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emotional wellbeing

FUN FUN FUN

Summer is here, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… I think someone may need to tell that to the sun. Sometimes we build our lives waiting for that perfect moment to do something we like or enjoy but why can’t that day be TODAY. How about making

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August Wellbeing challenge

Hello and Welcome to August. We're hoping you had a great time being social last month and if you missed Rebekah's article on building relationships [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/building-relationships/] take a quick read now. They say laughter is the best medicine. The problem is we

wellbeing

Building Relationships

As you probably know, July’s wellbeing challenge is based around being more social (if not, take a peek at Sasha’s post [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/july-wellbeing-challenge/]. This is an enormous challenge in a culture where it’s so easy to see your friends lives online and post your

School's Out For Summer

Today is the last day of school term 💃🏽💃💃🏻 I thought this would be a great opportunity to share with you some of the things we've been up to this year and give you some ideas of things to do over the summer break. We have worked with 13

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Ambassadors progress

Phase are been incredibly blessed to have an amazing team of volunteers, not to mention our young leaders. In January, we began piloting the Phase Ambassadors Programme to recognise these wonderful young people, to give them training and experience and to better involve them in what we do. As I

A taste of honey!

Over the month of July, the Phase wellbeing challenge [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/july-wellbeing-challenge/] is about connecting with people. Not just sending someone a snapchat, or liking their instagram picture, but really connecting with them, where it's a two-way conversation. Relationships, people, family, friends, colleagues, whatever you call

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Children's Commissioner

Shocking report by Children’s Commissioner reveals millions of children in England living vulnerable or high risk lives On Tuesday 4th July the Children's Commissioner published some shocking findings from their recent analysis. One of the key findings states that > 800,000 children aged 5 to 17

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July Wellbeing Challenge

Welcome to July, Half the year is already completed so that means there is only approximately 181 days left of 2017. Roughly 174 days till Christmas, 124 days till fireworks night, 63 days till a new school year. There is between 51 – 23 days (depending on which week you’re

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Understand, Implement, Prevent: tackling poor mental health in schools

Welcome to our 2nd Guest blog takeover. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 30; self-harm in teens has nearly doubled since 2007; in 2015 more than 1 million people were in touch with mental health services; nearly 80,000 teenagers are suffering with depression; 26% of teenagers in

TED talks

What's been on our screens

Have you every wondered what someone else is looking at on their computer or laptop screen? What articles are they reading? What songs are they listening to? What apps are they using? Maybe they could help me. Well i have, sometimes I even take a sneaky look. :) Then I thought

training

Train the trainer!

In the past 18-months Phase has taken incredible leaps forward in our knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by young people that is attacking their wellbeing [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/wellbeing-life-list/] as well as key ways to grow and improve this – emotionally [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/embracing-gratitude/], mentally [http:

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May's Photography Challenge

What I love about photography is that it allows you to press pause on a specific moment of time and save the atmosphere, sights, feelings and all the senses from one moment using no words. I did the photography challenge for Mays wellbeing challenge and I was given a word

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June Wellbeing Challenge

Hello and welcome to June, that means it’s time for another wellbeing challenge. This month it's mindfulness. The challenge 1st - Start and end each day with some meditation. Whether that is meditating on scripture, or using a guided meditation app, it’s your choice. 2nd -

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Local company put Phase in the driving seat

Local car sales and service business AZ Autos [http://www.azautos.co.uk] recently took on an exciting challenge to support young people and give two local students an opportunity to experience business in the driving seat. AZ Autos [http://www.azautos.co.uk] donated a car for Luke and

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Emotional First Aid

Let’s set the scene – its evening, you're nice and relaxed, you’re at home cooking yourself a tasty dinner, you're busy minding your own business, when all of a sudden you cut your finger. What do you do? It’s not bad enough to warrant

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May Wellbeing Challenge

Wellcome to May :) So were doing something a little different this month - A photo challenge. This is a chance for you to get your camera out and notice the things around you. It's simple each day find or create something that represents the word that is given.

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An intentional diet

The April wellbeing challenge [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/april-wellbeing-challenge/] was all about changing your diet or doing something different in relation to the food you are eating. Food is very important and can have a big impact on how we feel and function each day. Why I choose to take

fundraising

Amanda goes the distance

You may or may not know that Amanda, our office manager has taken on a huge challenge in aid of Phase. Kieran took a few moments in between Amanda's busy schedule to find out what she is doing and why. In the year that I turn 50 I&

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Bullet journalling

I wonder if you are a technology person, or if you prefer paper and pen? Do you use a diary, or is your life recorded on an online calendar? In most circumstances, I am a technology person – even as a teenager I had a Palm (blast from the past?) and

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April Wellbeing Challenge

We are officially ¼ of the way through the year, I feel like it’s flown by. So far on our challenges we’ve increased our water intake, learnt a new skill and tried some things to build on our spiritual wellbeing. Wait! What’s that I hear you say, you

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‘'I am a parent; how can I promote positive wellbeing?’'

For most of us, from our waking moments to a sleeping bed at night, we worry. We worry about what we are, or aren’t saying to our children. We worry if they are getting 5 a day or 5 a week. We worry if they are doing ok at

spiritual

Boost your spiritual wellbeing

What do you find most helpful in developing your spiritual wellbeing? I hope that many of you have been joining us throughout March, on our spiritual wellbeing challenge – but it’s also Lent, so I’m aware that you may have been doing other challenges too. For example, I’ve

People Have Started Talking

Last week Donna told you all the exciting things that happened at our premier [http://blog.phase-hitchin.org/lets-talk-2/]. This week our new #lets talk series was in the Comet [http://www.thecomet.net/news/hitchin_mental_health_and_wellbeing_charity_s_let_s_talk_video_project_launches_a_second_

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Let's Talk...

After the success of our first Let’s Talk video we decided to make a whole series of videos that would act as conversation starters about key mental health topics. The Princes Trust recently revealed some of their latest statistics, including the the fact that one in four young people

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Spiritual Wellbeing

What is spiritual wellbeing? Does it mean to be a priest, a guru, one of the few enlightened ones or could it be someone who creates space and time to think and connect beyond themselves. I like to put it as ‘a brush with the Divine’. Just as our March