Craig’s story
Craig’s story My name is Craig and I’ve suffered from Mental Health difficulties for 20 years. I had a limb removed and extensive surgery some years ago and struggled to adapt to this life changing experience. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to live independently but with Penumbra’s help I’ve rebuilt my skills and […]
Lottery success for Penumbra’s self-harm project in Fife
Lottery success for Penumbra’s self-harm project in Fife Leading mental health charity, Penumbra, is pleased to announce its success in the latest round of awards from the National Lottery with its Self-Harm Service in Fife being selected for an award through the National Lottery’s Community Fund. Penumbra’s Self-Harm Project in Fife was opened in 2005 […]
Top marks for charity’s supported living service in Edinburgh
Top marks for charity’s supported living service in Edinburgh Leading mental health charity, Penumbra, is celebrating this week after receiving top marks from the Care Inspectorate for its Edinburgh Supported Living Service (SLS). The Care inspectorate reported noted that Penumbra’s Edinburgh SLS “excelled in the support they provided enabling people to experience positive outcomes that enhanced their wellbeing” and […]
Praise for building meaningful lives at Sighthill
Praise for building meaningful lives at Sighthill Originally a sheltered housing complex, a building in the Calders has been transformed by the City of Edinburgh Council to provide high-quality places to stay. The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership is now funding ongoing care and support for tenants at the St Stephen’s service as they […]
Penumbra gets bags of help from Tesco
Penumbra gets bags of help from Tesco Staff at Penumbra are celebrating with news of their success in this year’s Tesco Bags of Help grant competition. Tesco customers across three regions gave Penumbra their blue tokens winning the charity a total of £50,000. The Centenary grant will help mental health charity Penumbra develop a new […]
Luellen’s story
Luellen’s story I have lived with mental ill health most of my life and at times l have really struggled. Back in 2017 my whole world crumbled around me as my mental health became really bad to the point where I just didn’t want to be here, l had lost my job and was in […]
Dan’s blog: staying connected
Staying connected during lockdown ith the temporary cessation of face-to-face support, my colleagues and I are working from home for the time being. We’re using technology wherever possible to make video calls to the people we support to maintain some visual contact. When this isn’t possible we provide structured phone calls to try and continue […]
Penumbra welcomes extension to distress support
Penumbra welcomes extension to distress support Penumbra is pleased to be one of the third sector partners as part of the additional measures to help people look after their mental health and wellbeing during coronavirus which were announced this week. The charity is already a partner in Aberdeen, Inverness and Moray DBI. Chief Executive of […]
Michaela’s story
Michaela’s story I was really young when my parents found out I was diagnosed with epilepsy; I was about 18 months old. I have had treatment for it and now I have been seizure free for over 13 years. My mental health issues started at a really young age, at around the age of 8/9 […]
Dave’s story
Dave’s story Staying connected to others is always a key element in keeping well mentally and emotionally. Now that coronavirus has restricted our options to achieve this, it is perhaps more important than ever that we all dedicate ourselves to finding innovative ways to do so. As well as continuing to support people 1:1, we […]
