The beginning of July was a busy time for Professor Stephen Hawking. On Wednesday 4th July, he was losing a $100 bet with the announced discovery of the Higgs boson sub-atomic particle. On Friday the 6th, he was in receipt of the AbilityNet special award for accessibility as part of the Technology for Good event in […]
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Praise and Recognition in London
I take it as a very positive sign that, within six months of appearing on the internet, the Mind Waves News project was nominated for a national award. The Technology 4 Good awards are relatively new, but they seem to be quite serious about it: the awards ceremony was hosted by Mariella Frostrup at BT’s […]
Learning The Lessons From London
The Technology 4 Good Awards in London Friday the 6th of July clearly set the future direction for Mindwaves. I came away from this event with a mixture of optimism and trepidation for the future, although we didn’t win in our category of Community News. It was wonderful to have been nominated for an award […]
Beacon of Hope For Glasgow
The symbolic nature of The Olympic Torch Relay is certain, but symbolizing what? When it passed through Glasgow on June 8th there was definitely a hunger for some meaning to the event – the hope of re-igniting community pride and inclusiveness perhaps? There was an understandable amount of healthy skepticism around on day 21 (of […]
A Personal Story on Recovery
The Scottish Recovery Network has just produced more materials to promote the message of recovery for people who have mental health problems. They have also published some interesting pieces on the use of compulsory treatment. This is my personal experience of recovery – of living with serious mental health problems. I am describing it here […]
Things To Come
Theatre Nemo has just published an impressive collection of comic book art from inmates of Barlinnie Prison dealing directly with their mental health and addiction experiences. ‘O’er The Wall’ is available free direct from Theatre Nemo. The messages are honestly told and resonate like the best of underground comics. Keep checking the blog for a […]
Grab a Cup at the Spoon
Recently Mind Waves had a chat with Maura McSorley, Social Enterprises Director with UnityEnterprise, at the Spoon Cafe in Glasgow’s Trongate. We plan to cover Unity’s work in more depth in a future article but Maura gave us a quick overview. Unity Enterprise is a charity based on the Christian principle of caring for people, […]
Reaction to the Award nomination
The nomination for Technology 4 Good award is a success in itself. 9 months after going live, we have managed to gain unforeseen recognition. Each and every person connected to the project deserves a big pat in the back for their efforts. Can we go one step further? That would be a dream come true […]
Mind Waves – good news!
We are all really excited about the news that we are nominated for a Technology 4 Good Award! Along with Brighton Free Radio and Harringay Online, Mind Waves is a finalist in the Community News Award category. There are many unique, innovative and interesting projects up for nomination and we look forward to learning more […]
Technology 4 Good Awards 2012 – Mind Waves shortlisted
All involved in the Mind Waves project were delighted to learn this week that we have been shortlisted for the prestigious Technology 4 Good Awards, 2012. The purpose of the awards is to “celebrate the hard work of the many charities, businesses and individuals across the UK who use digital technologies to help change our […]
