We’re really interested to see that our friends at Outside the Box are running training to help organisations understand more about working with LGBTQ families. This training will aim to support organisations to become more inclusive and supportive of LGBTQ families, by learning more about the specific challenges LGBTQ families face and what steps they […]
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How meeting just one person has connected me into my community
Our Community Correspondent John Dane explains how connecting with just one person has opened up his community. I’m involved with a project through Theatre Nemo, called Join the Dots. A couple of weeks ago, they had a silent disco, run by a woman called Gillian. We got talking and it turned out she was running […]
There are more ways than ever to stay in touch, but does it make us more connected?
Another lovely post from our Community Correspondent Maureen Gilmour who believes the lost art of letter writing might help us connect with each other in a more meaningful way. The connection we have with others is like the ripples made by a pebble dropped into a pond. We are connected by the relationships we have […]
Finding a professional you can connect with makes all the difference
An short animation featuring the insightful and positive words of one of our Community Correspondents. Connections (copy) on Biteable.
Connectedness – Maureen explores how we piece together the bigger picture of our lives
A thought-provoking post from our Community Correspondent Maureen Gilmour. Pieces of our jigsaw fall into place as we go through life. Each piece joined together, connect to make the bigger picture that is our life. It’s finding the correct piece of jigsaw at each stage that gives us that connection that we desperately seek. The connection […]
Happy birthday Write to Recovery!
This month Write to Recovery celebrated two years of supporting people to develop and share personal stories of mental health and recovery. Write to Recovery, which is part of the Scottish Recovery Network, aims to empower people affected by mental health problems to experience recovery by creating and taking control of their own story. It […]
What is recovery? New animation from @SRNtweet
What is mental health recovery? from Scottish Recovery Network on Vimeo. There as many different definitions of recovery as there are people in the world. We love this new animation from the Scottish Recovery Network that shows in a simple and engaging way that recovery is a reality, whatever it means to you. The film […]
Puppy power: fighting depression with pet therapy
A post from @DrAlakbarov, our newest Community Correspondent A recent academic study by Miami University found that pet-owners had higher levels of self-esteem and conscientiousness than non pet-owners, tended to be less lonely and less fearful, and were more extrovert and less preoccupied. Furthermore, there was no evidence that people’s relationships with their pets came […]
Joining a gym helped me find myself, and provided an escape from the pit of depression
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Joanne Wilson @offwhitecoat It is a common thing to hear people say that taking regular exercise is beneficial to mental wellbeing. Sure, I could see the logic in it, of course but it never really clicked with me as something I could see myself doing. Mid-May I […]
Rights for Life: this year’s big event in Scotland for #mentalhealth
The Scottish Recovery Network, See Me and Voices Of eXperience have now opened registration for Rights for Life: Supporting Recovery and Ending Discrimination. Rights for Life is a landmark national conference being held in Glasgow over two days on 2-3 June 2015, with a simultaneous online programme for those who can’t attend in person. It […]
