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Blog/Updates

Growing Older with your Mental Health

by Beth Ford | 5, Oct 2020

This week’s blog looks at a topic that has sparked my interest in the last few weeks. I have had the opportunity to meet some wonderful older ladies all aged over 70 years old. Their own physical health maybe a concern and a daily worry but what I found out was...

Build up your confidence through volunteering

by Beth Ford | 7, Sep 2020

This week’s blog focuses on the benefits of volunteering for your own mental health. I like to think that volunteering helps you build up your mental health building blocks creating something strong that you can use to improve your well being. Each stage, skill...

Volunteering During Lock down

by Beth Ford | 2, Sep 2020

Laura here the Volunteer Lead for SSNMH in this issue I thought I would give you an update on the current new way of working. When we locked down in March I had to think quickly and I was lucky to be able to work from home and in turn create ‘work from home’...

Sue’s Mini Blog

by Beth Ford | 2, Sep 2020

If anyone had said to me 6 months ago we will have a pandemic, I think I would have just laughed, I certainly wouldn’t have believed them. However, in a previous life I farmed. If anyone had said back in 2000 that foot and mouth would return to the UK I would have...

Social Prescriber Mini Blog

by Beth Ford | 2, Sep 2020

Hello, I’m Catherine and I joined SSNMH as a Social Prescriber at the beginning of April right in the middle of lockdown, starting a new job is exciting but can be a bit nerve racking too. I’m part of a new team of 5 social prescribers working across East...