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Blogs, opinion pieces, stories and experiences from across Second Step. See below for our most recent campaign & video, our latest news and blog posts, and our 2023 Impact Report.

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Poem Brut: cultivating a language without words

27 May 2021

Ahead of Bristol Wellbeing College’s Poetry Without Words live exhibition at Boston Tea Party, Stoke’s Croft, we revisit the six-week…

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George Floyd Day

25 May 2021

Today Jason (shown above) from our STAR Diversity group has written some powerful words to commemorate the one year anniversary…

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Our latest newsletter

17 May 2021

It’s the creativity that saved me Welcome to the Spring edition of the Second Step newsletter, Hope. This issue’s theme…

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Roadmapping out of lockdown

17 May 2021

How do you approach lockdown lifting when you have valid anxiety about being around people? Our digital officer, Claire, talks about how she is looking at a personal roadmap for just this reason.

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Emerging from Hibernation

10 May 2021

To kick of Mental Health Awareness Week, our Deputy Chief Executive Andy Warren reflects on what he’s learnt over the…

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Nature heals – our message for #MHAW21

10 May 2021

We’re kicking off this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week with a blog from our Deputy Chief Executive, Andy Warren, and…

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