Having a job that is right for you is good for people’s mental wellbeing. Having managers and staff who understand about mental wellbeing is a big part of having a healthy workplace. The New South Glasgow Hospital site is a busy place with lots of building work and new jobs. Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd […]
Archive | Mental wellbeing
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is one of Scotland’s most diverse cultural events, covering everything from music, film and visual art to theatre, dance, and literature. The annual festival will take place in venues across Scotland throughout October 2013, aiming to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. The […]
Happy Landings!
The Inverclyde Globetrotter’s Mission Lunar Trek Accomplished! At 21.36 Greenock Mean Time on Friday 13 September 2013, 2 years and 13 days after it was launched and thanks to the help of 100 individuals and groups from all over Scotland our Lunar Trek module, ig1, sponsored by Scotland’s Health Charity, Chest Heart & Stoke Scotland, […]
Walking is good for our mental well being
What could better for our mental wellbeing than a walk outside with a few friends? We have often felt that it was good for us, and quite frankly that’s enough to make it good for us, but now we have the evidence to back our feelings up! Paths for All recently published their new research […]
Photo and film competition
Do you like taking photos and videos of family and friends with all the generations and ages together? Then this could be the competition for you. An organisation called Generations Working Together is looking for compelling, and emotionally engaging photographs and videos taken by amateur photographers and filmmakers that clearly show different generations working together. […]
Cutting the Pink Ribbon – a personal account of self harm, depression and family trauma
This August, Nicki Paton a young woman from Wishaw has had her book “Cutting the Pink Ribbon” published by the American publisher Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly. The book is an account of her experience of living with depression, supporting her mother during cancer treatment and using self harm as a coping strategy. Nicki wrote […]
Inspiring each other
Good ideas can lead to other good ideas. A few years ago people in Glasgow were looking for ways to increase community-based options for women who had mental health problems around the time of having a baby but who did not need specialist support. This resulted in a project with mums in 4 different areas, […]
Playwriting
I’ve been asked to write a play for a women’s conference whose proceeds will go to a campaign against human trafficking, and it has to be around the theme of worth. For about four months I’ve been reading and researching. But now the time has come to stop digging the foundations and start building – […]
Recovery, being part of the community and overcoming stigma
90% of people who are in touch with a Mental Health Forum are in touch with an activity that helps keep them well. People who have a recovery plan are often more likely to be doing activities such as volunteering and getting involved in community groups. Over half the people had a physical health problem […]
Scottish Recovery Network: National Gathering
On Monday 18th March 2013, SRN hosted their fifth national mental health recovery conference in Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium. Around 300 delegates from Scotland and beyond came together for a packed programme of guest speakers, innovative presentations and ‘open space’ discussions; while another 100 or so watched the live webcast. To find out more about the […]
