A post from Farrukh, who is a Co-Trainer with the GAMH Talking Mental Health project I became a Co-trainer with GAMH’s Talking about Mental Health project two years ago in 2013. The project involves people from black minority ethnic communities in designing and delivering mental health awareness workshops to help reduce stigma and build confidence in […]
Thanks to everyone who came along to our blogging about wellbeing workshop this week. A special thanks to our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire for talking about how the difference that blogging has made to her mental wellbeing. If you couldn’t make it (or even if you could) here are the slides so you can catch […]
A guest post from Robbie Norval of @lingoflamingo1 A few years ago I read a statistic from Age UK that adults who are depressed or lonely are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s as adults who have an active and social lifestyle. It was this shocking statistic that made me think about creating a […]
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes Whether you’re a Christian or not, it’s hard to avoid conversations about Lent. What are you giving up? Chocolate, alcohol, netflix? It’s the new water-cooler chat. I’m a godless heathen, but I’ve done Lent in the past. I once gave up meat for 40 days as a sort […]
As part of our series of free workshops to get people talking about mental health and wellbeing online, we’re running a blogging workshop this week. Excitingly, we’ve got our Community Correspondent Paula McGuire talking about how blogging has helped her mental health and changed her life. The workshop is nearly full, but we still […]
It’s Children’s Mental Health Week. Children’s mental health isn’t something that we talk that much about at Mind Waves. Our volunteers are adults and they tend to talk about their futures, rather than focusing on the past. However, around half of adults with mental health problems first experienced their symptoms as children, 75% before their […]
A repost from our Project Manager @rosiehopes Do you know what? I don’t know if I’ve ever met someone who likes Valentine’s Day. If you’re single, you feel lonely. If you’re in a relationship, you feel inadequate. If you’ve just broken up… don’t even think about it. Of course, your mental wellbeing can take a […]
Community Correspondent John Dane shares the story of the arrival of his great nephew Christmas was a more than usually joyous occasion for me and my family last year. As well as the usual festive activities, we had another celebration. At 3.33 on boxing day, my niece Sarah gave birth to a healthy baby boy […]
A post from Nick Watt from Health n Happy Trust @HNH_theTrust Culture and tradition play a vital role in the link between food and our mental health and wellbeing – a fact that can be observed all over the world. In bonnie Scotland it came in the form of matriarchal knowledge of care giving. Granny […]
Listen to John’s story As part of the #100faces project, some of our Community Correspondents recorded a story about their lives. John Dane talked about how he makes the most of his bus pass by travelling around Scotland. There are loads more great stories from Scotland’s people at the 100 Faces, 100 Voices website. Visit […]
