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Nature heals – our message for #MHAW21

10 May 2021

We’re kicking off this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week with a blog from our Deputy Chief Executive, Andy Warren, and…

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Wellbeing pilot helps tackle depression

6 May 2021

An ITN story about an increase in depression due to the Covid pandemic highlighted our successful mental health pilot with…

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My role in helping people go from hospital to back to the community

4 May 2021

Today we hear from Jo who has recently joined our Next Steps team a volunteer Peer Support Worker. She tells…

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Create & Recover – how creativity can promote recovery

27 April 2021

Creativity has an important role in recovery but maybe one that’s not recognised as fully as it could be, especially…

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Thinking in a trauma-informed way

26 April 2021

Jemma, one of our Recovery Coaches, tells us about joining our Step Together service during a pandemic and how our trauma-informed approach helps her and the people she supports.

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It’s the creativity that saved me: Create & Recover

22 April 2021

For April’s Stress Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of the detrimental impact of stress and to help people…

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