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Dementia and BAME(Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) communities

‘Hamari Yaadain’ café members with ‘The Dearanged Marriage’ play cast at West Yorkshire Playhouse. This week is Dementia Awareness Week. In the last few years, there has been significant progress in terms of raising awareness, a crucial step towards tackling stigma around dementia. And according to Alzheimer’s Society, there are approximately 800,000 people living with dementia in the UK. 25,000 of these people are from BAME (Black, Asian

2020-04-17T10:03:49+01:0018th May 2015|Blog, Dementia|

Grief and mental health

I originally wrote this blog in November 2014, 5 months after my dad had died. I was shocked at the level of despair I was experiencing and so felt unable to share my thoughts at that time. Now, on the eve of the anniversary of my dad’s death and to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, I have decided to release this blog to help others who are feeling as I

2020-04-17T10:03:31+01:0011th May 2015|Blog|

Mental health advocacy on hospital ward rounds

Part of the service offered by Kirklees Advocacy Service is to support people who are detained in hospital because of their mental health to get clear answers about their treatment and to have their own opinions and concerns heard and acknowledged. Even for those with considerable confidence, the unfamiliar environment and routines of a hospital can be unsettling and patients may well need some additional support. Ward rounds are regular

2020-04-16T17:48:00+01:001st May 2015|Blog, Case Study|

Social Phobia and Drinking – Friends or Foes?

Drinking can often seem like a quick and easy way to address problems of stress and nervousness. To mark April’s Alcohol Awareness Month, Touchstone’s IAPT team look at why this is and how it can actually make the problem worse. The IAPT service can help people to observe and understand their own behaviour and to replace unhealthy coping strategies, like drinking, with more effective long-term solutions. People with social

2020-04-16T18:03:07+01:0017th April 2015|Blog|

Mental Illness and the Media: The Curse of Flight 4U 9525

Following the loss of Germanwings flight 4U 9525, the media once again gluttonously feasts on the alleged mental ill-health of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, - believed to have caused the death of 150 people- so putting back the campaign against stigma and discrimination by several years. These stories can have a big influence on the public. Research has shown that many people get their information about mental illness from the

2020-04-16T18:03:01+01:007th April 2015|Blog|

Negative Self-talk is What Holds Women Back in Business…Is This Still the Case?

Touchstone CEO Alison Lowe, one of Forward Ladies Women in Business Award Winners in 2014, asks is negative self-talk what holds women back in business? Whilst seven out of ten employees in the voluntary sector are women, only 43% of charities are led by female chief executives or chairs. Why is this? Do women still struggle with negative self-talk and is it possible to buck this trend? As Harriet Minter recently wrote

2020-04-16T18:02:55+01:001st April 2015|Blog|

Positive Pathways: positive results

Touchstone's Housing Service is part of the Positive Pathways partnership, which helps people, who are having difficulties connected to their mental health, to either find a place to live or to better manage their current accommodation. Ultimately, the best measure of our success is the impact we have in the lives of people who use Touchstone Housing service, which is why we're delighted that one service user gave permission for

2020-04-16T18:02:50+01:001st April 2015|Blog, Case Study|

Highlights of Women In Management – International Women's Day 2015

Seven Video Productions have created a short video talking to some of the delegates and presenters from this year's Women In Management conference for International Women's Day. Watch the video on YouTube to hear from speakers including Charlotte Sweeney, Alison Bunn (TwelvePeaks Management) and Touchstone's Alison Lowe. "It reminds people that, yes, we've come a long way, but we've still got a long way to go..." - Charlotte Sweeney "The

2015-03-24T09:00:10+00:0024th March 2015|Blog, Diversity, Video|

International Happiness Day

International happiness day is today and Touchstone's IAPT team want to offer you some top tips to enhance your life with a greater level of happiness. Firstly, are you happy enough? Click on the link below http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/AreYouHappy2.pdf If you are, that’s great! If your not as happy as you’d like to be then look at the following list. Researchers in Positive Psychology have identified 10 actions that we can all take to improve our

2020-04-16T18:02:36+01:0020th March 2015|Blog|

International Women's Day – 8th March 2015

International Women’s Day events are held worldwide on March 8 to celebrate women and their global contribution. Various women, including political, community, and business leaders, as well as leading educators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and television personalities, are usually invited to speak at events on the day, highlighting their successes to illustrate how much progress has been made, and often how much further there is still yet to go. Many students in

2020-04-16T18:02:17+01:006th March 2015|Blog, Diversity|

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