The 2017 Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival is nearly upon us, and the theme this year is Reclaim. This theme has inspired the work of artists from Scotland and beyond. There will be over 300 events held across the country from 10 – 29 October. We have selected 7 (mostly) free highlights of the 2017 […]
Research shows that becoming more involved in your community can help recovery by widening life experiences and connections and giving us a new purpose. A new project is aiming to break down some of the barriers which prevent people from getting involved in public life when they are struggling with their mental health. Public Life […]
People are more likely to experience poor mental wellbeing as they get older. They are also more likely to find it difficult to get the support they need to make a positive change to their health. For the past year Flourishing Borders has worked with local groups to organise Happiness Habits events where people could […]
This week, we’ve been at Woodlands Community Garden, running a social media workshop to help them share their wellbeing stories online. We love this video that they have produced about their pop-up cafe. It offers an alternative and complementary approach to standard food banks. As well as providing a nutritious meal, the cafe brings people […]
At Mind Waves, we know the power of a story. So, we were really interested to hear about a new project from Migrant Voice Network that will offer 18-30 year-olds the chance to learn skills and tell their story of migration and how it has affected their lives. A Story in a Poem will run […]
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 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 […]
This week at our Community Correspondents meeting, we did something a little bit different. We had a visit from @gillianlambie who is part of the @100facesvoices project. A hundred faces, a hundred voices wants to create a big, smiley mosaic of Scotland today. They want to tell a hundred stories about a hundred people in […]
They say that when you’re walking around Glasgow, all you have to do is look up and you’ll be amazed. Our city has some amazing architecture and some brilliant stories to tell. And next week you don’t even have to bother to look up. You can walk right in the front door- for free, […]
Community Correspondent Lorna Cosh speaks up for every invisible woman. This is the Mind Waves contribution to Women’s Protest 2015: a celebration of 100 years since the Glasgow rent strikes. There is a proud tradition in Glasgow of women taking a stand and changing things. One hundred years ago, Glasgow women took a huge risk […]
