As part of our ‘connections’ theme we are partnering with Carr Gomm, a leading social care and community development charity, for a special three part series of guest posts. Their Team Carr Gomm campaign aims to tackle the serious issue of loneliness and isolation in Scotland. These stories from participants in Carr Gomm’s community gardens […]
Community correspondent Pete offers some tips for making fitness fun. A few things help me deal with depression and anxiety. Meds, talking, eating well (mostly), and some form of exercise. I usually have to do some combination of, or all of them to really feel like I’m keeping on top of things. The thing I […]
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 […]
SAMH is holding a completely unique fundraising challenge on 7 October at Murrayfield Stadium. The SAMH Stomp is stair climbing challenge. An opportunity to push yourself physically in one of two routes around the stadium. There is the regular Stomp covering 4,200 stairs, or if you really want to push yourself there is the Extreme […]
A post from our assistant project manager, Pete. Summer is pretty much here and it’s been very pleasant (so far)! Good weather generally puts me in a good mood. The city looks brighter, people are smiley, and the absence of water pouring from the sky gives me more opportunities to spend my free time positively. […]
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes There are so many wellbeing benefits to dancing: exercise, music, creativity, socialising. But if you did country dancing at school, it’s more likely that your memories look something like this. # 1 They called it social dancing Everyone in the history of Scotland has called it country […]
It’s that time of year again. There’s something particularly cruel about the weird combination of the pressure to become a new, better person and the complete lack of motivation that comes with two straight weeks of eating cheese and watching terrible movies. There’s lot of advice on mental wellbeing doing the rounds just now. Lists […]
“Dance: even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.” Baz Luhrmann, Sunscreen It seems there is an awareness day for just about everything in the world. As well as the biggies like World Aids Day and Mental Health Awareness month, there’s potato day, talk-like-a-pirate day and – of course […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Joanne Wilson @offwhitecoat It is a common thing to hear people say that taking regular exercise is beneficial to mental wellbeing. Sure, I could see the logic in it, of course but it never really clicked with me as something I could see myself doing. Mid-May I […]
An audio post from Community Correspondent Robert Alexander There’s no single thing that can make every person feel better. But for Robert, there’s no doubt that it’s running. Listen to his story here.
