There’s more to baking than tasty calories and impressive Instagrams In the words of The Great British Bake Off 2015 winner, Nadiya Hussain, “Food is so much more than sustenance. Food is love.” And she’s spot on. Activities such as baking, painting and knitting are known as “projection…
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Kathryn Wheeler
Kathryn is the Features Editor at Happiful magazine.
Number of Children Calling Childline with Suicidal Thoughts Up By 15%
Last year, Childline gave more than 60 counselling sessions for suicidal thoughts every day The number of children calling the charitable helpline, Childline [https://www.childline.org.uk/], with suicidal thoughts has risen by 15% over the past year. Of the 295,202 counselling sessions conducted by the children’s…
Watch the Powerful Short Films Tackling Male Mental Health Stigma
From Van Gough to Tracey Emin, art has always been a medium suited to expressing the things we struggle to get into words 'Mindfulmess' by David Shillinglaw Mental health is not always an easy thing to open up about and, for some, art is a means to communicate…
Fire Fighter Charity Recruits New Mental Health Role
1 in 4 people working in the emergency services have contemplated taking their own lives In 2016 research from the mental health charity Mind [https://www.mind.org.uk/] revealed devastating statistics [https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/one-in-four-emergency-services-workers-has-thought-about-ending-their-lives/#.WdyPHBNSyi4] concerning "blue light" workers. In a survey…
Cat’s Out the Bag – Kitties Are Wellbeing Wonders
Sigmund Freud once said, “Time spent with cats is never wasted.” And it seems he was certainly on to something… Aside from being adorable companions, research has found that cats can do wonders for your mental health Not all heroes wear capes, some come on four legs and have a…
The App Helping Children Through Bereavement
Every 22 minutes a child in the UK loses a parent. But after the funeral, and in the years to come, what can be done to support them? What could you possibly say to a recently bereaved [http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/bereavement/Pages/bereavement.aspx] child that could make…
Celebrity Dog Visits Alzheimer's Patients
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign that aims to raise awareness and tackle the stigma that surrounds dementia Dementia [http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/dementia-guide/Pages/about-dementia.aspx] is a truly global issue. An estimated 46.8 million people are effected worldwide, and yet international research into…
Record Numbers of Calls to Police Regarding Mental Health Concerns
According to a BBC report, 115,000 calls concerning mental health were made to police between July 2016 and July 2017- equivalent to 315 a day. In the past five years, calls made to police concerning mental health issues have risen by almost a third. Calls concerned a number of…
Grenfell Tower fire: thousands may be traumatised
As we approach the tenth week since the Grenfell fire, the emotional trauma of the tragedy remains just as strong as in the first moments…