SYM Champions

13/08/2020

Invite and share please

A webinar to help parents support their teenagers with their mental health needs

18/02/2020

Please share and help this amazing group of people raise funds for Strong Young Minds.

On 19th May 2020, our team of 6 "Bromyard's Offa Wanderers" will be walking 26 miles from Hay on Wye to Knighton to raise money for the CLD Trust, an excellent Mental Health Charity based in Hereford providing talking therapy, early intervention and support for children and young people who are expe...

30/10/2019

10/10/2019

It's time to get creative on :)

12/08/2019

Phoebe is a 21 year old student in her third year at Cardiff University. She wants to share her experience of living with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), reached after experie…

12/08/2019

***TALKING STRAIGHT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH***

We're also taking our 'Talking Straight' roadshow out to Kington this month. Join at the very welcoming Border Bean Cafe, we would love to hear your views on mental health and find out what activities are taking place in your community to improve well-being. We're looking forward to having a conversation with you.

26/04/2019

Great opportunity!

BBC Commission Opportunities Find out more and how to apply to New Creatives ---------------- New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme that offers commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channel...

03/04/2019

"Sometimes a friend with depression will say no to a lot of things and decline all or most of your invitations. This can make you feel like you’re overstepping boundaries and should immediately leave them alone until they reach out to you themselves. Pay attention to this feeling: it’s true that when people keep saying no to things you ask, it’s probably a good idea to stop asking. However, depression can also cause people to say no while wishing they could say yes.

The way to deal with this is not to assume, but to just ask directly: 'You’ve said no the past few times I’ve invited you to do something. That’s okay, but I just wanted to check: would you like me to keep inviting you?' I’ve done this before with other people dealing with depression and found that they often respond that they do want me to keep asking, and they hope that one of these days they’ll be able to say yes."
—twitter.com/sondosia, Some Advice on Supporting Friends with Depression

artwork by instagram.com/malva.illustration