Petition · past parliament
Make Mindfulness part of School Assemblies
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Based on statistics, mental health issues start at a very young age and it is important to teach children and young adults how to deal with these issues, so if we introduce a coping mechanism from the start this could counteract the beginning of mental health problems.
50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24. 10% of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem3, yet 70% of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age.
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics/mental-health-statistics-children-and-young-people
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics/mental-health-statistics-children-and-young-people
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Jul 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 24 Jul 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
24 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.