Dave’s blog on sleep
Why is sleep so important for our wellbeing? With increasingly busy lives it’s estimated that we now sleep around 90 minutes less each night than we did in the 1920s. I was startled to read this recently on the Mental Health Foundation’s website. Our ancestors were no slouches, often working long hours on the land, […]
Gemma’s story
I hope who ever reads this knows there’s always hope My mental ill health started when I was 12 years old. My dad just died the night before my 13th birthday, on christmas eve 1999 very suddenly and unexpectedly. Me and mum had to move out of the family home in the middle of England […]
Christine’s story
Christine’s story Sometimes life gets in the way and if we’re busy we actually forget what we have done or how we felt after doing an activity or even the outcome of our actions. So this is why I started journaling this year. I began more out of interest than anything else to see if […]
Victoria’s story
Victoria’s story I was born in 1961 and grew up in the north east of Scotland. My father was a negative character. He chanted that he could not do anything right; then he was a failure because he was not educated. He had no emotional relationship with the family, just forced. My mother worked hard […]
Mark’s story
Mark’s story I lost my job back in 2017 through redundancy and because of my mental health issues I struggled from that point. My self-confidence and self-esteem were knocked and I was not prepared for that. I was finding my own feet, looking for work and claiming jobseekers’ allowance and I was struggling. Bipolar is […]
Lisa’s story
Lisa’s story Since the age of 17 I’ve been in homeless accommodation. That’s not to say I want people to feel sorry for me. My first homeless accommodation was ok but the rules were very strict, so I stayed there for two weeks until I moved to a scatter flat. I was in the scatter […]
Penumbra welcomes self-harm strategy for Scotland
The Scottish Government has announced its commitment to a national self-harm strategy for Scotland. Stephen Finlayson comments for Penumbra on this news. This is a welcome announcement from the Scottish Government on plans for Scotland to become the first country in the world with a dedicated strategy to supporting people who experience self-harm. Currently the […]
Could you be our new trustee?
Could you be our new trustee? Our trustees play an important strategic role in developing the organisational goals that help shape our direction of travel as one of Scotland’s largest mental health charities, and we’re currently looking for new people to join our team of board members. Chair of the Penumbra Board, Laura Reid says, […]
Heids Together launches mental health resources for young people
Heids Together launches for young people The last fortnight has seen the launch of an exciting new resource called ‘HeidsTogether’. #HeidsTogether is a collection of free, online resources for youth workers to help reduce the impact of coronavirus on the health and wellbeing of young people. Developed in response to an increased demand for online […]
Penumbra partners in distress support through pandemic
Penumbra partners in distress response to covid In response to the coronavirus, the Scottish Government has extended the Distress Brief Intervention programme. Penumbra is one of the third sector partners in that initiative and our Head of Innovation and Improvement, Stephen Finlayson, sees this as exciting opportunity to further develop DBI, which has widely been recognised […]
