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MHAW2020: Poem on lived experience from Sophie Nettle
Posted on 19, May, 2020
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 our theme is Lived Experience and we asked service users, volunteers and staff to share why that knowledge is important for them. The way that people choose to express that is up to them and through the week we’ll be sharing a interviews, videos and blogs or in this case poetry […]
MHAW2020: Interview with Together National Steering Group member David Cleverdon
Posted on 18, May, 2020
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 (MHAW2020) at Together we have chosen the theme of lived experience. For the week we will be focusing on the value of the knowledge people gain from their experiences and how important that is for us in our approach to supporting people experiencing mental distress. We spoke with David Cleverdon who […]
Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 – Our theme: Lived Experience
Posted on 15, May, 2020
For Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 at Together we have chosen the theme of lived experience. For the week we will be focusing on the value of the knowledge people gain from their experiences and how important that is for us in our approach to supporting people experiencing mental distress. Our core principle at Together […]
Support we’re providing service users during the Covid-19 pandemic
Posted on 27, April, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about huge changes to all of our daily lives as we all make changes and follow advice from the Government and the NHS to try and limit the spread of the virus. As well as being a threat to our physical health the virus can impact our mental health causing […]
Together peer supporter shares poem inspired by new routine during lock down
Posted on 20, April, 2020
Living through the Coronavirus, social distancing and lock down means we’re all adjusting to new routines and discovering activities that can help us cope with the new reality. While there is no doubt it’s a difficult time for everyone there can be upsides to reassessing the way we spend our time. That could be taking […]
Video update and blog from Together Chief Executive Linda Bryant
Posted on 17, April, 2020
Our Chief Executive Linda Bryant shares a video update and a blog on her experience of Covid-19, lock down and how our teams are continuing to support the people who use our services. A lot has happened since Covid-19 became a daily feature of our lives. Words like lockdown, self-isolating and social distancing (an arm […]
Together resident at Astley Cooper Place shares poetry written during social distancing
Posted on 25, March, 2020
As we all adjust to the new reality of social distancing and isolation during the coronavirus outbreak we all have more time on our hands. It can be difficult to know what to do with the time but one positive thing we can do is use that for creative outlets such as creative activities like […]
Blog from Linda Bryant, Together’s CEO
Posted on 20, March, 2020
It’s safe to say, that these last few weeks have been the strangest of my entire working life. I would imagine that’s the same for many people up and down the country and across the world. I have struggled to understand what Coronavirus means for me, my family, my friends, for our communities and for […]
Updates on Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Posted on 17, March, 2020
We are all currently experiencing extraordinary daily changes to our lives in response to the serious and concerning global issue of Coronavirus. As a provider of health and social care services, Together has been working with all of its stakeholders to ensure that we are responding in the most effective way possible to safeguard our […]
Our #WorldBookDay positive mental wellbeing reads
Posted on 13, March, 2020
Last week on Thursday 5 March it was #WorldBookDay and we asked people to share books that had a positive effect on their mental wellbeing. That could have been because of it’s portrayal of mental health, it’s importance to the person in terms of their own experiences or just because they thought it was a great read! We […]