UK

  • U.K. World Mental Health Day Rundown

    ByCBG Reading Time: 1 minute

    Top stories from the U.K. for World Mental Health Day. You may find more by searching Google News. https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/liverpool-lads-carry-39kg-over-26-miles-to-mark-world-mental-health-day/ https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/mental-health-day-england-football-070008697.html https://www.lta.org.uk/about-us/tennis-news/news-and-opinion/general-news/2020/october/world-mental-health-day-oli-jones–how-tennis-saved-my-life/ https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/160285-uktv/ (Dave and CALM Mental Health Day) https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/community-news/qpr-supports-world-mental-health-day/ https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/uk/harry-and-meghan-join-podcast-to-support-world-mental-health-day/ https://www.efl.com/-more/all-about-the-efl/official-charity/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/54418803 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/54477545 Also on: Facebook X

  • CoE Abuse Report from IICSA

    ByCBG Reading Time: 1 minute

    The BBC has linked to the Independent Inquiry In Child Sex Abuse’s report about Clergy Abuse in the Church of England. In the middle and end boxouts it also generally explains how the enquiry works as a general reminder, while the report itself is linked at the start of paragraph 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54433295 Also on: Facebook…

  • BBC CiN Spring ’20 Team-Up With Comic Relief

    ByCBG Reading Time: 2 minutes

    One event that we didn’t comment on during the height of the initial Pandemic lockdown last spring was the fact that the annual BBC Children in Need (CiN) Telethon shifted from November back to 23rd April to join forces with the Spring Telethon Comic Relief (or Sport Relief in alternate years). The initial “night” of…

  • Links I’m Sharing (weekly) Sept. 6 2020

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    Toxic Shame and How to Overcome It

    How To Be A Mental Health Advocate

    Nancy Hogshead-Makar on Sexual Abuse in Olympics and College Sports

    When Your Mental Illness Comes in Waves

    Suicide Prevention Month

    Some interesting “lunch and learn” programs you may want to consider.

    We Can All Prevent Suicide

    Male suicides at highest rate in two decades, official data shows | UK News

    What Most People Don’t Know About Psychological Trauma

    Sexual minorities and suicide prevention

    Using Humor as a Coping Tool

  • Sharing – Sometimes just one conversation can really help

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

    Adam’s comment about his relationship with his mother is excellent. “My mum can always sense when I don’t feel myself. When I’m in a bad place she can see I’m acting differently, so she asks me how I am. It’s helpful when she starts the conversation with me, because it shows she’s not too busy…

  • Sharing – Rape trial juror won’t report her own attack after victim’s ‘horrific’ treatment

    ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

    This is pretty terrible.

    “She has admitted that she is prepared to let her attacker go free because she fears going through the same ordeal in the witness box.

    She said: “It was horrific to see what this poor woman was put through and, as a result, I’ll never report the man who raped me.

    “I was attacked six weeks after that case and it’s because I saw that woman being ripped apart on the stand that I’ll never come forward.

    “I couldn’t endure what that woman went through in court. I couldn’t face all the questions she was asked and the judgment that was placed on her.”