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“Where words fail, music speaks” – introducing our volunteer Thomas

Throughout the summer months we’ll be spotlighting our members on the blog, celebrating the work they do with Mind Waves and beyond!  This week we are hearing from the truly inspiring Thomas McCallum, one of our Anti-Stigma Podcasting Team. Most of my adult life I have been affected by mental health issues in one way […]

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Head Above Water – helpful resources and encouragement from our Community Correspondent Laura

Enjoy this encouraging and inspiring post from our volunteer Community Correspondent Laura, sharing some valuable online resources which have helped her throughout her recovery journey.  Just a note that the organisations or pages mentioned are not designed for dealing with crisis situations. If you require urgent help please refer to these NHS numbers and resources.   We […]

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Join our brand new Anti-Stigma Podcasting Team

How do money worries affect your mental health? And how can mental ill health make you poorer? Mind Waves is a Glasgow charity that supports people to build their skills and share their stories and opinions. We have been funded by the See Me Anti-Stigma Arts Fund to delivery our brand new podcasting  project.  We’re […]

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The art of happiness – finding joyful purpose, writing that book and embracing your “woo” with Sam Brook of the Happiness Club!

We’ve had a glow-up!!! Yes, we are go on a brand new Mind Waves podcast!  Welcome to Ripples, a podcast creating waves of connection, creativity and community for all of us navigating the ups and downs of mental health recovery.  We believe that our stories of lived experience really do have a ripple effect.  Catch up […]

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“We belong here. We want a space where people can just come in and be.”- New queer led sober space QuTo hopes to open in Glasgow next year.

I recently sat down with Georgios Pappas over Zoom to discuss the creation of QuTo, a new sober, queer run space being developed in  Glasgow. Although the planning of QuTo is still in its early stages, MindWaves is always interested in supporting all ventures that seek to improve community mental health. Georgios had the idea […]

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Everyone welcome to new Thursday storytelling sessions from Refuweegee and The Village Storytelling Centre

Information on forthcoming events from Refuweegee and The Village Storytelling Centre. Refuweegee are hosting a series of free Facebook Live storytelling events in partnership with The Village Storytelling Centre. Thursday mornings are set to be filled with family-friendly adventures, read and explored by expert teller of stories Sarah Rankin. Join them to explore some beautiful […]

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Together We Can – five steps to fairness, equality and an end to poverty

For post no. 5 of our current ‘Emerge’ theme we are sharing a powerful animation created for Challenge Poverty Week 2020, which has been produced by Media Co-op, in collaboration with Poverty Alliance, Joseph Rowntree Foundation and CPW. This sets out a clear manifesto for eradicating the inequalities which lead to poverty. Who wouldn’t want […]

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‘We all have a self management story’ – free Mind Waves workshop for Self Management Week 2020

Mind Waves are delighted to be hosting this free online workshop in conjunction with The Alliance this Wednesday 23rd September. We are all learning a lot about managing our wellbeing just now. How can sharing our stories and experiences support our own wellbeing and encourage and inspire others? Join us for a free online session […]

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Staying Connected: Scottish Recovery Network share what people are doing to stay well

The fantastic Scottish Recovery Network have just launched a new set of resources, spotlighting insights and inspiration from people across Scotland on staying well during and after COVID-19 lockdown. ‘Staying Connected’ captures the knowledge, skills and expertise of people with lived experience of mental health challenges across Scotland. Through a series of twelve online conversation […]

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