Children’s Mental Health in the Digital Era

On the 8th February two members of the Well Pool blogging team attended a “meetup,”  hosted by Tech4Good Liverpool in collaboration with Red Ninja  http://www.redninja.co.uk/.  The meeting was to discuss the problems surrounding the mental health of children and young people in the digital era.  This being a week of events to highlight the importance…

Sacred Circle

    I’m not sure how or where to begin this blog because there is no beginning or end to write about. You see I’m trying to construct a circle, not a mathematical circle but my own invisible circle of self-love and self-discovery.  My safe, sacred space, my connection to…

Liverpool Ramblers FREE walks over Christmas

Don’t be alone over the Christmas period from Monday 19th December 2016 to Tuesday 3rd January 2017 . You can get out and about, meet new people, all for FREE. A walk every day except Christmas Day for two weeks. You will be out in the fresh air, see the…

Sky Ride 2016

Sunday, 21st August saw the 2016 Sky Ride event starting and ending at Sefton Park here in Liverpool. This is a great event for well-being, whether you participate or watch, whether you are young or old, on your own or with family or friends, do it primarily for health, work…

Apps for well-being 2

Last week, I mentioned a few Mood Tracking apps for Android. As I said then, it was by no means comprehensive, but I thought it was a useful way to start exploring the apps in that category on Google Play. In this post I want to draw attention to another…

Apps for well-being 1

There are a whole load of Android apps associated with well-being (and presumably on the Apple system too – more on that later). From apps to track your mood, to guided mindfulness and meditation, to physical monitoring, to ambient sound makers for meditation and mindfulness. Because of my longstanding interest…

Not long left to Count the Bees

Wow! The Great British Bee Count has caused a right old buzz. Thousands of people have already spotted over 300,000 bees, from the common carder bee to hairy-footed flower bee. There’s still time to join the Great British Bee Count. Download the free app today. So many people are bee-spotting…

The Great British Bee Count – Get Involved

Get out and about in the garden or parks and see if you can identify the different types of bees, click on this link –https://www.foe.co.uk/green-blog/how-identify-bumblebees  Help to spot our bees and help them to pollinate our flowers. Without them we would have no fruit or vegetables. You can help by…

World Mental Health Day

Come along and enjoy an event to be held at PSS Head Office on 5th October 2015 between 5pm and 7pm. There will be displays of art from the Wellbeing Centres and some Stigma busting around Mental Health.

Reflections on the Course

Well, here we are…the end of the first community reporting course. The Well Pool reporters have brushed up on their digital skills, exploring blogging, digital photography, audio production and video-making, all in whirlwind 8 sessions! As well as these skills, the team have also had a chance to meet new…

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