New Creative Writing workshops in collaboration with the ALLIANCE and Humans of Scotland
We’re running another series of Creative Writing and Wellbeing workshops in collaboration with the ALLIANCE and Humans of Scotland. These workshops are open to people living with a long term condition and disability and will focus on Creative Non-fiction and life writing. The workshops are aimed at any level! It doesn’t matter if you have […]
Wild – a piece of life writing from Lynn
This week on the blog we have a short piece of writing from Lynn about swimming in the ocean. It’s about the shock of cold that wakes up your senses, sharing the wonders of life with someone you love and grabbing life with both hands. When asked what this piece was about, Lynn said I […]
Introduction to podcasting and wellbeing – a free four week course from Mind Waves
Mind Waves is delighted to host this FREE podcasting course, fully funded through GCVS Wellbeing Fund. The course will run over four weeks, with the first three taking place via Zoom and the final workshop taking place face to face. Click here to learn more about the workshops and sign up. The first three Zoom […]
Thoughts on… change, mental health and self-care
This week on the blog we’re hearing from me! (Maddy) I’ve been working at Mind Waves since May 2021, and during that time, a lot of things have changed for me. Over the past year and a bit, I’ve graduated, started and finished a masters, facilitated my first series of creative writing workshops here at […]
‘Journey into Light: 1. Tollcross Spring’ – An extract of a long poem from Derek
This week on the blog we are sharing an extract of a long poem written by Derek Read, one of our community correspondents. Derek came to our recent creative non-fiction writing workshops and contributed some beautiful poetry, as well as trying his hand at personal writing. At these workshops, Derek shared his long poem, ‘Journey […]
Fragile Existence and branches of connection – Laura’s experience of Kelvingrove Art Gallery
This week on the blog, Laura is sharing her experience of going to Kelvingrove Art Gallery in the West End of Glasgow. Laura attended an exhibition curated by GAMH about mental health and lived experience. In her post, as well as describing the day, Laura discusses re-entering society after the past few years of lockdowns, […]
It started with… A visual story from Carol
On Wednesday 3rd August, Mind Waves ran the final workshop from our four week creative non-fiction series, funded by GVCS Wellbeing Fund. We met face to face, over snacks and cups of tea, and tried some writing prompts. The afternoon was full of interesting chat about mental health, creative non-fiction and using personal writing to […]
A Chance for Change – New animation for the Scottish Recovery Network
We are happy to announce that, ‘A Chance for Change’, the newest animation we made for the Scottish Recovery Network, is available to watch now. The animation provides an overview of what you said you wanted from the new Scottish Government Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Watch the animation below For more information on the […]
Remembering Lorna Cosh, by Laura
This week on the blog, we have a heartfelt piece from our Community Correspondent, Laura. She has written a few words in memory of Lorna Cosh, a fellow Mind Waves Community Correspondent who recently passed away. Being a Mind Waves Community Correspondent is more than writing blogs. It’s meeting around a table, sharing insight, with […]
Resource: using our animations to run a discussion about mental health stigma
We’ve recently produced three animations about the stigma of living with serious long-term mental illness. People have told us that the animations have made them think, so we’ve produced an easy slideshow that you can use to get a group of people talking about stigma. There are lots of discussion points based around the three […]
