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Clear your head (December 2021)
The Scottish Government’s Clear Your Head campaign aims to help people cope during the winter period, providing people with hints and tips on how they can look out for themselves.
#MakeTime campaign from Young Scot
Young Scot‘s #MakeTimeTo campaign aims to raise awareness of #AyeFeel and encourage young people to make time to look after their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
#MakeTime campaign from Young Scot
Young Scot’s #MakeTimeTo campaign aims to raise awareness of #AyeFeel and encourage young people to make time to look after their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
A collection of poems on the theme of Connect
Earlier this year, the Scottish mental health charity Health in Mind launched its search for poems on the theme of ‘Connect’ – one of the five ways to wellbeing.
Rembering Together, Scotland’s Covid Community Memorial
Remembering Together is a national programme of remembrance managed by Greenspace Scotland, bringing together communities and artists/creative practitioners in collective acts of reflection, remembrance, hope and healing.
An Introduction to the Nordoff Robbins approach to Music Therapy
Gain important insights into music therapy and those who pioneered it as you discover the vital skills of a music therapist.
Voices and experience of people with dementia
The Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre is looking at the impact of these changes for people who went through the assessment and diagnosis of dementia from March 2020 onwards.
Carers of East Lothian micro-grants
Carers of East Lothian have received additional funding from East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (ELHSCP) to offer micro-grants of up to £80 to carers who are facing financial insecurity.
Together, let’s care for your mental health
The Together Let’s Care for your Mental Health campaign aims to raise awareness of a range of mental health information and services that support mental health
Beat’s new services in Scotland
Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, has been allocated funding from the Scottish Government, enabling it to extend its services to people in Scotland.
World Mental Health Day 2021
The World Federation for Mental Health has chosen the theme for this year: ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’. This theme was chosen to highlight the inequality experienced by those affected by mental health difficulties.