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“The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” You probably have heard about this statement before. This was the focus of the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2021. “Mental Health in an Unequal World” was chosen worldwide through voting, including the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH). The…

When reflecting on the last few weeks of lock down I have had many ups and downs. Mainly missing my family, friends and work colleagues and a massive change in my working day. I do realise we all have to keep safe and look after ourselves as well as being mindful of others that we…

In 1979 Joe Jackson released a song which was a minor ‘hit’ in the UK “It’s different for girls”. It was a sentiment that resonated with many women. Interviewed in 2012, Joe Jackson said “It was something that I heard somewhere that struck me as a cliché. The sort of thing that someone might say….

Our focus During Covid-19 is not nursing the dying, but saving lives for living I know many in our field of social care work have found it so difficult during this dreadful pandemic to cope with being unnoticed. Yet again social care in the community has been put at the bottom of the pile and…

Hello again, for those who don’t know me, my name is Sarah and I am enabled to live greater independence in Leeds. If you read my blog last week you’ll have seen that I‘ve carried on going to Jamie Oliver’s cooking class; I’ve been again this week and now I’ve so much more to tell…

Hi, everyone, my name is Jonathan and this is me on my first day at my voluntary job at a Furniture store for Slate Leeds in Hunslet. I have worked here before on a taster session and absolutely loved it and I wanted it to become more regular so I spoke with my enabling team…