Pets Benefit Our Mental Health by Bryan Woods
April 13, 2023
It is a time to celebrate our four-legged friends and all the benefits that they bring to us.
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Mental Health Matters by Bryan Woods
March 27, 2023
Volunteer Bryan Woods give us some valuable tips about managing our Mental Wellbeing.
Nipping Mental Health Disorders In The Bud by Bryan Woods
March 10, 2023
The statistics are shocking. In Britain today, one in six children aged from five to sixteen are likely to have a mental health problem. (That is up from one in nine children in 2017.)
NHS Mental Health care is in crisis by Bryan Woods
February 13, 2023
Bryan Woods tells us his own experience of this.
It’s Time To Talk by Bryan Woods
January 31, 2023
It’s TIME TO TALK day on 2nd February.
Bryan Woods talks to us – let’s listen, and act.
We Need Change by Bryan Woods
January 18, 2023
Bryan Woods tells, from his own experience, about the desperate need for change in attitudes towards and treatment of people who live with mental health challenges.
Breaking The Cycle by Bryan Woods
December 12, 2022
One of the worst aspects of mental ill-health is the loneliness it can bring. When I was severely depressed I simply withdrew from society. It was my instinct to isolate.
A Universal Human Right By Bryan Woods
Bryan Woods writes in celebration of World Mental Health Day on 10-10-2023
October 9, 2023
Louise Hallett was in Morocco when the earthquake struck; she writes about the role of Volunteers in our world
I have been in my home in Taroudant, Morocco since the middle of August. The seconds when the world shook around me, and I thought the building I was in would collapse, were the most terrifying of my life.
September 19, 2023
Bryan Woods tells us about the knock-on effects of cuts to Addiction Services
The Health and Social Care Act was passed in 2012. At the time it was hailed as, “…the most extensive reorganisation of the structure of the National Health Service in England to date.“ However, the Act has had a catastrophic effect on people who are seeking help for drug and alcohol addiction.
September 19, 2023
Bryan Woods tells us about how Art helped him in his recovery
The practice of art can help to reduce anxiety and stress. It is an absorbing hobby that focuses the mind. I like nothing better than to be outdoors drawing or sketching. Becoming totally engrossed in capturing on paper what is in front of me.
August 4, 2023
Our New Forest Show Quiz – answers
Hammersley Homes is committed to raising awareness of the impact of serious mental illness on people and communities. During the New Forest Show 2023 we ran a competition to test visitors’ knowledge of mental health facts
July 28, 2023
Bryan Woods celebrates Our Small Charities in Small Charity Week
This week is Small Charity Week. It is a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the vital contribution that small charities make to our society.
June 21, 2023