The Mums Returning to Work project by Outside the Box is highlighting the issues faced by a huge amount of women during pregnancy, as well as during and after maternity leave. The Equality and Human Rights Commission found that in the U.K: 77% of mums had a negative of discriminatory experience during pregnancy, maternity leave […]
Today, Inside Housing have published an insightful and encouraging article by Martin Armstrong, Chief Executive of the Wheatley Group. With current levels of homelessness in Scotland shamefully high, he outlines how the ‘Housing First’ model could be a game changer, supporting more people to access and maintain their own homes. Martin explains that Housing First […]
It was an absolute privilege to work with the children and young people at Central and West Integration Network, helping them to make some animations about their lives. We’ll be sharing their creations as part of our age and wellbeing series over the next few weeks. Their first film is simple but hugely powerful, showing […]
December 10 is Human Rights Day: the anniversary of the adoption of the universal declaration on human rights. Nearly seven decades later, people with lived experience of mental health problems are still having to fight to have their human rights recognised. This year, in Scotland, we have an opportunity to contribute to an exciting means […]
A post from Dougie Pickering, Director of @voxScotland , national mental health service user led organisation in Scotland When is the right time… …not for giving up smoking, but perhaps being ‘forced’ to? After a great deal of service user consultation at local and national levels, including smokers and non-smokers, the answer seems to be: “not on […]
