Mental health news

Today is the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week – and this year’s theme is kindness! Amidst the fear and uncertainty of recent months, we have seen kindness and mutual support shining like a light across our…

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This week is the UK’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week! We spoke to Stephanie, who works as a Health Link Worker for our service Step Forward Tees Valley. She also founded Raindrops to…

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The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) has been a cause of stress for many. April is Stress Awareness Month, so we spoke to Vicky, one of our incredible support workers, about how to relieve stress during this time….

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Cath Goodfellow, our Learning and Development Business Partner, gives us an update on her progress in Mental Health First Aid training.  Last Friday, I got the email confirming that I have been signed off as an Adult Mental Health First…

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Cath Goodfellow, our Learning and Development Business Partner, attended a two-day Mental Health First Aid workshop last week. Here she reports back on her experience! I have recently attended a Mental Health First Aid two-day…

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We are really excited about the establishment of Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across the country. PCNs bring GP practices together into networks to work at greater scale: Primary care networks (PCNs) consist of general practices working together…

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Today we are celebrating World Mental Health Day! We all have mental health, just as we have physical health. And, just like physical health, our mental health goes through ups and downs. We all know the kinds of simple, daily things…

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We are delighted to support ‘Every Mind Matters’, the first national NHS mental health campaign! We don’t need to wait until we are struggling with our mental health; there are lots of things we can do to protect ourselves and prevent…

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Today marks the first ever National Social Prescribing Link Worker Day! We wanted to take the opportunity to celebrate the amazing work that our own link workers do. We have a…

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How are you today? Many of us will answer ‘Fine’, even when we’re not. This exchange is often another way of saying hello. I would argue that we have all asked the same question and given the same answer many times,…

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