‘SURVIVING Christmas and New Year’ in Edinburgh and Midlothian are two new booklets produced by Scottish charity Health in Mind.
They offer tips and information to support many people who find the festive period challenging.
“The booklets highlight the range of support and services available in each area,” says Flora Sharp, who runs the charity’s Information Resource Centre.
She explained how worries about money, heating bills or family conflicts can make people feel anxious and unhappy: “The booklets are available online and as well as providing tips for keeping well and getting through Christmas, they contain emergency contacts for agencies that can help with addictions, housing, money and advocacy; details about food banks and free or low-cost food; safety and emergency services; support for carers and services open on 25 December.
“On Christmas Day, many people don’t want to be on their own and the booklets highlight organisations providing Christmas lunch and for anyone experiencing a mental health emergency, there are contact numbers too.”
The booklets can be downloaded from the Health in Mind website, www.health-in-mind.org.uk, or from the Health in Mind Information Resource Centre at 40 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh EH2 4RT.
Or here:
For Edinburgh: http://edspace.org.uk/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Surviving-the-Holidays-Edinburgh-2016.pdf
For Midlothian: http://midspace.co.uk/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Surviving-the-Holidays-Midlothian-2016.pdf
The publications are based on leaflets originally produced by the FAST group in West Dumbarton and the Fife Adult Protection Committee.
ENDS
For further information contact Doreen Graham, Health in Mind communications manager on 0131 243 0137 or Flora Sharp, Health in Mind information resource worker on 0131 243 0106.
Notes for editors:
Health in Mind is a Scottish charity with almost 35 years’ experience delivering specialist mental health and wellbeing services including support services; talking therapies; information and a range of self-management and preventative services.
Last year, our 120 staff and 298 volunteers supported over 3,000 people and we are accredited with both Investors in People and Investors in Volunteers.
Our services include Guided Self Help (cognitive behavioural therapy), counselling and trauma counselling, information, befriending, suicide and substance misuse prevention.
Health in Mind training courses are all about developing knowledge, skills, confidence and understanding about mental health and other areas of interest. Our training programme offers over 22 courses which can be tailored and delivered in-house to companies and organisations.
MEDIA RELEASE issued by Health in Mind. You too can share your stories (aka press or media releases), on allmediascotland.com. Email here for more information.
Check out twitter.com/newsdipper for your very own media releases feed…
Check out too twitter.com/allCharitiesPR and twitter.com/allEdinburghPR.
Stay connected with our various twitter feeds: Charities, Drink, Education, Energy, Fashion, Film, Food, Gardens, Legal, Motors, Music, Outdoors, Property, Science and Sports. And not forgetting Finance, Theatre, Travel, Festivals, Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Perth and Stirling.
To catch up on all the media releases recently posted on to allmediascotland.com, you need only click the link icon that you see towards the bottom right of our two media release ‘gateway boxes’.
It’s this icon, here. It’s your route straight into the rich archive.
—
Health in Mind contact details…
Contact: Doreen Graham
Phone: 07590009953
Email: doreen@health-in-mind.org.uk
Website: http://www.health-in-mind.org.uk
