Join us for a mental health awareness session that will also shine a light on the experiences of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. On the day you will have the opportunity to hear about: Saturday 1st November 2025 10am-2pm Immaculate Conception Hall, Portswood Road, Southampton SO17 3SB Free African Caribbean lunch! This event is open […]
Women’s Health event agenda These sessions are being held on Teams and will involve presentations followed by Q&A. To reserve your place or obtain more information about the sessions, please click here. Agenda Tuesday 15th October 9-10am – Women’s Sexual Health with Solent Sexual Health Team 10-11am – Perinatal Mental Health with Southern NHS […]
Healthwatch Southampton teamed up with SO:Link last week to attend the Unpaid Carer event at MAST Studios to celebrate Carers Week. We heard from several speakers including carers who shared their experiences of their caring role. We spoke to many people to raise awareness of the work Healthwatch do as well as signposting carers to […]
Matt, our volunteer, attended the Jobs & Wellbeing Fair at St Mary’s Leisure Centre on 12th June. Matt chatted to several people from across the City and Hampshire Wide about the many benefits of volunteering and was able to share his own experience of the various volunteering roles he has held, which has led to […]
At some stage it’s usual for everyone to experience difficulties with low or anxious mood. Later life is no exception! Mood difficulties can be accompanied by uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Sometimes mood difficulties are relatively short-lived. At other times they may be more prolonged. At these times a person may find it harder to do […]
Invitation to take part in research RESTART Top 10 Research Priorities for Dental Care in People with Lived Experience of Severe Mental Distress RESTART is a research priority setting bringing together people with severe mental distress, their carers, clinicians and other partners to identify and prioritise uncertainties, or ‘unanswered questions’, about dental care for people […]
Who We Are We are a network of people from different perspectives and backgrounds who share the common ideal of promoting the Soteria tradition in the UK – a tradition that offers humane, noncoercive therapeutic help with little or no use of medication. Soteria’s philosophy is based on the belief that it’s possible for people […]
Public Service Consultants (PSC) who are doing some work with the NHS in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight based on improving provision, and uptake, of physical health checks (PHCs) for people who have a serious mental illness (SMI). They are hoping to engage people with lived experience in two ways: • a short, anonymous, […]
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