Gratitude At Christmas – by Bryan Woods
Christmas is an ideal time to make a gratitude list. All you need is a pen and some paper...
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December 15, 2023
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Bryan Woods gives us some tips on Coping At Christmas
Christmas can be a good time of year for our mental health. It is when we come together to share the positives in life with family and friends. It is a time to be grateful for the things that we have in our lives. However...
December 1, 2023
Men’s Mental Health Awareness month
Are we really aware of men’s mental health?
November is Men’s Mental Health Awareness month. Our PR volunteer, Tuba Yapa, ask us: Are we really aware of men's mental health?
November 27, 2023
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October Newsletter, 2023
We celebrate our volunteers here at Hammersley Homes at every opportunity, but the importance of volunteers across the globe came into focus for Louise during her frightful experience of the earthquakes that took place in Morocco in September.
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November 11, 2023
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I am so proud to support the work of Hammersley Homes
Rosie O'Hanlon-Hills is the talent behind Westcotes Wills – one of our most valued partners. She tells us why she supports Hammersley Homes
November 4, 2023
World-Mental-Health-Day
A Universal Human Right By Bryan Woods
Bryan Woods writes in celebration of World Mental Health Day on 10-10-2023
October 9, 2023
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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
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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
At last – A report by two of our wonderful volunteers, highlighting some statistics about Mental Illness in Prisons, by Chris Reid and Gaia Giampietro
Current research indicates that, globally, 1 in 7 prisoners are diagnosed with psychosis or depression - these figures have been relatively stable over the past 30 years - by Gaia Giampietro and Chris Reid
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February 5, 2021
A story about the importance of Supported Housing for sufferers of mental illness, by Priscilla Okoye – one of our wonderful volunteers.
Sometimes you never get to know the real meaning of a word until somehow life puts it right before your eyes - by Priscilla Okoye
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February 3, 2021
