Mental health first-aid at work The House of Commons had been due to debate Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) last Wednesday (19th December) and specifically whether there should be a requirement on employers to provide mental health first-aid training, as
Blog – Friday 7th December 2018 – Planet Earth & Mental Health
Planet Earth and Mental Health As a mental health charity, we are aware of the significance that nature plays in helping people feel better and re-take control of their lives after a mental health crisis. Tunbridge Wells Mayor’s Charity 2018-2019,
University for Peace
I will be speaking to the luncheon club at the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica next year, on mental health!!! More to follow…
Breaking the silence…
This website has been silent…until now! Click on the link below and you will be able to listen to a 20 minute interview with Kristin Walker, CEO and host of Mental Health News Radio, asking me about my experience of
I’ve recently written to William, Kate, Harry and Meghan…
I thanked them for their efforts to dispel the stigma associated with mental health, and took the opportunity to mention Gaia2020 and the mental health benefits of looking after the planet. I’ll let you know if I get a
Fast Train to Safety
I recently gave a presentation on my experience of mental health and ill-health to a local branch of IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety & Health) Click link here A delightful audience, both warm and inquisitive and accepting – thank you!
World Bipolar Day 2018
Hey it’s World Bipolar Day – apparently the world’s bipolar too! There’s a lot of it about! Lots of info at the Bipolar Organisation I think all we really want is acceptance, the obliteration of stigma, and the understanding that this is
Fast Train Approaching…
Still going strong after all these years… A new job! But the same coat…!! The grand opening & the Armed Forces Covenant… HRH Prince of Wales
The Sustainable Development Global Goals
The UN Goals for Sustainable Development, or Global Goals, were launched at the beginning of 2016. They have been much publicised recently through Project Everyone, devised by the filmmaker Richard Curtis (founder of Comic Relief). To find out more about the
Gaia 2020 – The Pamphlet – For your copy, donate & buy here
You are invited to contribute a donation towards your copy (at Just Giving Gaia2020), (£5 recommended) your donation will go to Friends of the Earth… or, if you prefer, please donate to Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource If you would like
National Stress Awareness Day & Thriving at Work
Today, 1st November, amid echoes of Samhain, is National Stress Awareness Day hot on the heels of the excellent report on mental health last week, Thriving at Work a review of mental health and employers! The review sets out six clear standards for
World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2017
Last night I was privileged, as a Business Disability Forum Associate, to share an evening, one of a series, of ‘Courageous Conversations’ at an American bank in London, as part of their Disability Advocacy (& LGBT) Networks. The conversation was