How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? This is the first of a two part series where Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Sandra Hall, Chair of Chat Over Chai, a community group to support [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, reflects on World Mental Health Day. The theme this year was ‘Mental Health For All’, and it couldn’t be more relevant at a [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, reports on the benefits of exercise and movement for mental health. ‘Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional [… read more ]
Dianna Djokey reflects on the impact Covid-19 has had on the migrant community as she interviews migrant, mother and wife Ade Qsawe Anthony about how Covid-19 has affected her own, and her family’s, mental health. [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares data from a research study on the effects of Covid-19 and social distancing on the mental health of adults in the UK. [… read more ]
We’ve all read about and seen articles about the importance of looking after our mental health during the pandemic, but how do we deal with the financial worries of a recession at the same time? [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, explores what we know about the impact of Covid-19 on mental health, and invites readers to be part of an online discussion this [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares advice and resources on how to manage your mental health in lockdown. The Coop is running a mental wealth programme throughout August, [… read more ]
Charity Reunite Families UK, which campaigns for ‘fair family immigration policy’ shares an open letter calling on Boris Johnson to bring an end to the ‘Minimum Income Requirement policy’ which they state ‘is causing devastation’ [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected local services and charities, their staff and the communities they serve? Sarah Cheverton talks to Jess Dyer, a Stalking Advocate at Aurora New Dawn, a Portsmouth-based charity working with victims [… read more ]
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