Shaffia Khatun is the Co-Founder and Director of SKY Positive Minds, an award-winning charity that works to empower vulnerable women, girls and children from the local community who have experienced domestic abuse, sexual abuse or have been affected by mental health or other challenges. Here she explores why services are not hearing the voices of South Asian women.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. She is a Trustee at the National Centre for Creative Health as well as a member of the Social Prescribing Network and Social Prescribing Academy. Debs is part of the Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network Programme and in this blog she shares why she’s supporting the College of Medicine’s #BeyondPills Campaign.
Beth Thomas is the mentoring scheme co-ordinator and Safeguarding Director at Our Place Support in the West Midlands. She is currently studying an MSC in child and adolescent mental wellbeing. She is part of the sounddelivery spokesperson network and in this guest blog she shares why urgent action is needed for children’s mental health in the UK.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. She advocates creativity as an additional service to improve wellbeing and offering hope and aspiration. In this guest piece she blogs on why prescribing creative activities should be a first point of call.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. She advocates creativity as an additional service to improve wellbeing and offering hope and aspiration. She has completed a MSc in mental health recovery and social Inclusion and is a Trustee at the National Centre for Creative Health as well as a member of the Social Prescribing Network and Social Prescribing Academy. Debs is part of our sounddelivery media Spokesperson Network Programme. In this guest blog she shares how social prescribing gave her back her life.
Debs Teale is an advocate of creativity in health following her own remarkable journey. Having been in the mental health system for most of her life and heavily dependent on medication it took an art class to totally transform her life. In this guest blog she writes on why she has a passion to promote everyone having a voice and a choice in their own care.
