Welcome to Mental Health Matters (MHM) episode #9, our festive edition and do we have a bumper show for you!
We welcome back presenter Bob Simpson and our regular contributor Wayne B this month, our guests were Mental Health survivor & campaigner Mark Dale, who talks about his Mental Health journey. Also, we were joined by staff and clients of T.I.M.E (Therapy in Musical Expression), a musical therapy group based in Basildon, who also performed two songs live!
We also have our regular “Songs Of The Month”, Mental Health News and our Discussion topic (Dealing with the Christmas period) plus our Stress-buster (talking about Laughter)!
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Wayne, Mark, Bob and Scott
Songs of the Month:
Song 1: Saving My Face by KT Tunstall
Song 2:(Wayne’s choice) Fairytale of New York by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
Mark’s song: Watching The Wheels by John Lennon
Song 3: Waiting For Me by Joe Bonamassa
Song 4: Do They Know It’s Christmas by the Cast of Glee
The Folks from T.I.M.E. Ready to perform for us in Studio 2
You can find out more about T.I.M.E. here
Credits:
Presented by Bob Simpson & Scott W
Produced by Scott W
Contributors: Wayne B, Mark Dale & T.I.M.E staff and clients
Assistant Producers: Wayne B, Bob Simpson & Isla B
Let us know what you think of the programme!
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E-mail: mhmatters@outlook.com
Helpful Organisations
Mind 0300 123 3393 or Mind.org.uk
Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 or Samaritans.org
SANE 0845 767 8000 or Sane.org.uk
Elefriends (MH Support Forum) – elefriends.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness website (for factsheets/blogs etc) : rethink.org
YoungMinds
Parents Helpline: Call: 0808 802 5544 or www.youngminds.org.uk
Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy Peaceful New Year from us all!
Scott insisted on removing his Elf costume before the photo session!
