This year, Glasgow Association for Mental Health celebrates 40 years of promoting mental health and wellbeing of people in their communities. Our Community Correspondent John has marked the occasion with some powerful and uplifting poetry, emphasising how the organisation’s strong vision and local services have continually flourished since 1978.
Forty
It’s forty years ago today
Who’d have thought GAMH was here to stay
Thanks to a visionary guy named Huw
He’d obviously thought the whole thing through
Care in the community was the way ahead
No more time in an institutional bed
Support in the community was all the rage
Mental health care had turned a page
They told us of rights that we all had
They had to listen it made us glad
No more doors shut in our face
Mental health rights are moving a pace
We can’t slow down we’ve come so far
We need the same investment they’ve got in ER
Keep moving ahead is what we have to do
Making us stronger the whole way through
Just moved forward and don’t look back
We know our rights we’ve got the facts
No more institutions has to be our goal
Care in the community has a strong role
Personal Recovery Plans were put in place
It’s put a smile upon our face
We know GAMH is here to stay
Here’s to GAMH we’ve come a long way!
Happy birthday to GAMH and here’s to the next 40 years! You can read more of John’s poetry and other writing by visiting his profile page on our blog.
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