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Blogs, opinion pieces, stories and experiences from across Second Step. See below for our most recent campaign & video, our latest news and blog posts, and our 2023 Impact Report.

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Dear Friend….

9 April 2020

This is the first of our new blog series, ‘Dear Friend…’ where volunteer and blogger Kara will be answering some…

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Alliance increases its support in Somerset

31 March 2020

The Somerset Mental Health Alliance, a partnership of 10 voluntary sector organisations including Second Step, has increased its local support…

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Hope Project helping to develop new life-saving tool

30 March 2020

Clients of Second Step’s Hope Project have been collabrating with Studio Meineck to develop a life-saving tool.

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Surviving the Coronavirus Lockdown

30 March 2020

This is the second of our Coronavirus blogs from Kara, one of our service user volunteers based in North Somerset.…

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Students hold fashion fundraiser for mental health

25 March 2020

Bristol student charity FUZE put on a high energy fashion, dance and music show to raise money for some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens.

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Ten Second Step bloggers join major mental health research study

20 March 2020

Ten Second Step bloggers have contributed blogs to a research project run by the University of Nottingham.

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