Category Archives: mental health
The farm giving disabled people the chance to experience rural life
Medicine comes in many different forms
11:00am Sunday 14th July 2013 in News By Maria Court
Paula with Will Payne and volunteers and participants at High Mead Farm
Medicine comes in many different forms. Whittling wood, tending the land, caring for animals and feeling the sun on your skin can do wonders for physical and mental wellbeing.
Providing that therapy for many members of the community is High Mead Farm near Longham.
Since last autumn the four-acre plot has offered a supported work environment for people with learning and physical difficulties as well as youngsters who are out of work or who have been excluded from school.
Will Payne and Mark Gregory took over the land, which was in a run-down state, but with the help of local people it’s back on track to becoming a sustainable farm.
“We wanted to make it accessible to the whole community,” explained Will.
Mental health nurses to patrol streets of North Yorkshire with police
The county is one of four revealed by Care and Support
12:00am Thursday 27th June 2013 in News By Matt Westcott
MENTAL health nurses will patrol the streets with police officers as part of a pilot initiative in North Yorkshire.
The county is one of four revealed by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb today and will see the nurses sent to incidents where police believe people need immediate mental health support.
Street triage services already operate in neighbouring Cleveland and have shown good results.
Victory for mental health crusade
MENTAL HEALTH campaigners have welcomed a call by a minister to ban the use of face-down restraint.
By: Ted Jeory
Published: Sun, June 23, 2013
The announcement by Health Minister Norman Lamb last week marks a major victory for the Sunday Express Crusade for Better Mental Health, which demanded the ban 16 months ago.
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