Scottish Recovery Network have just announced a new practical and collaborative development programme to help people to plan and deliver peer support activities. Making Peer Practical is a free opportunity for individuals, community groups and small organisations who want to plan and deliver peer support activities but are not sure where to start. Who is …
Presentation and Workshops
Free workshops on mental and physical health stigma
This summer, Mind Waves are running a series of 8 creative workshops around stigma. These workshops are open to people who live with both mental and physical health problems and are funded by the NHS Healthy Minds anti-stigma fund. The sessions will focus on different areas of creative writing, podcasting and song writing, and explore …
Supporting new Scots
Engaging with asylum seekers and refugees QAA’s Resilient Learning Communities Enhancement Theme has included projects on student mental wellbeing and support for refugees and asylum seekers, so we were delighted to be approached by the Mental Health Foundation with an offer of training that was relevant to both of these important areas. The Mental Health …
Meeting students’ mental health & wellbeing needs: panel discussion
On 28th March 2023 CDN’s College Expo Roadshow hosted an incredibly thought provoking panel discussion on meeting students’ mental health and wellbeing needs. The panel discussion chaired by Jon Vincent, Principal, Glasgow Clyde College, during this hybrid event focussed on approaches that have been developed and implemented to meet student mental health and wellbeing needs over …
SA Officer GLITCH Workshops
NEW Workshops focusing on online abuse and engaging with digital spaces in a positive and respectful way NUS Charity undertook research in 2021/22 on Officer Wellbeing, asking elected officers past and present about their experiences and the impact of social media during their time in office. The research found that social media had negative impacts on officers’ …
