@hippychick1987 Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe shares her story When asked about the best decision I ever made, there is no doubt in my mind, or need to contemplate. Moving to Scotland, is by far the best choice I ever made, both for my mental health and for my life happiness. I moved from the north-east of […]
Where are you from? I am originally from the North East of England, but now live in Glasgow with my lovely husband and a lot of animals 🙂 What can we expect from your blogs? I write about life with bipolar, mental health and animals. My aim is to try to help other people with […]
What’s your name and where do you come from? I’m Derek Read and I’m originally from the Wirral, near Liverpool. I came to Glasgow nearly 30 years ago to do my social work post-grad and I’ve been here ever since. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? I’ve had periods of mental ill health throughout […]
Where are you from? Townhead in Glasgow, born and bred. Why are you interested in wellbeing? I have depression and anxiety. I’m on the road to recovery, but some days it feels like it will never come to an end, so I want to get involved in writing about my experiences and stay busy. […]
Are you interested in reporting an alternative perspective on the games? We’re part of #citizen2014 – a partnership running the citizen media centre on the city’s Trongate. The partnership includes Mind Waves, Digital Commonwealth, somewhereto_ , and the Media Trust. We will offer free support to budding citizen journalists at a drop-in at the Beyond the Finish Line building on […]
Working with the Mind Waves project as a community reporter is an experience I really enjoy. At the moment I’m unemployed so it’s important for me to build constructive, regular activities into my week. One of those is Mind Waves and I’m grateful that I was given the opportunity to join the initiative. The media […]
When I was given the opportunity to work with the Mindwaves project I was very excited about the prospect. Not only did I consider it work that I believed in but I also appreciated the experience it would give me. Having once had mental problems myself I understood that it was difficult for people to […]
