In preparation for exams results, good or bad!
On the run up to exam results, Mental Health Counsellor and CEO of Mind Management for You Sheila McMahon reflects on how we can prepare…
Mental Health Awareness
Mental health awareness is the ongoing effort to reduce the stigma around mental illness and mental health conditions by sharing our personal experiences. Often, because of misconceptions about mental health and mental fitness, people often suffer in silence and their conditions go untreated.
Mental health is a positive concept related to the social and emotional wellbeing of individuals and communities. Having good mental health, or being mentally healthy, is more than just the absence of illness, rather it’s a state of overall wellbeing.
Mental Wellbeing refers to our sense of self and our ability to live our lives as close as possible to the way we want to; a flourishing mental wellbeing is associated with meeting our potential, developing strong relationships and doing things that we consider important and worthwhile.
Sadly, suicide is the biggest killer of people under the age of 35 in the UK* and figures from the Office of National Statistics showed an increase in suicide amongst unskilled construction workers in 2020 – a ten year high.
End stigma around parenting programmes to tackle the teenage mental health crisis
For teenagers approaching their GCSEs and A Levels, the pandemic hit at a particularly challenging time. Not only is this a critical age for academic…
Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives warns post-Covid children’s mental health services are buckling under pressure
Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives warns post-Covid children’s mental health services are buckling under pressure and putting vulnerable young people at greater risk of…
The fundamental role the arts has to play in helping combat the mental health crisis amongst our children and young people
Creative subjects have a vital role to play in helping tackle the mental health emergency that is impacting children and young people, the headteacher of…
First University Mental Health League Table Reveals UK Student Crisis from Charity HUMEN: Sector Response
With suicide being the biggest killer of under 35s[2] in the UK and following a series of high-profile student suicides during the pandemic, the mental…
Combating Loneliness and Isolation at University
Students often apply for university with the expectation that it will be the greatest time of their life. While it is true that university offers…
4 Tips to Address Student Mental Health in a Pandemic Era
#traumainformed – We have all been impacted by the effects of COVID-19, some much worse than others. Whether it was the loss of a loved…
Education Minister Jeremy Miles visits Coleg Llandrillo to talk about mental health
This week, the Education Minister, Jeremy Miles, visited Coleg Llandrillo to discuss the important work they are undertaking to support staff and learners’ mental health.…
Mental Health Awareness Week at South Lanarkshire College
South Lanarkshire College recently celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week within its college community. Mental Health Awareness week, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation,…
80% of employees do not know if they have mental health support at work
Over 80% of people are currently unaware or do not know if they have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) at work. The 2,000-person survey conducted…