Blogs
11 2023
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Islamophobia Awareness Month - how to create an inclusive workplace
In this blog, we explore Islam, the barriers faced by the Muslim community and how mental health providers can ensure services and workplaces can be inclusive spaces for all.
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“Everything was going so fast” – Wendy’s story
Christmas can be lonely, isolating and stressful, especially for people living with severe mental illness. In this blog, Wendy reflects on the Christmas where she was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a manic, psychotic episode.
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Handmade cutlery and a fluorescent running coat: What’s left behind after suicide?
For Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (18 November), Carl shares the thoughts, feelings, and things that were left behind after his uncle took his own life.
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"I prefer to look at the positives of my illness" – Debra’s story
Debra reflects on her journey, from her first inpatient stay to life during retirement. Though she has accumulated many diagnoses over the years, like depression and schizoaffective disorder, she has been able to qualify as an accountant, start a happy family and keep an optimistic outlook on life.
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“Recovery is a long winding road” – John’s story
After a suicide attempt, John was diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) and psychosis. Although his journey was difficult at times, John has found meaning and happiness through goal setting, learning new coping strategies and sharing his experiences with others.
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Meet our 2023 Pringle Award Winners
Our annual Pringle and Janey awards recognise people and groups who have made a real difference to people severely affected by mental illness during the previous year.
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Meet Bryan Smith, our 2023 Supporter of the Year winner
The Pringle award for Supporter of the Year recognises a member who has made an outstanding contribution to Rethink Mental Illness. Bryan, AKA "The Walking Man from Bristol", has been fighting his own mental health battles from a young age; his personal experiences have fuelled his unrelenting passion for mental health advocacy and he has dedicated his life to making a difference.
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Meet Derbyshire BPD Support Group, our 2023 Group of the Year winner
After coming out of a 4-year crisis, Sue wished there was a specialised BPD support group she could have been a part of. She’d attended more general mental health groups before but didn’t feel these were focused enough on her diagnosis. She created the Derbyshire BPD group in 2017, with wishes that nobody else would have to go through what she went through. Sue believes that her mental health crisis was exacerbated by the lack of support.
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Meet John Hall Wellness Garden, our 2023 Service of the Year winner
The community garden is open to all members of the community with an emphasis on helping mental health and wellbeing and is run by volunteers. The garden holds plant sales, craft activities, peer support groups, short walking groups and long wellness walking groups. Their aim is to provide a wellbeing service that accommodates all.
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Meet Steph, our Bill Pringle Art Award winner
Bill Pringle was a talented artist who lived with schizophrenia. These awards recognise the incredible creativity of our community. All art and poetry entries this year were asked to reflect the theme of inclusion.
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Meet Anjola Akerele, our Bill Pringle Poetry Award winner
Bill Pringle was a talented artist who lived with schizophrenia. These awards recognise the incredible creativity of our community. All art and poetry entries this year were asked to reflect the theme of inclusion.
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Meet our 2023 Janey Antoniou Award Winners
On Thursday 23 November, Rethink Mental Illness announced our 2023 award winners at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in London. Our annual awards recognise people and groups who have made a real difference to people severely affected by mental illness during the previous year.
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Welfare and employment announcements: What's changed?
We know that the governments announcements on welfare and employment have been distressing and unclear for many people, so we hope that this blog can help explain what will or might happen, and some of our hopes for the future.
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