After a short summer break, our Community Jam sessions return on Thursday 7th August. This free, informal and inclusive music group is an opportunity to make music together with the simple purpose of feeling good and enjoying getting creative! This includes singing, songwriting, playing together as a band and also just chatting about music and […]
Throughout the summer months we are spotlighting our members on the blog, celebrating the work they do with Mind Waves and beyond! John first got involved with Mind Waves on our Get Started with Podcasting courses in partnership with the King’s Trust. We are extremely grateful that John’s participation in Mind Waves has continued and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Continuing our Emerge series with the powerful personal story of Scottish footballer Sarah Rhind. Video produced by the Scottish FA in partnership with Street Soccer.
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 […]
