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Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories
1 min read |Last updated: 06/12/2023
Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories 92% of people we spoke to told us they find festive seasons to be stressful and triggering. In this video, we share with you just a handful of stories that were sent to us from people living with mental illness about their experience with loneliness at Christmas. Trigger warning for mentions of suicide
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The East Lancs Activity Group.
Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/04/2025
The East Lancs Activity Group runs a wide array of activities across Burnley for people living with mental illness. We believe that by providing sports and social activities we can help to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of members and reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Our group activities vary from going to the gym to visiting the local cinema to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster. We meet on the first Friday of each month to plan our activities for the following month, so all our members can help decide what we do. The group is entirely peer led, and is run by Greg and a group of volunteers who each have a personal experience of mental illness. An important part of what we do is providing peer support to each other and sharing our experiences with others facing similar challenges. If you’re interested in finding out more, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you. Meets in various locations across Burnley.
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Project Talking Football
Services and Groups |Last updated: 01/10/2024
Our group offers men who are looking to improve their mental health, the chance to come together in a safe, supportive, and welcoming space. We hold weekly football sessions to provide a consistent support system and non – judgmental environment, so members can openly share their experiences. We want to empower our members to actively participate in their mental health journeys and reduce the stigma around mental illness. Where we can, we want to increase social and support networks and reduce isolation and loneliness.
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Rethink Mental Illness response to new Covid-19 national lockdown
1 min read |Last updated: 02/11/2020
The government announced another national lockdown in efforts to lessen the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday evening. Here's the response of our Deputy CEO, Brian Dow, on what impact the lockdown could have on the nation's mental health: “A weight of evidence has built to demonstrate the impact of lockdown on the nation’s mental health, with...
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“Because you can't be low at Christmas, right?!” – Alexandra’s story
Last updated: 06/12/2023
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80% of people living with mental illness say current crisis has made their mental health worse.
1 min read |Last updated: 27/04/2020
Overwhelming majority of people living with mental illness say coronavirus pandemic has caused a deterioration in their mental health – first UK wide online peer support service launched in response Eighty percent (80%) of people living with mental illness who responded to a survey by charity Rethink Mental Illness said that coronavirus and the measures...
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Embracing Ramadan: how employers and staff can support their colleagues
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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UK putting on a 'brave face' when it comes to talking about mental health
1 min read |Last updated: 01/02/2024
New research released on Time to Talk Day reveals nearly two thirds of people surveyed in the UK (64%) say they put a brave face on to avoid talking about their mental health. The tactic of bottling up is highest amongst younger people – 69% of 16–24-year-olds and 72% of 25-34 year-olds surveyed report they put a brave face on compared to 28% of over...
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