What could better for our mental wellbeing than a walk outside with a few friends? We have often felt that it was good for us, and quite frankly that’s enough to make it good for us, but now we have the evidence to back our feelings up! Paths for All recently published their new research […]
Archive | September, 2013
Photo and film competition
By Mindwaves on September 11, 2013 in Arts and creativity, Community activity and Inclusion, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups
Do you like taking photos and videos of family and friends with all the generations and ages together? Then this could be the competition for you. An organisation called Generations Working Together is looking for compelling, and emotionally engaging photographs and videos taken by amateur photographers and filmmakers that clearly show different generations working together. […]
Cutting the Pink Ribbon – a personal account of self harm, depression and family trauma
This August, Nicki Paton a young woman from Wishaw has had her book “Cutting the Pink Ribbon” published by the American publisher Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly. The book is an account of her experience of living with depression, supporting her mother during cancer treatment and using self harm as a coping strategy. Nicki wrote […]