What is the REACH Project?
Resilience, Ethnicity, and AdolesCent Mental Health
The REACH study will help us understand the best ways to promote good mental health among young people from all backgrounds.
The study began in twelve secondary schools in south London, with over 4000 young people in Years 7-9 invited to take part since 2016. There have been three main phases of the REACH study
The study began in twelve secondary schools in south London, with over 4000 young people in Years 7-9 invited to take part since 2016. There have been three main phases of the REACH study
Phase 1 (2015-2020) focused on mental health during early-to-mid adolescence.
Phase 2 (2020-2021) focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health.
Phase 3 (2024-2025 - ongoing) focuses on mental health during the transition to adulthood.
REACH is based at King’s College London and has the following funders:
Phase 1: Funded by the European Research Council
Phase 2: Funded by United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Phase 3: Funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council
Phase 2 (2020-2021) focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s mental health.
Phase 3 (2024-2025 - ongoing) focuses on mental health during the transition to adulthood.
REACH is based at King’s College London and has the following funders:
Phase 1: Funded by the European Research Council
Phase 2: Funded by United Kingdom Research and Innovation
Phase 3: Funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council
The Transition into Adulthood
In May 2024, we invited REACH participants to take part in the next stage of the study: an online research project to better understand young people's mental health as they enter adulthood.
It is focusing on things that are impacting young people's lives right now - like housing problems, the cost-of-living crisis, and academic or work pressures.
Taking part will help us learn better how we can support young people and improve their mental health in the future. Everyone who completes the online survey will for your time receive a £25 Love2Shop voucher for your time - this can be spent at a whole variety of places including ASOS, Spotify and Uber Eats.
It is focusing on things that are impacting young people's lives right now - like housing problems, the cost-of-living crisis, and academic or work pressures.
Taking part will help us learn better how we can support young people and improve their mental health in the future. Everyone who completes the online survey will for your time receive a £25 Love2Shop voucher for your time - this can be spent at a whole variety of places including ASOS, Spotify and Uber Eats.
The COVID-19 Study
In 2020/21, we invited our REACH participants to take part in an online research project that looked to understand impact of social distancing and school closure measures on young people's mental health during COVID-19. Click here to see more on this phase of the study.
REACH EVENTS
Check out what happened at our 2021 festival for young people - click below!
Keep up with REACH
Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework
Programme of the European Union
Programme of the European Union