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Parity of Esteem
This is what treatment for a broken leg would be like if physical health services were the same as mental health services. Imagine that you trip and hurt your leg. You go to your GP because it seems quite bad, … Continue reading
A Charter for all – Meryl Williams
The well loved, noble, good Queen Vic Reigned long years upon the English throne But here is Wales I’ve hoiked my pick Hewn coal, breathed iron and then traipsed home. My fellow men we gather here We sing a song … Continue reading
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Meryl Williams – Aunt Meryl’s Autobiography
I’m a complex yet homespun girl Not a bit the social whirl I love best a cup of tea Good humour and good company. If your problems you relate You may find I can equate But if solutions you reject … Continue reading
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Come As You Are Blog
Recently Your Voice was asked to feature a piece from the Come As You Are Blog, an anonymous blog with underlying themes of mental health. Created by the young for the young, Come As You Are Blog is a safe … Continue reading
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New Chair at Bath Mind
Hello – I’m Kate McDonnell and I’m the new chair of Bath Mind. I want to start by paying a tribute to my predecessor, Richard Ellis. He has been a trustee and chair of Bath Mind for many years, contributing … Continue reading
The Art of Conversation
On the news our PM says He’ll bulldoze where I live today But remember iron Mrs T The Right to Buy her particularity We spoke of where to house my friends As social housing never ends Then talked of keeping … Continue reading
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Friend or Foe?
Effervescent from the ground The water rises, soaking sound It trickles during summer heat Depleted yet never lost to us The Autumn rains bring flooding despair All life seems compromised, our homes declare Emergency on harrowing scale Again and again … Continue reading
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Yellow Blighters
The weather in deepest, darkest Jan Is suddenly cold whilst I am pale and wan But December was warm and overly wet The dandelions are in bloom, the season is set. Daffodils are out in time with catkins Cel endings … Continue reading
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Guest Blog Post by Ben Howlett Conservative MP for Bath
It was a privilege this week to get the opportunity to speak in this week’s debate in Parliament on Mental Health. Contributions to the debate were measured and reasoned with many MPs speaking from their own experiences with mental health, … Continue reading
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I Wonder What The Pigeons Taste Like?
Cold is like a language, I need to learn it or I die. Litter goes in the bin – ah lunch! A crushing hunger fighting over a half-finished burger and scraps of fries. At first I shit in my jeans. … Continue reading
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