It’s estimated that around 15% of the UK population is neurodivergent. Understanding neurodiversity and taking steps to better support it in workplaces can benefit both employers and employees.
This webinar is for employers wanting to learn more about neurodiversity.
This free to attend event covers:
10 September is World Suicide Prevention Day, a chance for organisations and communities around the world come together to raise awareness and campaign for better suicide prevention.
This World Suicide Prevention Day Samaritans are encouraging people to talk more openly about suicidal thoughts. They will be sharing tips on how to talk about difficult feelings if you’re the one experiencing them, or if you’re worried about someone else.
A taster seminar on online misogyny which will discuss the prevalence of and harmful effects of misogyny in online spaces.
The prevalence of and harmful effects of misogyny in online spaces, including social media platforms, gaming communities and in podcasting is on the rise and is getting more media attention by the day. The seminar is designed to help spot how these behaviours create a hostile environment for women and other marginalised genders online.
Research to Action returns for another seminar, connecting researchers and activists to rethink masculinities, deepen the fight against gender based violence, and build for gender equality.
Effective professional support can potentially stop suicidal distress from getting worse, but men are less likely than women to seek help. So what are the invisible walls that men encounter, and how can we, as a society, actively dismantle them?
With 80% of people feeling that working from home has negatively affected their mental health, this active participation workshop will look at stress overload and ways to manage your mental wellbeing.
Our workshops are designed to;
Adversity and trauma can impact on all aspects of a person’s life, often affecting a person’s ability to engage fully in society. People’s behaviour can be displayed as distressed, challenging, or sometimes withdrawn. There are a wide range of behaviours due to adversity and trauma. Such behaviour often impacts on relationships, engagement, employment, and can affect a person’s ability to contribute positively to society. However, this negative response is not inevitable and there can be support for people with such adversity and trauma and also, both are preventable.
"It is of concern what we are seeing and hearing on the news, in our streets and within our communities. It is important that we come together in a time of great stress and anxiety and support each other. Such trauma affects people differently, and at different times, and often in many months after. It can also re-trigger trauma from our past.
'Active Connection' aims to improve understanding of children’s behaviour as communication and to enhance knowledge of the hidden and expressed need. It will cultivate a greater understanding of neurodiversity and can help to shape an inclusive approach. Active connection will provide an opportunity to develop skills; with the aim of equipping each individual with greater potential to self-regulate and co-regulate tricky behaviour.’
The MYRIAD: Spark Project Fund is offering funding for test and learn projects exploring how culture and creativity can reduce mental health inequalities in global majority communities. Through these projects the aim is to create opportunities to explore new practice, new approaches and new partnerships. Expressions of interest are being invited from VCFSE, cultural sector and statutory organisations.
We need to talk about suicide to help remove the stigma. Every day, our specialist team support veterans, and their families to stand strong once again. But for many, the journey before they take the first step towards accessing that support can take weeks, months or even years.
We believe having a conversation can be lifesaving. When someone opens up, it’s important that they feel safe and listened to.
Join us (Help for Heroes) on Suicide Awareness Day for our Let's Talk about Suicide webinar.