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Paint and Lunch: How our artist colleagues and clients are bringing colour and creativity to our new Bristol offices
A collaborative Paint and Lunch event aimed to create a “homely feel” for the new Second Step Pennywell Road offices…
Sign up: New FREE mental health and wellbeing workshops in South Gloucestershire
Introducing our new range of free mental health and wellbeing workshops for adults (18+) living in South Gloucestershire. Learn skills…
Real life experiences inform homelessness and rough sleeping consultation in Somerset
Somerset Council launched a public consultation in July to review its homelessness strategy. The work is being done alongside the…
Breaking the stigma of ‘man up’
This World Suicide Prevention Day, Drew shares his story with us, how his bond with his Hope Project worker Ezra…
A Walk for A Life. A walk for a friend.
Stepladder’s digital communications officer, Julie, explains what it was like to take part in A Walk for A Life in…
Taking mental health outside – How regular trips to a forest near Bristol are helping people find solace and hope
There is growing evidence surrounding the benefits of nature-based interventions for mental health. Many studies show that ‘forest bathing’ can…