The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate the Government’s monitoring of suicides among benefit claimants amid concerns about links between welfare reforms and declining mental health. The NAO said it would call on the …
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The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate the Government’s monitoring of suicides among benefit claimants amid concerns about links between welfare reforms and declining mental health. The NAO said it would call on the …
Continue readingUniversal Credit has become a serious threat to public health, with the stress of coping with the new benefit affecting mental health and leading some to consider suicide, according to new research. The new study …
Continue readingFrom ‘time to change’ 48 Organisations signed the ‘Time to Change’ Employer Pledge this World Mental health Day. Boots, Sainsbury’s, Capita and Nestle were among the new signatories to join the growing movement of over …
Continue readingFrom the ‘Mental Health Foundation’ We are so thankful for all the support we have received from all our followers for Mental Health Day. However, mental health awareness is not just for one day a …
Continue reading“Nowhere to go” – my mum had dementia and was denied a British passport. Veronica was born in the Caribbean but had lived in the UK for decades. Despite having a diagnosis of vascular dementia …
Continue readingBy Martyn Sibley “I have a love/hate relationship with autumn. Let’s start with hate. Maybe that’s too strong a term. But as it gets colder and darker, my body aches and I feel more tired.” …
Continue readingOctober 10th marked World Homeless Day. It was a day when CRISIS aimed to bring everyones’s attention to the indignity of homelessness, and what can be done about it. CRISIS asks you to please watch …
Continue readingIt’s Happy National Curry Week and the ‘Woking & Sam Beare Hospice’ hope to tempt you and your tastebuds to join them for an Indian Food Tour taking place at Mandira’s Kitchen in Sheer (GU5 …
Continue readingFrom FITZROY “This is the first time we have created a site to show the impact we have made in 2018/9.” Please CLICK HERE to view how FITZROY have transformed the lives of so many. “Fitzroy has …
Continue readingFrom the LEVEL PLAYING FIELD The LEVEL PLAYING FIELD’S inaugural National Forum will be held on Monday 4th November at Stadium MK, the home of the MK Dons. The National Forum aims to bring together …
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