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Blog: Mental health and physical activity in Northern Ireland. Mental Health Foundation.
26th September 2018Most people know that engaging in physical activity is not only important for our physical health, but also for our mental wellbeing.
Much of the existing research focuses on the impact of physical activity on depression, with multiple studies finding that physical activity is associated with a reduction in depressive symptoms. The Royal College of Psychiatrists states ...
Press release: University of Bedfordshire, Disabled parents often seen as risk to their children rather than given support, report warns
21st September 2018Health and social care services are failing disabled parents and their children, a report published today suggests.
Disabled parents told the report’s authors that health and adult social care professionals assessing their needs often ignore the parenting implications of their impairment and fail to communicate with their counterparts in children’s services.
Meanwhile, children’s social care professionals too ...
Press release: Love it or hate it? Here’s your chance to Rate it! 17 September 2018
17th September 2018Rate it!, the new product review website written by and for disabled people,
would like to hear about the products you’ve found useful to make daily life easier.
And what about the ones that don’t help?
For too long, there hasn’t been anywhere for disabled people in the UK to share their views
and read reviews about small- to ...
Blog: DRILL funded “Match Me” Project Advisory Group members share their experience so far…
12th September 2018Margaret Follon, Chair of the Project Advisory Group:
I was delighted to be asked to chair the Advisory Group for the Match Me research project. It has been a real pleasure to meet both the research group from Stirling University and the other members of the group who have come from a variety of backgrounds.
Our first ...