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Uni Mental Health Day – App Launch
Posted: 04/03/21 09:22 |
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University Mental Health Day is this year on 4th March, and in the run up to it I’ve been pondering the following question: What does it mean to be an organisation that values and supports mental health? Back in 2018, we launched an action plan on Mental Health to drive forward a range of improvements […]
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OCA & SANE: A new partnership
Posted: 28/06/19 09:37 |
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We are very pleased to announce that we are working in partnership with the leading mental health charity SANE to support mental health. We are working together to deliver SANE’s new Creative Awards Scheme, a new initiative to enable people suffering from mental health or caring for people with mental health issues to access the visual arts and harness their creativity.
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Mental health
Posted: 28/03/19 09:56 |
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In ten short years, the discussion around mental health has opened right up, in no small thanks to the sterling work of charities such as Mind, and prominent figures discussing their own issues.
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#StopStigma It affects all of us
Posted: 23/12/18 12:57 |
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In Higher Education this is probably the top issue talked about in terms of supporting students, so much so that the Government announced a new University Mental Health Charter in collaboration with the charity Student Minds in June, which is all about working out what is good practical support and rewarding institutions that display this…
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Confessions of an art student: Part 6. Mental health awareness week
Posted: 18/05/18 09:49 |
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“We prepare a face to meet the faces that we meet.”
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Mental health awareness week
Posted: 17/05/18 09:53 |
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This week it’s Mental Health Awareness week, and the focus for 2018 is on stress.
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