Creative Ways to Support Mental Health

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Apologies for the lack of a blog for a few weeks! It has been such a wonderfully busy time, with some changes being made within hArt,...

New programmes, new therapists, new locations. There's so much going on!

Annie's back with a great blog. Read about how hArt is now up and running in Waterside, keeping in touch with people and her crazy dogs!

A new blog contributer tells of the art & nature in our wonderful capital city.

Zhane was so cool – and really loved the whole occasion, and has raised a fantastic amount of money,

How lovely to see some sunshine starting to warm things up and it is beginning to feel more like Summer is really on the way at last! The...

Things are looking up, with my second jab done, seeing lots of foals in the forest, and a new podcast done!

Let's try, even occasionally, to get back to doing the things that brought us fun and joy as a child.

As the UK continues to open, and spring is is full swing, Annie shares her experiences this week

Annie tells of the joys of how the seasons and nature seem to be reflecting the slow yet anticipated emergence from the pandemic.

"The virus, like mental health issues, does not stamp itself across our foreheads, marking us, and neither does loneliness..."

...if someone says they're not feeling well, or worse, having dark thoughts, they deserve to be heard and helped, not judged or dismissed

Children of all ages may be anxious but I think there is an overall feeling that this is what we need now

...the fact that you can touch and hug animals that has meant so much to people...

Have you noticed how much earlier daylight is peeping through now, and how much longer the days are generally? My dogs provide me with a...

It was hardly a ‘Flash mob’, but the way that music brought everyone together was just brilliant.

"...humans are social animals after all".

"...creativity is so valuable, as it gives the brain exercise".

"...it just speaks of the light ahead, shining through, starting to make us feel that there really is something there, brighter, better..."