“My daughter learnt about the environment at infant school and has become an Adopt-a-Street Champion (litter picker). I thought this might be a fad but she is absolutely committed, so I am totally supporting her in this endeavour.”

This wonderful story of kindness and community was shared by Jaime Cox.

We’re celebrating community this week for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek - what community kindness have you seen?

Hi Ho Litter Pickers by Michael Westley, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Please check in on people around you, and if you are struggling, please talk to someone.
Be kind, and look after each other.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Mental Health Awareness Week reminder: your brain’s doing its best, even if it forgets why it went in the kitchen. Be kind to yourself, check in on your mates & if all else fails—brew an Essex Tea & reset. Works 92% of the time, every time. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #EssexTea #EssexTeaTherapy
Another working weekend 😭 lunch made,bag packed 🥪 time to relax have a coffee ☕ and enjoy the silence ❤️
#workingweekend #coffee #lunch #clothesfreeliving #naturist #nude #mentalhealthawarenessweek #nonsexualnudity #bare #naked #absolutelynormal #positivity

One of the tips we give at our wellbeing workshops is to find a source, or sources, of kindness and positive stories that you can check in with daily.

This is also a great way to find a kind community in the comments or groups where you read those stories, and community is also a great support in hard times.

This mental health awareness week, we want to hear what your favourite sources of kindness and positivity are 👇🏻.

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MHAW #Wellbeing

Up Next on SHMU 99.8FM - Riita, Ross & Nimmy from Grampian Regional Equality Council to talk about their counselling service as part of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
#Radio #Aberdeen #CommunityRadio
Bit of a changed Cruise Control Friday today. The Gig Guide will be bumped to hour 2 as I'll be chatting with folk from GREC Counselling Team ( https://grec.co.uk ) as part of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek.
All this and more: 5pm on 99.8FM & DAB, online at shmu.org.uk/fm or ask your smart speaker to “Play Station House Media Unit”
#Radio #Aberdeen
Grampian Regional Equality Council – Promoting Equality in North East Scotland

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, check out one of our most read papers published in the last year (open access): Marianne Broeker and Sarah Arnaud discuss psychiatric narratives and self-diagnosis https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2024.2407502 @philosophy @psychiatry