Self-Injury Awareness Day, observed every year on March 1st, is a moment to tackle stigma, celebrate recovery, and share messages of strength and hope for those struggling with non-suicidal self-injury.
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This blog explores the importance of kindness for the mental health and wellbeing of ourselves and others, as well as ways we can practice kindness on Random Acts of Kindness Day and beyond.
/ Families, children and young people
The content we read, watch and interact with online has huge capacity to affect our mental health and wellbeing. How can we protect children and young people from consuming harmful content? Does the Online Safety Act go far enough to keep people safe? Or does it go too far?
/ Families, children and young people
What is co-regulation and how can it help parents and children?
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
January’s third Monday, “Blue Monday”, is thought to be the most depressing day of the year. Spoiler: it isn’t. Let’s look after our mental health against commercial influences.
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This blog explores the pressures we put ourselves under to make and keep new year's resolutions and how we can incorporate healthy habits into our lives at any time of year.
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Christmas can be especially hard when distance and global events keep us apart from the people we love. Few understand this better than Menesia, a former nurse and UN coordinator from Namibia.
Most people wouldn’t choose to spend Christmas Day on their own, let alone carrying a 25kg backpack 50 miles across Yorkshire to raise money for charity. But for 21-year-old Kacper, choosing to do all of that, on Christmas Day no less, has a very important reason behind it.
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This blog explores the difficulties that many of us face during the festive season and the steps we can take to help protect our mental health during this time.
/ Families, children and young people
This blog explores the impact that time away from home can have on an individual's mental health and the challenges that returning home or being away for the holidays can present.
