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University for Peace
I will be speaking to the luncheon club at the University for Peace in San Jose, Costa Rica next year, on mental health!!! More to follow…
Breaking the silence…
This website has been silent…until now! Click on the link below and you will be able to listen to a 20 minute interview with Kristin Walker, CEO and host of Mental Health News Radio, asking me about my experience of
I’ve recently written to William, Kate, Harry and Meghan…
I thanked them for their efforts to dispel the stigma associated with mental health, and took the opportunity to mention Gaia2020 and the mental health benefits of looking after the planet. I’ll let you know if I get a
Grenfell – One more June day! Poems and the inquiry…
The Guardian in June, lists the 71(2) on its front cover… The tower in Spring light! The Horror! Even now…! Poems for Grenfell Tower was published on 30 March 2018 by The Onslaught Press. At the suggestion of Grenfell
Sheffield University – Route 57
Route 57 Issue 14: Loco Motion has just been published by Sheffield University for 2018 It’s an interesting mix of poetry, prose, fiction, non-fiction, and there’s even a quote from Fast Train Approaching right at the end…For me it’s a
Fast Train to Safety
I recently gave a presentation on my experience of mental health and ill-health to a local branch of IOSH (Institute of Occupational Safety & Health) Click link here A delightful audience, both warm and inquisitive and accepting – thank you!
World Bipolar Day 2018
Hey it’s World Bipolar Day – apparently the world’s bipolar too! There’s a lot of it about! Lots of info at the Bipolar Organisation I think all we really want is acceptance, the obliteration of stigma, and the understanding that this is
Fast Train Approaching…
Still going strong after all these years… A new job! But the same coat…!! The grand opening & the Armed Forces Covenant… HRH Prince of Wales
The Sustainable Development Global Goals
The UN Goals for Sustainable Development, or Global Goals, were launched at the beginning of 2016. They have been much publicised recently through Project Everyone, devised by the filmmaker Richard Curtis (founder of Comic Relief). To find out more about the
Gaia 2020 – The Pamphlet – For your copy, donate & buy here
You are invited to contribute a donation towards your copy (at Just Giving Gaia2020), (£5 recommended) your donation will go to Friends of the Earth… or, if you prefer, please donate to Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource If you would like
National Stress Awareness Day & Thriving at Work
Today, 1st November, amid echoes of Samhain, is National Stress Awareness Day hot on the heels of the excellent report on mental health last week, Thriving at Work a review of mental health and employers! The review sets out six clear standards for