Friday 10th April 2020 - How can we offer something different to others?

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Posted 5:55pm

Healthy Minds, Healthy Bods was created and developed to offer a something different to current intervention, to stand out from the crowd.  We are proud that so far we have managed to succeed, and garnered incredible feedback as well.

Now we are in lockdown, we are anxious to be part of the community help going around, especially for our users. I spoke with three of our older ladies on the telephone yesterday, and the first thing they all said to me was that they were bored and scared to go out. It actually upset me a bit, as none of them use the internet, and it feels like the television is their only outlet.

With that in mind, I have spoken with my colleagues Luke and Dean to see how we can offer our own unique delivery style and sessions and be part of the wonderful response from many organisations. There are some fantastic interventions online, especially around exercise and fitness, but they are all so samey. We want to be able to step it up a notch. And we have some cracking ideas around this.

It is also important to offer something around mental health.that is practical, fun and they can do on their own. We are coming up with quite a few good ideas, and I am sure we can provide some terrific assistance. That, obviously, comes down to money, so we are completing as many applications as possible, and if we are fortunate enough to be awarded some funding then we intend to crack on and complete this. There is a lot of food, shopping and contact help offered, but I have not seen any fund mental health activity packages as yet.

I just wanted people to know that we have not stopped, relaxed, or rested. We want to be part of the ongoing mental health intervention for years, as long as people give us the chance, and are desperate to help our users, and others, at this difficult time.