An Ordinary Life
Many children and young people dependent on medical technology are unable to do ordinary things like going to the local leisure centre or visiting friends or family.
View ArticleAttending the Inclusive Community Experience
During the last few days of January, I went to the Inclusive Community Experience at Ribby Hall in Blackpool.
View ArticleOur work to further support families in 2013
Our work in 2013 will center around supporting families and their sons and daughters to have a better quality of life.
View ArticleDementia: whose quality of life?
The latest Alzheimer’s Society report on the care of people with dementia in care homes estimates 80% of those people have either dementia or severe memory problems and that less than 50 per cent have...
View ArticleLaughing Boy’s Fight
For nearly a year now I’ve been following a blog called mydaftlife. Something about the funny and touching way this blog is written has kept my attention. I’ve laughed, and more recently cried, at the...
View ArticleLooking for an ordinary life
Children with complex needs face barriers to exercising their basic human rights. These individuals need a platform for change, to ensure they are supported to overcome such obstacles.
View Article“Video blogging saved my life”: how Sam used social media to cope with his...
I have suffered from depression and anxiety, on and off, for ten years. Although these feelings have been dormant for almost a year, they returned with full force only two months ago. Things got...
View Article“The beauty of practising yoga is that your own experience is the real teacher”
Senior Research Officer, Lauren Chakkalackal, on the healing power of yoga for both body and mind.
View ArticleThe One-Stop Guide to Dementia
This is a practical and compact guide with detailed information about what will make a difference in the lives of people with dementia and their carers.
View ArticleNo Health Without Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond
The Mental Health Foundation is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group, alongside the Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, RCPsych, Mental Health Network, NHF Confederation, and Mind. As part of the...
View ArticleFor World Mental Health Day, Jack Began Sailing Around the World…
I was terrified of speaking about my mental health problems. I was advised of the risks of writing about them. But talking and writing about these things that happened to me was the best thing that I...
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