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What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...work or sport and leisure activities [volunteer woman garden] Becoming actively engaged in community activities through volunteering, community education, or sport and leisure activities can be a good way of connecting with other people and improving your physical and mental health. Your local library will be a good starting point to find out about such activities. Many...
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Article 10 mins
Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...work together according to their preferences and strengths, so we have: Setter up/ take down; the Servery team; Meeters & Greeters; Coffee & Craft team, Musician & Walk Leader. Volunteers make it the welcoming and caring place that we hope it is. Volunteers say they appreciate the sense of achievement and a feeling of self-worth by their fellowship and the camaraderie....
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...Energy Course, if so we would love to know whether you went onto working in renewables. We would also like to hear from you as we are hoping to celebrate 25 years of OU Renewable Education, if you would like to get in touch, please email us using OU-Alumni-Renewables-25-STEM@open.ac.uk [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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Article 5 mins
The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London
Education & Development

The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London

...work was completed. Some felt a lack of motivation without the presence of an educator, and in terms of those who were at school it was generally established that they missed learning with their friends. Interestingly, whilst many children and young people kept in contact with the same friendship groups, a minority did not and their friendship circles became smaller, but...
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Article 10 mins
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...children and young people’s experiences when a parent is incarcerated. YSS has launched a new and much-needed service, Families First, to support families affected by parental incarceration. [Two people holding hands, separated by prison bars.] Watch the interview below with Lia Palios-Hayden of YSS, as she discusses the work they do in the local community. Transcript....
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Article 3 hrs
Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...work, as a Professor of Music, considers life in nineteenth-century mental health institutions, most recently centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both...
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Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...working with positive and negative numbers and how to multiply and divide with fractions and decimals...Do fractions and decimals make you apprehensive about maths? Do you lack confidence in dealing with numbers? If so, then this free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic, is for you. The course will explain the basics of working with positive and negative numbers and how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching language, literature and childhood
Education & Development

Approaching language, literature and childhood

...works. Most of us have some level of familiarity with poems, rhymes, cartoons, graphic novels and other forms of storytelling from our own childhood, from children we interact with as adults, or from engaging with literature for children as adults ourselves. But how does this material influence us as children or as adults? Do the books we read – or engage with through...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs