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Back in the swing Archive
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“Animated Minds”. Excellent short animated films written with personal experiences of mental health difficulties.
Animated Minds The Concept Animated Minds was conceived in 2003 as an attempt to communicate the subjective experience of mental health problems to a... -
APEX – Making Opportunities and sometimes taking calculated Risks. Report from Chris Shaw CEO Advocacy in Wirral.
APEX – Making Opportunities and sometimes taking calculated Risks I know that it’s a clichéd line now and now’t new, but... -
Profile of a Clinical Coordinator within a Wirral Community Mental Health Team.
Profile of a Clinical Coordinator within Wirral Community Mental Health Team. Jackie O’Hagan works as a Clinical Coordinator within Ashlea Community Mental... -
FREE Recycling art workshops at The Green Community Shop and Centre, Oxton Village Birkenhead!
FREE Recycling Art Workshops At the Green Community Shop and Centre Oxton Village, Birkenhead Bookable but free day classes for 10 adults Julie Dodd... -
The Edward Kemp Community Garden and Growing Area Introduce “The Good Life”. All Welcome!
The Edward Kemp Community Garden and Growing Area Introduces The Good Life Would you like to learn how to design and build... -
Some Great and Inspirational Quotes about Recovery in Mental Health – “He who has hope has everything”
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more... -
Wirral 3Ls – Leisure, Laughter & Learning for the over 50’s.
Wirral 3Ls Leisure, Laughter & Learning for the over 50’s They are an organisation offering learning and social events primarily aimed at... -
Patient Opinion Website. An independent site about your experiences of UK health services, good or bad. They pass your stories to the right people to make a difference!
An independent site about your experiences of UK health services Good or Bad. They pass your stories to the right people to make a... -
New series of Merseyside and West Cheshire Public Rambles. Friendly group – do come along!
New series of Merseyside and West Cheshire Public Rambles. Do you like walking in some of the loveliest areas of the... -
Mad and Bad? Mental Health Issues on TV. Scottish Recovery Network.
MAD AND BAD? MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ON THE TV Mental health problems have become a great source of entertainment due to... -
Great news from Advocacy in Wirral & APEx! Update from Chris Shaw. All welcome to come along and visit.
Hi some good news about AiW.. and that means APEx as well. The long planned for, AiW as a User Led... -
Wirral Ark drop-in . Open to all who are homeless, living in hostel accommodation or threatened with homelessness. Mental health advice Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Wirral Ark drop-in The Ark drop-in at the Irene Kennedy Centre behind Mary Cole House. Open Monday to Friday: 07:30am to 12:30pm Open... -
Excellent recovery resource – Recovery Devon.
An excellent website I have been looking at with lots of good information about Recovery and Wellbeing. Recovery Devon is: People of... -
The Benefits of Close Supportive Relationships with Friends, Work Colleagues and Family. Working Towards a New Paradigm for Recovery.
The Benefits of Close Supportive Relationships Towards a New Paradigm for Recovery We have all read about the benefits of Open Dialogue... -
Free Foreign Language Films in Liverpool JMU – Open to All!!
John Moores University (the old Liverpool Polytechnic) shows FREE foreign language films in Liverpool on Tuesday evenings. These films are... -
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue, there’s always a disaster that they suffer.’ Dorothy Rowe: A life in psychology.
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue, there’s always a disaster that they suffer’ “If you make happiness... -
More Justin Beever Pavement Art! Amazing Stuff.
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Volunteering opportunities with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust!
Volunteering opportunities with CWP. If you’ve got time on your hands, have skills to share, or enjoy meeting people and want to enhance... -
4 Sinister Ways Big Pharmaceutical Companies Peddle their Drugs in America.
4 Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs in America. Big Pharma uses ads that sow hypochondria, raise health fears and sell... -
’7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity’ by Bruce E. Levine.
7 Reasons America’s Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity Drug industry corruption, scientifically unreliable diagnoses and pseudoscientific research... -
North West Arts and Health Network – New Year Update.
North West Arts and Health Network – New Year Update. ‘Fiction and poetry are doses, medicines. What they heal is the... -
Lots to do at Beechwood Community Trust, Wirral! New activities and courses for 2012.
Current Services and Courses Interested in anything? Contact details here: Beechwood Community Trust Summerhill House 22 Beechwood Drive Beechwood Wirral CH43 7ZU 0151 677 8008 0151 604 0678 georgethomas@beechwoodtrust.org -
Why laughter is contagious. And for lovers of Masterchef everywhere……
We all need a good giggle sometimes and this YouTube video still always makes me properly laugh out loud If you... -
Creative Minds ‘Mimic Schizophrenia’. BBC report.
Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News Artist Salvador Dali is known for his surreal paintings and eccentric personality Creativity is akin... -
A Summary of Recovery Principles. An Excellent Outline of the Concepts of Recovery.
A Summary of Recovery Principles with Suggestions as to What the Implications are for Practice. John Good Recovery Principles HOPE Described by Jacobson and Greenley... -
Mainstream psychiatry is failing – but there is another way. Speak Out About Psychiatry wants to change the way mentally ill people are treated in the UK. Guardian blog.
Mainstream psychiatry is failing – but there is another way Speak Out About Psychiatry wants to change the way mentally ill... -
Recovery The Norm? You Must Be In Western Lapland.
Schizophrenia seems to be disappearing in Western Lapland. Since the early 80′s, there has been a 90% drop in number... -
The Mental Health Benefits of Volunteering – a Personal Account.
The Mental Health Benefits of Volunteering Whilst working for Wirral CVS based in Hamilton Square I have been made aware through... -
Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Courses available soon!
WRAP works! It has been developed by a group of people who experience mental health challenges. These people learned that... -
Get in shape at Wirral Tennis and Sports Centre – just next door to Tesco Bidston Moss.
Wirral Tennis and Leisure Centre Wirral Tennis and Leisure Centre Valley Road Birkenhead Wirral CH41 7EJ View the location of Wirral Tennis and Leisure Centre on a... -
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.– Arnold Glasow
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book. – Irish Proverb A man isn’t poor... -
“Wired in to Recovery” Fantastic website to improve lives of those affected by drug and alcohol problems.
The ‘WIred In To Recovery’ Community is run by Wired In, a unique initiative developed ten years ago by Professor... -
Hearing Voices? You are definitely not alone! Hear the stories of many famous people who find this a positive experience.
Famous People Who Hear Voices Anthony Hopkins Actor In 1993, in an interview in the News of the World, the Hollywood actor Anthony... -
The Valued Living Questionnaire by Kelly Wilson – Identifying SMART Goals in line with our Values and taking Committed Action for a More Meaningful Life. A personal account.
The Valued Living Questionnaire by Kelly Wilson is a useful tool for assessing and improving the different areas of your life in... -
FREE eBooks from Wirral Borough Council!
eBooks You can now download eBooks and eAudiobooks from WBC website free of charge. What is an eBook? eBook is short for electronic... -
“Sleep-deprived teenagers ‘triple chances of mental illness’ by spending nights online.” Important new research cited in The Telegraph.
Sleep-deprived teenagers ‘triple chances of mental illness’ by spending nights online Young people who rob themselves of sleep by spending all...
