Stories
How Georgie found the power of movement to be a medicine for her mental wellbeing
I write this having just completed a brutal hilly 66 mile cycle to add to yesterday’s 2.4 mile sea swim. Tomorrow, I will run a 10K with my parents (first timers), all part of Tenby Long Course weekend. Over the last 15 months exercise has become very important to me and as someone who suffers…
Henri’s thoughts on Father’s Day without a Father
Apologies in advanced if I have not done the English language justice, as I am a mere doctor who’s writing experience is limited to GCSE English and amateur scientific papers. I will just write my thoughts…. Father’s day was not a day I remember with great significance. The four of us children would always…
Heads Together Comedy Night for Young Minds
See the biggest and best names in British comedy get their Heads Together under one roof for one night only. Michael McIntyre, Jimmy Carr, Harry Hill, Frank Skinner, Russell Kane, Katherine Ryan, Tommy Tiernan* and other top names in comedy are getting together to raise money for YoungMinds, in support of Heads Together, the campaign…
Join the conversation this Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
The Mental Health Foundation has hosted Mental Health Awareness Week since 2000, and the purpose is to highlight and promote a universal public mental health message. In previous years, they have examined how anxiety, sleep deprivation and relationships can impact on our mental health. This year the focus is on ‘surviving or thriving? Join us…
Sally Orange running the London Marathon as a strawberry to change the conversation on mental health
7 marathons on 7 continents, dressed as 7 different pieces of fruit-that’s the challenge I’ve set myself. In 2007, I ran my first London marathon and to make it more fun I ran it dressed as an orange, as that’s my surname. Since then, I’ve gone on to run over 20 marathons, 9 of which…
