Swaying cuckooflower, orange-tip butterflies, pollinator-friendly knapweed and buff-tailed bumblebees are just some of the meadow species you can hope to spot on a new walking route in Cardiff this Wednesday, 11 May. The new Meadows Health and Wellbeing Route is being launched at University Hospital of Wales during Mental Health Awareness Week with an inaugural, guided walk for hospital staff, patients and the community and the unveiling of new meadow artwork at the hospital created by local children. The route…

  Three quarters of Welsh adults say it is important that we learn from the coronavirus pandemic to be more kind as a society – Mental Health Awareness Week launch survey   Over two-thirds (69 per cent) of adults in Wales say that when people are kind to them it has a positive impact on their mental health.   Almost two-thirds of adults in Wales (65 per cent) say that being kind to others has a positive impact on their…

Organic Apoteke: Anxiety Reducing Yoga Flow for Mental Health Awareness Week (18th – 24th May) 1. Inhale & Exhale – Stand with feet under hips, lengthen the muscles of back and move crown of head towards the ceiling to gain as much length in the body. Place hands on either side of hips with palms facing outwards. Inhale as you take your hands out to the sides and upwards and over your head. Once all the way up, turn palms outwards…

Underwear brand Box & Scandal marked Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) by staging a protest show at Manchester Fashion Week, using semi-naked, male models representing the ‘every day man’ to promote body positivity – their core value and the theme of this year’s MHAW. The show, which featured models holding placards with slogans including ‘Balls to Perfection’, ‘Make Love Handles Not War’ and ‘Body Shaming is Pants’, was designed to bring attention to the fact that the portrayal of male…

St David’s Catholic College is putting student mental health at the top of its agenda by backing Mental Health Awareness Week this May.   Alongside its continued levels of support, the Cardiff-based sixth form college is offering up advice and aid for its students through its ‘Worry Less’ campaign which was introduced earlier this year and has been running continuously in the lead up to Mental Health Awareness Week beginning on May 14.   As part of the activity, St David’s…

Alzheimer’s Society in Cardiff is uniting against dementia with Cardiff Libraries this Dementia Awareness Week (14 -20 May), with activities planned across the city throughout the week to support people affected by dementia. During this year’s Dementia Awareness Week, Alzheimer’s Society is asking people to come together to unite against dementia, forgetting their differences to help urgently find a cure, improve care, and offer help and understanding. Cardiff Libraries have taken up the challenge of raising awareness to help those…

by Aaliyah Buchanan To honour Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 I thought I would write about the amazing experience I had when visiting NewLink Wales, a well-being charity located in Cardiff that helps people from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life move on from problems that were previously holding them back, including: substance misuse, confidence issues, anxiety, psychological trauma, mental health issues, offending behaviour and a range of other social problems. Last year they expanded the organisation from…

Relate Cymru and Mind Cymru are encouraging people to make a ‘relationship resolution’ in support of Mental Health Awareness Week. Relationships are key to good mental wellbeing – a recent survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that 89% of people asked felt that good relationships with family and friends was most important to them. Mental Health Awareness Week organisers, The Mental Health Foundation, chose the theme of relationships to raise awareness of how fundamental they are to…