Posts Tagged ‘Somerset’
Social prescribing initiatives prove their worth
Over the past few years Somerset has become a leader throughout the UK in the field of social prescribing. Stepladder’s…
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 MoreCome sit with us
A project in Somerset offers a new way to support people who are finding life difficult. Our Stepladder Communications Officer…
Read MoreReal life experiences inform homelessness and rough sleeping consultation in Somerset
Somerset Council launched a public consultation in July to review its homelessness strategy. The work is being done alongside the…
Read MoreA Walk for A Life. A walk for a friend.
Stepladder’s digital communications officer, Julie, explains what it was like to take part in A Walk for A Life in…
Read MoreCould personalised budgets end homelessness and rough sleeping?
Step Together, our innovative service supporting people facing multiple disadvantages in Somerset, is taking part in a nationwide Test and…
Read MoreSaving lives in Somerset – an out-of-hours service on a mission
In the last year, more than three thousand people have reached out for support from Crisis Safe Space, the out…
Read More“I looked forward to riding Maverick every week.” How horse riding became one young woman’s passport home.
It’s well known that horses can help our mental health, with a study by the British Horse Society revealing that horse riding stimulated many positive psychological feelings including reducing depression by 30%.
But for one young woman, who has spent the last 10 years in mental health units often under a section, horse riding became so much more than this. It helped her build her confidence and slowly but surely find the strength to return to life in the community.
Read MoreStep Together supports Kayleigh to live more independently
Step Together client Kayleigh recently spoke to the BBC in a poignant interview alongside her recovery coach Rooth Langston-Hart and…
Read MoreHow a Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game provoked real-life change
Recovery Coach Alex explains how role-playing in a fantasy game provided the safe space for a newfound reality and gave…
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