A Mother’s Story: Caring for a relative with severe mental illness
February 14, 2022
Angus Cadwallader writes: Two mothers tell their story – what it’s like to provide life long care for an adult child who suffers with mental health challenges.
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Vote for us on MyGivingCircle.org
February 14, 2022
We have signed up to My Giving Circle and are asking all our supporters to vote for us – that’s all, just an easy click and a vote.
Children’s Mental Health Week
February 9, 2022
This week, 7th – 13th February 2022, marks Children’s Mental Health Week, an annual event organised by mental health charity Place2Be to spotlight the mental health of young people.
Our First Hammersley Home
February 3, 2022
Please spread the word and help us to raise the funds we need for the deposit to purchase this property in the New Forest for our first Hammersley Home
Interview with a trustee
January 19, 2022
An interview with one of our wonderful trustees, Harriet Evans.
Manns Cookies Random Act of Kindness
November 30, 2021
The wonderful Manns Cookies are supporting Hammersley Homes’ Big Give Challenge by offering you the chance to win a free box of cookies as a random act of kindness!
Homelessness and Psychotic Disorders
September 1, 2021
Our volunteer Saoirse Osborne reports on some of the shocking facts about homeless people who suffer from psychotic illnesses – and points to the solution.
Pedro Feitor is running the Bournemouth Half Marathon on 9th October to raise funds for Hammersley Homes
Pedro is one of our fabulous Outreach Volunteers, who has really made a difference to the lives of some of our vulnerable clients he’s been visiting.
October 3, 2022
Angus Cadwallader walking the 100 mile Beacon Way
One of our fabulous volunteers is walking the 100 mile Beacon Way next week, to raise funds for Hammersley Homes.
September 23, 2022
What makes us healthy? We ALL need this.
It is quite clear that for our wellbeing, comfort and ability to function well in society and in our lives, we all need stability – and to be free of anxiety, we need…
July 22, 2022
To mark National Schizophrenia Awareness Day on 25th July, our Social Media volunteer, Saoirse Osborne, enlightens us about some of the common myths concerning this illness.
25 July is National Schizophrenia Awareness Day. This annual awareness-raising campaign about this illness is seriously needed: schizophrenia is perhaps the mental illness most plagued with stereotypes and misconceptions.
July 21, 2022
Carers Week 2022
The often-invisible nature of mental illness, and the fact that carers may not be helping with physical tasks, often means such carers, and those around them, don’t class what they do as ‘care’. But their role is just as valid, and deserving of support, as someone who cares for a physically disabled person.
June 6, 2022
We are delighted to have teamed up with Westcotes Wills – here is a note from their founder and CEO, Rosie O’Hanlon-Hills
There are a whole load of demands on your finances at the moment, so you might sigh when someone asks you to donate to charity. You know it’s important but it’s still a stretch. What if you could donate just by making your will? I’ve teamed up with Hammersley Homes to let you do just that.
May 13, 2022