This is a huge topic and anxiety around understanding the needs of young people and their views on sexual orientation and gender is something we work with frequently. A person’s sexual orientation, or sexuality, is the part of their identity that relates to who they find attractive/who they fancy. Although it’s in the […]
Around 1.25 million people in the UK are said to experience problems with disordered eating to the degree that they may have a diagnosis. The increase in men with eating disorders is now becoming recognised – with 1 in 4 people who have disordered eating identify as male. A record number of young people are […]
With 2023 now well underway, we probably all know too well that ‘new year resolutions’ often ends up wobbling early on and by February we can find ourselves back in our old habits. In the article this month we look at how to create achievable goals and make sure you stick to them keeping yourself […]
Welcome to November – the 2rd of November is Stress Awareness day nationally. There has never been a more appropriate time to write this article with the cost of living crisis and concerns about fuel bills causing nationwide concerns. What is stress? Simply it is the body’s reaction to feeling under threat, overwhelmed and unable […]
Welcome to World Mental Health Day. The theme for this year is ‘make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’. This was chosen by World Health Organisation to shine the spotlight on how access to healthcare is increasingly polarised. During 2021 many inequalities have been highlighted linked to race, ethnic groups, gender and […]