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Helpful tips to manage your mental and physical wellbeing -
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Are you currently self isolating, vulnerable and need help accessing essential goods and services in Kingston? -
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Dear Healthwatchers! We hope you are all keeping well during this challenging time.
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I am a classically trained musician and music teacher. I love going to the theatre and music concerts. I have been living with a mental health condition for 15 years. -
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I’m a mum to a fifteen-year-old daughter, and I work in mental health for the charity Mind. I also live with Bipolar Disorder. In my spare time I love spending time with dogs and drinking tea. -
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This poem was written when I was starting to improve during a mental health crisis while living in the community, following a medically authorised withdrawal from lithium carbonate. -
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I love podcasts, travelling and disappearing into a good book. I currently have three jobs: working in mental health, with children in schools and most recently as a trained massage therapist. -
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I love art and design as well as broadcasting, which I learned at the BBC in Birmingham, many moons ago. That’s where I grew up. Depression hit me in 2008 during the economic downturn where life got really difficult. -
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I am a bespoke tailor and I enjoy photography as a hobby, using mainly film cameras. I have suffered from anxiety since the age of 11 and have post traumatic stress disorder from two separate incidents.
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I love to sing. It’s my therapy. I sing in the Sisterhood Choir at the Kingsgate Church.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 47.
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I’m passionate about community-led projects and making things happen that grow my own wellbeing and the wellbeing of people around me.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation.
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Having lived in Kingston for many years, I'm currently a Royal Borough of Kingston councillor focussing on community mental health. I have battled depression for much of my adult life but thankfully I now feel more in control of my mental wellbeing. -
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The Kingston Living Library is a safe community space where members of the public can speak to any person with lived experiences of mental health issues to improve their understanding. For Mental Health Awareness Week, given the circumstances, our Champions have decided to create this online space to share their stories virtually. -
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Goal setting helps me to develop an action plan which encourages me to carry out my tasks. It helps me to motivate myself during challenging and uncertain times we are going through. -
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Being with nature is something I have been passionate about since the age of five and which has been personally very beneficial to my mental wellbeing. -
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Through therapy, I have learnt to implement various tools to help me control my anxiety, panic attacks, and feelings of discomfort, and through trial and error I have found the ones that fit best for me and would like to share them with you. -
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Sticking to some sort of routine has really helped me stay focused and has been a healthy way to cope with any anxiety that this uncertain time can cause. A routine can include simple things, like brushing your teeth and getting dressed. -
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During these unprecedented times, we are very conscious of the impact that COVID-19 and the restrictions will have on the mental health of the population. The Time to Change Champions have put together these lockdown tips based on their personal experiences. -
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Time to Change Kingston have launched some exciting events, blogs and lockdown tips for mental health awareness week! -
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We are looking for Time to Change Kingston Champions to share tips and suggestions that may help someone who is currently struggling whilst in lockdown.
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Our youth group - Youth Out Loud! (YOL!) have put together a fantastic set of resources which have been shared in schools for Mental Health Awareness Week. -
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Feedback from users of the Community Connector Service in Kingston -
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It’s Carers Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities. -
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Healthwatch Kingston has compared experiences of NHS and social care services prior to and during the Coronavirus pandemic. This snapshot report presents information shared with us from before ‘lockdown’ and between the beginning of April to mid-June -
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Presentations and documents shared at our last open meeting -
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We are proud to share with you all we have been working on, over the past year (31 March 2019 - 1 April 2020) -
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Fantastic film from Kingston Hospital about how they responded and adapted to the Coronavirus crisis. Well done and thank you! -
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Kingston Council are inviting Parents and Carers to have their say on Supported Living and Homecare Services -
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