Blogs
“When something bad happens, it can make you feel a little braver than you were before”: How visiting a wellness café taught me the value of my lived experiences.
After her mum passed away in 2022, Tania’s faith in health services was shaken and she was left struggling with…
Read More‘Connection is so important but is so overlooked’
Amy Hardwick, Health Improvement Manager for Mental Health and Wellbeing at Somerset Council has worked in partnership with Stepladder to…
Read MoreFarewell Stepladder
Our men’s mental health project in Somerset may be ending but the abundance of community groups still in the local…
Read MoreBreaking barriers: Five revolutionary activists who shaped British history
For LGBTQIA+ history Month, Phoebe Horrocks, Peer Recovery Navigator and LGBTQIA+ Lead at Second Step, reflects on the importance of…
Read MoreTips for looking after yourself this Christmas
Christmas is almost upon us and while it can be a joyful time, it is also okay to find the…
Read MoreTrauma-informed insights: Second Step at the international trauma-informed care in practice conference 2024
Second Step’s dedication to advancing trauma-informed practices was highlighted at the 5th International Trauma Informed Care in Practice online conference…
Read MoreHow a group of people facing multiple disadvantage in Bristol are changing the services they use
Independent Futures (IF) brings together people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage to shape and improve Bristol’s public services. As…
Read MoreBringing hope and courage to life – The role of lived experience in mental health recovery work
Tammie Hemmett joined Second Step in 2020 as Team Manager at Safe Haven Crisis & Recovery Centre in Weston-super-Mare. Here…
Read MoreSecond Step pressure causes The Independent to rethink the way it reports suicide deaths
A headline reporting the death of cricketer Graham Thorpe did not meet The Samaritans’ media guidelines. The way newspapers report…
Read MoreFrom near homelessness to living independently: How Ezra and the Hope Project helped Drew achieve his goals
By Ezra Peregrine-Wheller, Hope Project worker I think the most important part of our work within the Hope Project is…
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