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Second Step makes the News at Six

15 June 2015

Watch the clip below from ITV West to hear interviews with Phil, peer recovery navigator Rosie and our Chief Executive Aileen Edwards at the launch of Bristol’s new mental health rehabilitation service.

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Bristol community rehabilitation service video

10 June 2015
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How the new rehabilitation service helped one young man find hope

1 June 2015

After ending up in a secure mental health unit far from home, Tom was moved to Bristol’s new Community Rehabilitation Service.

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Mindfulness in the madness

14 May 2015

A blog by Golden Key Lisa for Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for this year’s awareness week is mindfulness.…

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A new start for mental health rehabilitation in Bristol

29 April 2015

Bristol’s new Community Rehabilitation Service opened its doors earlier this month and to celebrate the first people moving in, staff and clients tidied the garden, planted lavender and rosemary herbs and held a barbecue.

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Barry wows the Big Sleep Out crowd

3 March 2015

Ex-serviceman Barry Double joined Bristol’s Big Sleep Out last Friday night to raise awareness of the problem of homelessness in the city.

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