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Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon press conference February 4th; SCOTLAND: Edinburgh: INT Nicola Sturgeon MSP (First Minister of Scotland) press conference opening statement SOT part 3 of 4. - And even if you don’t qualify under the Strategic Framework Fund, the website can help you find details of other programmes that you might be eligible for. The second and final point I want to highlight relates to mental health. This week is Children’s Mental Health week. It takes place in early February every year, but this year, of course, it is more significant than ever. The last 11 months have been really difficult for all of us, but I don’t think there is any doubt that children and young people have borne a really big burden from everything that they have had to do to help us deal with this virus. They have had their schools closed, their education disrupted and of course they’ve been unable to see, play with, interact with friends as normal. So I want to highlight today some resources that are in place to help children and young people at this time because I know lots of children and young people will be struggling right not, including struggling with mental health. So for example the organization Place2Be has created a range of free resources. These are designed to help children find creative ways to share their thoughts and feelings – they are able to be adapted for use in school when we start to return young people to school, or for learning from home, or for independent learning for young people. In addition, the Young Scot campaign “Aye Feel” has useful information. The ParentClub and Clear Your Head websites also provide good advice including about how to support children’s mental health. And the Clear your Head site can also help find lots of other possible sources of support. The wellbeing of children is a priority – I know it is a priority for the parents, grandparents aunties and uncles who will be watching this – but it is a priority f...