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Karolyn: None of it is Futile
When I was having a really hard time recently two of those very close to me expressed how hopeless they...
Jessica Gibson: Where is Home?
Where Is Home? It’s a face Not a place Home is an inner Not outer Location It’s a knowing And...
Peter Shaw: Time to Talk
As I went on my way up to the Manor area, I was anxious about what to expect from the...
Community Stories: Shake It All About
January’s theme was all about celebrating movement of any kind with the theme ‘Shake It All About’. We asked whether...
Mo MacKenzie: Shake It All About
I am a trained medical professional, but that doesn’t stop me having mental health problems. Just because it is ‘our...
Joan Ellis: No Go
In November 2018 I attended a 6 weeks creative course called Nature and Wellbeing in Victoria Community Centre in Sheffield....
Jessica Gibson: Top Ten Things That Help Me on a Bad Day
Top 10 things that help me on a bad day: A bath - so soothing to dip my head underwater...
Becky Mairi Farrell: Swimming - From Fear to Freedom
After the horrors of school swimming lessons, I came to enjoy swimming in my late teens. Then life got busy...
Stacey Anderson: Two poems - The Sea & Untitled
The Sea I'm on a beach Alone The warmth on my skin The sea is far away I turn My...
Becky Mairi Farrell: What My New Year’s Resolutions Say About Me
As a child, I used to take the New Year’s Resolution thing quite seriously. On New Year’s Eve, amid the...