 Raisin Links If you would like your link added and can link back to us, please click here to drop us a line! We are not responsible for the content of external links. depression in sport BBC iplayer a program abort depression in sport well worth looking at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00p6r0m/Inside_Sport_Mind_Games_Depression_in_Sport/ www.bbc.co.uk/health The BBC's health information section www.bbc.co.uk/health www.gettingabout.info Accessible Transport Information for BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE and the Surrounding Area www.gettingabout.info Family Mediation Project This is aimed to help young people who are experiencing conflict. This may be at home, with friends, in school or college or elsewhere. We provide specially trained practitioners who can help. For further information please call 01305 268686 or e-mail mediation@relatedorset.co.uk Patient UK Medical Information www.patient.co.uk/ Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health Health related site. www.fih.org.uk/ Hear 4 You Many young people go through times of stress and emotional turmoil when they may feel lonely, angry, unhappy, confused or anxious. We provide specially trained counsellors who can help. Young people can experience a significant increase in self confidence and awareness. Phone 01305 262285. www.relate.org.uk Higher Green Farm Arts Art and Craft Courses and Events near Shaftesbury, Dorset Higher Green Farm at Twyford, near Shaftesbury, Dorset is a converted farm in a stunning rural setting, for the teaching of all forms of Art and Craft. There is workshop, gallery and studio space set within four acres of inspirational grounds and beautiful surrounding countryside, creating that peaceful 'away from it all' feeling. We aim to provide opportunities at all levels for children and adults to pursue creative experience through the courses that we offer. www.highergreenfarmarts.co.uk www.rethink.org www.rethink.org Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. www.rethink.org Mind Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. www.mind.org.uk www.shift.org.uk www.shift.org.uk Shift is a five year initiative (2004-2009) in England to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues www.shift.org.uk Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health www.scmh.org.uk Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. We work to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems by removing barriers and achieving change. www.scmh.org.uk www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk Mental health information for friends, family and carers. www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk Dorset Mind Dorset Mind provides services to people in Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole with mental health problems and promotes better mental health. www.dorsetmind.org.uk Dorset Walks Dorset is famous for its picturesque coastline, why not try a walk along its Jurassic Coast? The county also has some notable archaeology, including the hill forts of Abbotsbury Castle, Badbury Rings, Maiden Castle and Hod Hill. Dorset has many 'Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty' and 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest' so don't neglect walking in its countryside, examples: Fontmell Down and Cerne Abbas. Most of the walks on walks4softies are in Dorset but there are also some walks in Hampshire and Wiltshire. www.walks4softies.co.uk www.kingsfund.org.uk www.kingsfund.org.uk The King's Fund is an independent charitable foundation working for better health. www.kingsfund.org.uk bbc resource on mental health Maintaining a balance One in four of us will have some sort of mental health problem in our life. This means there are millions of people in Britain who are either encountering problems themselves or know someone else who is experiencing them. www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/index.shtml www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 Bournemouth Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 Sane uk , The Helpline Mental Health Charity charitable helpline used by frontline health professionals and others. www.sane.org.uk/ or www.sane.org.uk/public_html/index.shtml Sane UK the Mental Health Helpline Charity Sane Uk offers frontline health professionals and others responding to the needs of anyone affected by any mental health problem, open every day of the year. For many thousands of callers, the service provided by SANEline - a combination of practical information, crisis care and emotional support - is not available from any other source. www.sane.org.uk/public_html/index.shtml www.socialinclusion.org.uk www.socialinclusion.org.uk The National Social Inclusion Programme www.socialinclusion.org.uk BME Mental Health in Dorset & Somerset www.e-quality4mh-dorsetandsomerset.nhs.uk promotes mental health for Black & Minority Ethnic Communities in Dorset & Somerset. www.e-quality4mh-dorsetandsomerset.nhs.uk EDP DRUG and ALCOHOL in Blandford For more infomation on drugs and alcohol and how to give it up. family groups and lots of support, activities, and more www.edpservices.org.uk/ Recovery Dorset Recovery Dorset promotes recovery from mental health problems. www.recovery-dorset.org.uk/ www.idorset.co.uk The Dorset Search Engine www.idorset.co.uk Gardens Open The national gardens scheme - find out which gardens are open www.ngs.org.uk www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s58/Bournemouth_ABC/ What's on at Bournemouth ABC Cinema www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s58/Bournemouth_ABC/ www.makingspace.co.uk A site with some useful mental health resources. www.makingspace.co.uk Recycle Ink Cartridges - including Epson! cartridges4charity.co.uk collect ink cartridges for recycling. Epson themselves have a facility for recycling as much as possible of their old cartridges - it's just not publicised! It is now! cartridges4charity.co.uk/epsons.htm Working and your Benefits Information on how you can do some paid work and maintain your benefits www.workways.org.uk mental health and recovery An interesting and informative site on mental health and recovery http:www.spn.org.uk/ Dorset for you Information on services across Dorset, from art and culture to road closures www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2251 Race for life Cancer research fund raising event 5k walk, run, or race at several local venues. www.raceforlife.org/ Triumph Over Phobia national network of self-help groups to help people with phobia or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to overcome their problems using graded self-exposure. This means learning how to face up to your fears in a very gradual and structured way so that eventually the anxiety should decrease. 2007www.topuk.org/ Higher Green Farm Arts twyford Higher Green Farm is a converted farm house, for teaching all forms of arts and crafts. caurses include metal sculpture paper sculpture and digital photography telephone 01747812593 www.highergreenfarmarts.co.uk say no to 0870 If you are feed up with paying through the nose for telephone calls this is the site for you. just search for the company you want to call and get an altertive number www.saynoto0870.com/ BBC Dorset Local news, pictures, weather, history, people, places. www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/ Dorset Wildlife Trust News and infomation about Dorset wildlife trust.including walks projects Volunteering opportunities, Nature Reserve, and Adopt a Red Squirrel or Dormouse www.dorsetwildlife.co.uk/ Care and Repair England Care & Repair England is a charity set up in 1986 to improve the housing and living conditions of older people and disabled people. www.careandrepair-england.org.uk/ Wave 105 Local Radio station www.wave105.com Holton lee Holton Lee is set within 350 acres of diverse landscape, woodland, heathland, reedbed and meadows overlooking the shores of Poole Harbour towards the Purbeck Hills, sustaining a variety of wildlife, including some rare and nationally significant species. Features of the site include: reed thatched observation hide overlooking the pond and reedbeds, Arts Pavilion with potters wheel and kiln. The Chase Manhattan observation hide is sited on the edge of Holly Coppice looking out across the reedbeds towards Lytchett Bay. The Pony Carriage Driving Centre, Dutch Barn, 4 accessible artist studios, gardens and workshops offer additional facilities. Faith House and the Farmhouse provide space for exhibitions, small conferences and meetings. www.holtonlee.co.uk/index.htm Combat stress a charity set up to Help for ex-servacemen suffering from combat stree www.combatstress.org.uk/ Nightline Nightline is a listening, emotional support, information and supplies service, run by students for students and open at night when few other services are available. University can be a time of many changes and challenges and being able to talk to a fellow student can and does make a difference. If you’re a student at a university with a Nightline you can talk to us about anything you like. www.nightline.ac.uk/Home.aspx Govdirect mental health The goverment own websites Mental health pages. this site contains loads of other information as well www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/HealthAndSupport/MentalHealth/DG_10023439 Mental Health Alliance The Mental Health Alliance is a coalition of 75 organisations working together to secure a better mental health legislation. It is the broadest coalition in the mental health world www.mentalhealthalliance.org.uk/aboutus/associatemembers.html Time for change Positive action to put a end to disrimination www.time-to-change.org.uk/ M D F Established in 1983 MDF The BiPolar Organisation is a national user-led organisation and registered charity for people whose lives are affected by manic depression. MDF The BiPolar Organisation aims to enable people affected by manic depression (bi-polar) to take control of their lives through the services that we offer members www.mdf.org.uk/ look after your mental health using exercise order a booklet or down load a pdf file www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/?entryid5=72791&q=684278 Walks in Dorset A collection of walks posted on the BBC website a chance to get out and about in Dorsets lovely county. www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/places/walks_index.shtml Accessible Britain a handy guide packed with places to go that are accessible to people with disabilities, free to anyone with a blue badge www.accessibleguide.co.uk/ |