Q: What do musician Edwyn Collins, journalist Sheena Macdonald, ex-footballer Danny McGrain and Hollywood A-lister George Clooney all have in common? A: All have suffered a serious brain injury at one point or another in their lives. Also, all of them were invited to the premiere of Brain Injury Experience Network’s new DVD ‘Getting Your […]
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Finding the Community Assets in East Dunbartonshire
One of the projects which was featured in our event at Global Social Media Week was the Community Assets Mapping project form East Dunbartonshire. Our event was titled ‘Making Waves – Social Media, Empowerment and Wellbeing’. This project brings together all of these ideas and is creating practical benefits for lots of people. People who […]
Getting your Head around Brain Injury
In 2005 a group of people in West Dunbartonshire living with acquired brain injury set up a local group to help support one another. Over the past seven years the Brain Injury Experience Network (BIEN) has grown in number and scope – they are still there to help one another but they also want people […]
Discoveries in Uncharted Territory
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Digitally Agile Scotland
Digitally Agile Scotland Seminar Mind Waves attended the Digitally Agile Scotland seminar on 29 March, at the Scottish Youth Theatre in Glasgow. We joined a host of community organisations to share ideas about how we can use social media effectively. Thirty delegates took part in a mix of team discussions and talks, throughout a packed […]
Welcome to Mind Waves
Mind Waves is an innovative media initiative aimed at developing positive news about mental health and wellbeing. At the heart of the project is a team of Community Reporters, who have been recruited and trained to create news stories on collective activities that promote mental wellbeing. It is focused on the Greater Glasgow and Clyde […]
