World Autism Awareness Week
World Autism Awareness Week begins on April 2nd 2024. The broad aim of this year’s named week is to increase general understanding of people with autism and to promote support locally, nationally and globally.
Ramadan and mental health
Ramadan and mental health; Mahira is a young Muslim woman who leads a busy conventional lifestyle, working full time in a supermarket, while helping her mother to look after her younger siblings. Alongside religious observance and learning, for many people like Mahira, Ramadan provides an opportunity to enjoy changes to personal routines.
International Women’s Day
By Chloe Hall International Women’s Day is Friday 8th March, 2024. It celebrates the affirming […]
World Teen Mental Wellness Day
World Teen Mental Wellness Day is on Saturday March 2nd. In this blog there is some advice which you may find useful if a friend or relative is finding things difficult.
Self Harm Awareness
Friday 1st March 2024 is self harm awareness day. This blog describes some signs, causes, and suggests possible ways forward, if you suspect that a colleague, friend or relative is self-harming.
LGBT+ History Month
LGBT+ History Month is celebrated in the UK during February and was started by Schools OUT to mark the abolition of Section 28.
Children’s Mental Health Week: Every Voice Matters
Written by Chloe Hall. There is a wall of statistics published by bona fide organisations which makes for some arresting reading. For example, The Children’s Society reports that in any class of thirty pupils aged 5-16, six are likely to be experiencing a mental health issue.
The Autumn Statement
Written by Chloe Hall. The Chancellor explained that presently there are one million job vacancies in the UK, and seven million working aged people (not including students) who are unemployed. But should they all go back to work?
National Stress Awareness Day- Wednesday 1st November
National Stress Awareness Day is Wednesday 1st November 2023 Most of us feel the impact […]
How to cope with change
Written by Madeleine Chamberlain. The prospect of change can be a difficult one, especially in […]
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