Category: Community Living Well
NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression
NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression – the new name for IAPT services Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services are being renamed as NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression, following a public consultation with close to 4,000 responses and a series of focus groups led by an independent research group. NHS Talking […]
Housing and mental health
Housing and mental health problems are often linked. Poor mental health can make coping with housing problems more challenging. Homelessness or housing issues can cause a deterioration in your mental health. What impacts can housing have on mental health? Your relationship: Struggling with your rent payments or living conditions can cause arguments and place a […]
Coping with Christmas and the festive season
Coping with Christmas and the festive season The festive season can often bring extra pressure, and your worries and fears may seem worse during this time of year because of what is happening around you. This can affect your mental health in different ways, so it’s important to be kind to yourself and take care […]
Talking Therapies: Chris’s story
Before the pandemic hit in early 2020, Chris was leading a busy life; working in a voluntary role as a board member, exercising and receiving physical therapy for an injured shoulder, and socialising with friends. However, all of this had to stop when the first lockdown was introduced. Like many of us, Chris was forced […]
Annual Community and Maternity Champions Conference
“The Community Champions Programme offers a range of activities aimed to improve health and wellbeing, reduce isolation and develop community cohesion. The program operates across RBKC and WCC and comprises 11 Community Champion projects. Each is based in neighbourhoods that have the highest health inequalities in the boroughs. In November, I attended the 10th Annual […]
New Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) to open at St Charles Hospital
CNWL is developing a Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS) to provide a therapeutic alternative to attending Accident and Emergency (A&E) for those experiencing a Mental Health (MH) crisis this winter. The service, which will open soon, will: Reduce mental health attendances in all A&Es in North West London (NWL) over the winter Reduce mental […]
Managing anxiety and stress during this time
There’s a lot going on in our world right now. If news and current events are causing you anxiety and stress, there are some things you can do to help manage these feelings. STAY INFORMED BUT NOT ALARMED You might like to keep up-to-date with news from around the world, however, tuning in to every […]
Exciting Peer Support Activities
At Community Living Well, we have an exciting range of in-person and online social peer support activities. Great for meeting new people and doing some interesting and engaging things together at the same time. During the spring/summer we have had trips to Kensington Palace, including a look at their ‘Life Through the Royal Lens’ photography […]
World Mental Health Day 2022
Today (Monday 10 October 2022) is World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day is observed every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness and breaking down the stigma of mental health issues around the world. The stigma and discrimination experienced by people who experience mental ill health not only affects that person’s physical […]
How to fit mental health breaks into your day
During our busy lives, we can easily forget to take care of our mental health, but making time for a mental health break doesn’t have to be difficult. Most of us would love to be able to switch off for an hour during the day, but with work, studying, parenting, or all of the above, […]
