Today marks the start of national Depression Awareness Week (22nd -28th April), an annual campaign run by the Depression Alliance. The campaign is an important opportunity to raise public awareness that our mental health is as important as our physical health – and to acknowledge that many of us will experience periods of our lives…
The newly merged Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a £17.7m contract to provide a new wellbeing service in Suffolk. The Suffolk Wellbeing Service (SWS) will provide a range of self-help techniques, therapies and interventions to help people manage common problems such as stress, anxiety and depression. Launching on July 30, it…
Adults with mental health issues are being invited to help cultivate a community garden in the Sudbury area, as part of a project organised by Suffolk education charity Eastfeast. The ‘Growing Ourselves Through A Plot Of Land’ project takes place at the Sudbury Resource Centre every Thursday from 10am to 2.30pm. Through practical and creative…
As the national campaign ‘Eating Disorders Awareness Week’ launches (20-26 February 2012), Suffolk’s community eating disorders team has vowed to help ‘break the silence’ surrounding these illnesses. The team, who are part of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, have provided adult community eating disorders services in Suffolk and Thetford since 2003. The services are…
BrandYoga, an organisation passionate about improving company culture, alerted us to a thought-provoking TED interview with psychologist, Shawn Achor, exploring the link between success in the workplace and happiness. Most of us believe that if we are successful, then we’ll be happy. But Shawn Achor has conducted extensive research which suggests that just the opposite…
Tina Gibbons, founder of The Mind Sanctuary is now officially on leave from the organisation’s helm, as she awaits the arrival of her first child. We wish Tina well over the coming months and will of course be keeping you posted with details about the new arrival! While Tina is on maternity leave, a team…
