Blogs

Freeze (The Letter)

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Dear Readers, How are you? We write to you after a hiatus of three months, during the course of which…

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What keeps me well

Amie Netball team

Our September blog comes from New Business Manager Amie Dobinson who talks about how netball and swimming keep her well.…

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Me, My Diagnosis and I

Banner with words Invisible Illness

What’s it like to be told you have a mental illness or a personality disorder? For some, it brings relief…

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Looking to the STARS…

Milky way

Stuart is chair of the new involvement group at Second Step which works with staff to improve the organisation’s services, STAR Improvement. STAR stands for shaping, teaching and responding and Stuart was instrumental in developing this new approach to involvement and coproduction at Second Step. Here Stuart explains why it means so much to him.

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No Agenda

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This week’s guest contribution is from our student liaison co-coordinator, Ben Lilford. Under this long-winded title, Ben runs the College’s…

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Volunteering as a gateway

Volunteering celebration

Volunteering is often talked about as a gateway to paid work. This volunteers week we have Claire our Digital Communications Officer talking about how volunteering helped her into her job.

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Who cares?

Making sushi together

To mark Carers’ Week (10-16 June) our Involvement Officer Bev Woolmer blogs about being a carer for her son.

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