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Your time, your words, your presence.
Your time, your words, your presence.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
From the 18th - 24th May it is Mental Health Awareness Week. The topic this year is Kindness. If you want to find out more you can download a supporters pack here.
During the week our tutors will be adding some ideas for ways to be kind both to ourselves and others both here and on our social media pages. Being kind is a great way to boost our wellbeing and doesn't need to cost a penny.
Mental health awareness week
cards for kindness
Cards for Kindness
Would you like to help reduce loneliness in seniors and those in care settings? Cards for Kindness is a fantastic initiative where you can give hope to others whilst using your creative skills.
Receiving a card through the post can spark conversation and interaction in residents and research shows this has many health benefits particularly for people living with dementia. You can design your own or use a template from their website.
Want to find out more? click on the link below:
www.healthierlsc.co.uk/CardsForKindness
Give thanks
Clap for Carers: UK applauds the NHS and other key workers
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52140383
Give your time
Lancashire Volunteer Partnership
LancsVP is always a good place to find ways you might be able to volunteer your time and skills to help others.
lancsvp.org.uk/
They are currently looking for community help volunteers and for people to do telephone befriending. Maybe it could be you?
How to help vulnerable people near you
www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-how-to-help-safely--2/coronavirus-how-to-help-safely
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-update-help-elderly-people-support-food-banks-uk-a9408871.html
www.positive.news/society/10-ways-to-help-others-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/covid-19-mutual-aid-how-to-help-the-vulnerable-near-you
Random acts of kindness
The added benefit of helping others is that it is good for our own mental health and wellbeing. In short, doing good does you good.
But what kinds of things? MentalHealth.org.uk have a really nice page about this.
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