mental health is demonstrating a hidden pandemic and a need for high quality support – and our schools are struggling to meet the constant rise in demand. Increasingly, teachers I meet tell me about growing numbers of children in their classes with social and emotional needs, which can often impact learning on a daily basis. Something needs to change. Confident Young Minds is designed to provide support to children and school staff, to try and build resilience and strategies to help children navigate challenging experiences. We are ambitious for the children in our region and for the potential to work alongside school practitioners to achieve a stronger foundation for mental wellbeing from a young age.

Sue Altass

18/08/2026

Meet the Trustees Glenn Dixon - Confident Young Minds - Treasurer

Having experienced parenthood many years ago ( which was hard enough over 35 years ago) and fast forward to the present day and experiencing first hand being a grandparent I can see how the world has become a more complex and technologically advanced environment.
The younger population face the impact of technology through the immediate availability of the internet, AI and other platforms, resulting in more peer pressure and external influences.
This is on top of the human development in progressing from a child, through adolescence and into adulthood brings with it many challenges.
The purpose of CYM is to better prepare children to tackle the challenges, be better mentally prepared and improve their health and wellbeing and assist in all children to be the best person they can be.

18/08/2026

Meet the Trustees Josh Pearson - Confident Young Minds - Marketing Exec

I became a trustee for Confident Young Minds because I believe young people face more pressure than ever, particularly from technology and social media. Working in marketing, I see first-hand how influential these platforms can be and the impact they can have on confidence and wellbeing.

Teaching emotional intelligence and resilience at an early age is incredibly important, and I wanted to give back locally by supporting a charity doing meaningful work in this area.

Sue Altass

16/08/2026

Confident young minds wants to thank Euphoria Dance Events Yorkshire for all the support you have shown the charity.

We have raised money because of your generosity of giving a whole page in your festival programme.

Honestly every penny counts to reaching our goal.

Children who excel at their chosen sport (dance included) are as much our focus as children who don’t.

Thank you so so much Adele.

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Sue Altass
Jadan Press
Sara Hudson
Paul Mounce
Josh Pearson
Federation of Small Businesses - FSB
Hull City Council

Want to join me in making a difference? By raising money to benefit CONFIDENT YOUNG MINDS,… Hannah Cheshire needs your support for Mental Wellbeing in Schools

15/08/2026

Meet the Trustees Paul Mounce - Confident Young Minds - Chair

“Having had a son who moved from primary to secondary school during covid and how difficult that change can be, I think it is extremely important that our children are taught emotional intelligence and how to cope with all the pressures being a child in the modern world can throw at them. Confident Young Minds hopes to help children with this and having worked with Sue and Hannah for many years I know they are the best people to make this happen”

Sue Altass
Hannah Cheshire

10/08/2026

Great opportunity.

Sue Altass
Hannah Cheshire
Euphoria Dance Events Yorkshire
Jadan Press
Josh Pearson
Sara Hudson
Paul Mounce
Federation of Small Businesses - FSB