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Tag Archives: Mental Health
Stepping out for a slow, peaceful way to feel benefits of nature
A Croydon-based well-being initiative seeks to take the principles of Japanese ‘forest bathing’ and put them to good use in our suburban open spaces. JOHNNY DOBBYN goes mild in the country During the lockdowns, one indicator of who the haves … Continue reading
Keeping busy is keeping punk star Griffiths so much happier
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Griff Griffiths is the one-time member of a punk band, now hosting a drivetime radio show on NewDawn FM. Invited on to the show, before they went on air, old friend RICHARD PACITTI, pictured left, had a catch-up … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Cinema, Health, Mind in Croydon, Music
Tagged Are They Hostile?, Bad Actors, Griff Griffiths, Mental Health, NewDawn FM, Richard Pacitti, The Jam
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Solicitors’ firm gets behind Dawn of Hope walk on Sep 13
A member of staff at a legal firm with offices in Croydon has organised a sponsored walk called “Dawn Of Hope” to raise money and awareness for Grassroots Suicide Prevention, and in memory of all those lost to suicide and … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Health
Tagged Dawn of Hope, Martin Searle Solicitors, Mental Health, Suicide, Suicide prevention
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Time to end the stress of summer for teens who are home alone
As schools break-up for the long summer break, ELSIE GOWERS looks at a growing and troubling issue for some teenagers The lazy, hazy days of summer are almost with us, as schools across the country break up for their long … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Elsie Gowers, London, Mental Health, School summer holidays
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NHS advice and help to avoid loneliness over summer holidays
The NHS website offers advice to teens during the summer holidays on different ways to cope with loneliness and isolation: Keep in touch with friends and family on a regular basis Join a group or club Do things you enjoy, … Continue reading
Purley Way M&S staff go the distance to help YoungMinds
By Vimal Vivegananda Staff from M&S Purley Way have completed an impressive 17-mile walk from the store all the way to Westminster, raising £700 – so far – for the YoungMinds charity. Samantha King, Camilla Harris, Kelly Woodford, Reshma Khan, … Continue reading
Rewire: free youth mental health summit, Stanley Halls, Feb 24
Posted in Health, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
Tagged Mental Health, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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‘Filled with dread’: private renters’ growing mental health crisis
The pressure of paying sky-high rents for often inadequate homes, some of which are blighted by mould, damp and vermin, is causing a mental health crisis affecting millions of people. That’s according to a shocking new survey published today by … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Croydon, London, London Renters' Union, Mental Health, private rental sector
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City trust’s £271,000 grant keeps Mind charity going strong
Mind in Croydon will continue to provide free activities to people with mental health issues thanks to a £271,000 grant from City Bridge Trust – the City of London Corporation’s charity funder. Sessions offered by Mind in Croydon as part … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Gardening, Health, Mind in Croydon
Tagged charity, City Bridge Trust, City of London, Mental Health, Mind in Croydon
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Work and art are helping railway worker cope with her PTSD
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Here, railway worker and West Croydon resident TRACEY FULLER shares her story of how she has found ways of managing her own ill-health Tracey Fuller had a difficult upbringing and faced traumas that … Continue reading
Posted in Health, West Croydon
Tagged Govia Thameslink, GTR, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness Week, Tracey Fuller, West Croydon
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Volunteer for free course to become Mental Health first aider
Residents are being encouraged to become mental health first aiders and develop the skills and confidence to support others across their community. This is Mental Health Awareness Week, where the theme is nature and the benefits it can play in … Continue reading
We shouldn’t take mental health for granted in the ‘new normal’
Earlier this week, RICHARD PACITTI, right, who spent much of his career working for a charity specialising in dealing with the issues raised around mental health, outlined how people have used well-established techniques to help them cope with the past … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mind in Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Mental Health, Mind in Croydon, Richard Pacitti
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We can all deal with lockdown if we put our minds to it
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It has still been possible to lead a ‘mentally healthy lifestyle’, even under pandemic conditions. RICHARD PACITTI offers some helpful advice Like so much else concerned with covid-19, we are “learning as we go” as far as the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health, Mind in Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Mental Health, Mind in Croydon, Richard Pacitti
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Some Dos and Don’ts for better mental health during lockdown
As the nation prepares for its second lockdown, there’s a growing awareness of the impact the change from a usual routine, and isolation, can have on people’s mental health. Here NOEL McDERMOTT, pictured, a psychotherapist with more than 25 years’ … Continue reading
Train on a free course to help others suffering the covid blues
The council is offering a two-day online course for residents to become mental health “first aiders”. Funded by Transport for London and the council, the course is in response to findings from charity Mind which showed the scale of the … Continue reading
Mental Health awareness seminar, Thornton Heath, Jun 13
Posted in Charity, Croydon BME Forum, Health
Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Mental Health, Thornton Heath
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Pressure of SATs risks creating mental health problems
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The irony meter went off the scale this week, when during Mental Health Awareness Week, thousands of primary-aged children were sitting their SATs. KIRSTIE SMITH, right, argues that our youngsters don’t need such stress just for government data … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Kirstie Smith, Schools
Tagged Kirstie Smith, Mental Health, SATs
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Mental Health awareness session, Stanley Halls, Apr 13
Posted in Activities, Health, South Norwood
Tagged Mental Health, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Volunteers needed for workshop on social isolation
Croydon Council is organising a small workshop focusing on social isolation and loneliness. The aim of the session is to record local stories relating to experiencing loneliness and social isolation as well as overcoming isolation or loneliness. The outcome of … Continue reading
Local museum appeals for help to be put in Rankin’s picture
A south London museum is appealing for your support in an online poll which could see it working with Rankin, the renowned portrait photographer. Bethlem Archives and Museum, just the other side of the borough boundary, is the only London … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Community associations, Education, Health, History, Libraries
Tagged Beckenham, Bethlem Hospital, Croydon, Mental Health, Museums, Photography, Rankin
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Seni Lewis case raises “profound and frightening” issues
The death after police intervention of a 23-year-old IT graduate from South Norwood, Seni Lewis, was raised in the House of Commons yesterday by Croydon MP Steve Reed, who told parliament, “The questions that this case raises are profound and … Continue reading
