Farewell and thank you from NIHR ARC NWL
AOA is a collaborative children and young people's mental health infrastructure between:
On Tuesday 15th September 2026, we shared our latest research results, the overall achievements of the ARC Outreach Alliance (an NIHR Mental Health Initiative), celebrated the end of a successful project and promoted related projects, that will continue the work we started to scale up on building on vital children and young people's mental health research across London and nationwide.
Our award-winning Young People's Advisory Group (YPAG) have played a vital role in the success of our research and presented their recent community engagement activities and the ground breaking Priority Setting Mental Health project.
We thank everyone who attended for making this event a wonderful finale to the AOA Mental Health Research Initiative.
Alex Weston, PPIE Coordinator/ Youth Engagement Manager, Inclusion Barnet
PPIE Advisors - Young People's Advisory Group (YPAG) Team
Bina Ram, Research Fellow, Dept. of Brain Sciences., Imperial
Dougal Hargreaves, Professor of Paediatrics & Population Health, School of Public Health Imperial