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‘We all have a self management story’ – free Mind Waves workshop for Self Management Week 2020

By on September 22, 2020 in Events, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Participation, Stories, Technology for wellbeing

Mind Waves are delighted to be hosting this free online workshop in conjunction with The Alliance this Wednesday 23rd September. We are all learning a lot about managing our wellbeing just now. How can sharing our stories and experiences support our own wellbeing and encourage and inspire others? Join us for a free online session […]

Emerge – The only constant thing in life is change

By on September 9, 2020 in Mental wellbeing, Stories

A re-post by our Community Correspondent Maureen Gilmour as part of our latest theme, Emerge Someone once told me “the only thing constant is change” Nothing ever stays the same for long, but to go from one extreme to the other is quite a dramatic change. I was once at one time a capable, confident, […]

Emerge – our Mind Waves theme for Autumn 2020

By on September 3, 2020 in Stories

Introducing our new theme – ‘Emerge’. As we slowly move through and out of lockdown, there is a sense that we are emerging, both individually and collectively. For some, that might be throwing ourselves back into previous responsibilities and routines. For others, it might be working on physical or mental health recovery which has been […]

Staying Connected: Scottish Recovery Network share what people are doing to stay well

By on August 12, 2020 in Community activity and Inclusion, Events, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Participation, Stories

The fantastic Scottish Recovery Network have just launched a new set of resources, spotlighting insights and inspiration from people across Scotland on staying well during and after COVID-19 lockdown. ‘Staying Connected’ captures the knowledge, skills and expertise of people with lived experience of mental health challenges across Scotland. Through a series of twelve online conversation […]

Level Up. Please!

By on August 7, 2020 in Mental wellbeing, Stories

A fantastic post by our Community Correspondent Robert Terry, who is passionate about addressing inequality and the concept of universal basic income. Pre-coronavirus, austerity killed people. More than 130 000 people in five years, according to the office of national statistics.  Every life is precious. At the moment we are reminded of this several times […]

“I’m not just a disabled person. I’m an LGBT person and lots of other things” – Glasgow Disability Alliance launches podcast

By on July 23, 2020 in Community activity and Inclusion, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Participation, Technology for wellbeing

We are delighted to shared information about the new podcast from our friends at Glasgow Disability Alliance Glasgow Disability Alliance is a disabled people’s organisation with over 5000 members.  We ran a Mind Waves podcasting workshop with them in summer 2019 and they’ve now launched their own podcast. The first episode comes from their LQBTQI+ […]

Clutter Chat: Digital inspiration for the ‘new normal’

By on July 17, 2020 in Arts and creativity, Community activity and Inclusion, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Stories, Technology for wellbeing

An update from our friends at Clutter Chat! Sunny day for podcast recording Oct 2019 Last year we were delighted to feature Glasgow based peer support group Clutter Chat on our podcast. Their founder, Zem Moffat and group members Grant, Barbara and Fiona shared valuable insights and advice for those affected by clutter, or those […]