The Community Health Exchange (CHEX) is making a contribution to the Scottish Governments consultation document ‘A Healthier Future – Action and Ambitions on Diet, Activity and Healthy Weight’. The consultation will run from 26 October to 31 January and CHEX welcomes your addition to what they say. If you’d like to get involved in shaping […]
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Event: Scottish Women – How Should We Celebrate Them? – 10 November
Paisley Townscape Heritage and Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme is holding a workshop at Paisley Arts Centre on Fri 10th Nov called ‘Scottish Women – how should we celebrate them?’ The workshop will be led by The History Girls Frae Glasgow and will explore the lack of public commemoration dedicated to women. Tickets are limited so […]
Event – Luv Esther at St. Matthew’s Paisley, 27th October
As part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2017 St Matthew’s Church Paisley Presents ‘Luv Esther’ a West End style musical about a young refugee seeker. Luv Esther is based on the Biblical story of Esther. It tells the story of Esther, a young refugee who makes a huge difference in her nation and […]
Free Four Week Digital Skills Workshop
Love them or hate them, computers are an important part of life. They help us to stay connected with friends and family, meet new people, join groups or societies, buy things or holidays cheaper, learn new skills or take up new hobbies, and importantly apply for jobs or benefits. So we thought it would be […]
Community Wellbeing for All at Govanhill Baths
Govanhill Baths is a Glasgow institution. Opened between 1912 and 1917, it is Glasgow’s last surviving example of a Edwardian public bathhouse (or swimming baths, to any one who has grown up in or around Glasgow). Since the baths’ closure in 2001 there has been continual campaigning to reopen the baths as a community wellness […]
Art of Recovery – An Interview with Victoria Van Middel
When we attended the GAMH run Art of Recovery event a few weeks back we interviewed artists, participants and organisers to find out what recovery and art means to them. The role of art in mental wellbeing and recovery is a much talked about topic, and it’s clear there are many positive benefits. Yet how […]
Lanarkshire Tackles Mental Health Stigma Head On
From 26 to 29 September Hairmyres Hospital in partnership with See Me is hosting a series of events designed to tackle mental health stigma in a health and social care setting. To date the work of Lanarkshire Recovery Network has attracted over 500 pledges of support across the county’s from NHS units, community groups, churches, […]
An Interview with Joe Djalani
Early this September we attended the GAMH run Art of Recovery event at Bellahouston Park. It was a wonderful day (despite the rain), we got a chance to meet various interesting people involved in art therapy and recovery. As promised we’re proud to present an interview from the day. Joe Djalani, a Glasgow based musician […]
7 Picks of (mostly) Free Events at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2017
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 […]
Lessons Through Expression at Art of Recovery
This September, on a rainy Thursday afternoon Mind Waves headed along to the GAMH run Art of Recovery event at Bellahouston Park. The event was a celebration of the many ways in which art can aid mental wellbeing. There has been growing interest in the role art can play in recovery and diagnosis of mental […]
