140 year old St Clements Hospital in Ipswich, the last Victorian asylum in Suffolk, will be closing its doors for the final time later this year, making way for the new state of the art wards at the Heath Road site of Ipswich Hospital. To conserve the heritage of St Clements and to commemorate this…
Just over a week ago, myself, Rachel Ducker (Apparition Designs) and Helen Oldfield (Affinity PR) joined forces to launch our campaign for random acts of kindness to coincide with World Mental Health Day 2011. On the lead up to World Mental Health Day regular tweets on kindness including how it is linked to wellbeing and…
Today I sung my ‘lil ole heart out at Ipswich County Library to celebrate World Mental Health Day – thankfully I wasn’t alone! Visitors to the library were taken by surprise when seemingly random passers by broke out into song. Some tapped and joined in, while others carried on as usual as though nothing out…
In a bid to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health a collection of short films will be shown at Ipswich Film Theatre. The films, to which members of the public are invited, are part of Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month and the first in the series will be screened on 3 October 2011 at 6:30pm….
Christine Charters-Young, founder of The Healing House for Health & Well-Being, has been nominated to carry the Olympic Flame. Her inspirational story was chosen by Lloyds TSB because of her work which demonstrates a great passion for people and for making a difference in the local community. Please circulate her story to as many people as possible in…
A top tip Twitter account is being launched to help the online community improve their emotional and physical wellbeing as part of Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month. @BeWellSuffolk has been set up by Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and forms part of Suffolk Health and Wellbeing Month, a series of wellbeing events taking place…
