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Head Above Water – helpful resources and encouragement from our Community Correspondent Laura

By on April 11, 2025 in Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Stories

Enjoy this encouraging and inspiring post from our volunteer Community Correspondent Laura, sharing some valuable online resources which have helped her throughout her recovery journey.  Just a note that the organisations or pages mentioned are not designed for dealing with crisis situations. If you require urgent help please refer to these NHS numbers and resources.   We […]

Share, create and connect at our new Mind Waves Community Jam!

By on April 10, 2025 in Arts and creativity, Community activity and Inclusion, Events, Mental wellbeing, Participation

Mind Waves is a Glasgow charity that supports people to share their stories through creative approaches, empowering them to develop new skills and tend to their wellbeing.  Our weekly Community Jam sessions are a free relaxed daytime open mic style event. After some taster sessions in 2024 we are delighted that weekly Community Jam sessions […]

Join our brand new Anti-Stigma Podcasting Team

By on April 8, 2025 in Arts and creativity, Community activity and Inclusion, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Participation, Technology for wellbeing

How do money worries affect your mental health? And how can mental ill health make you poorer? Mind Waves is a Glasgow charity that supports people to build their skills and share their stories and opinions. We have been funded by the See Me Anti-Stigma Arts Fund to delivery our brand new podcasting  project.  We’re […]

Introducing our Creative Community Programme for 2025!

By on April 2, 2025 in Arts and creativity, Community activity and Inclusion, Events, Mental wellbeing, Participation, Technology for wellbeing

The next few months are set to be a busy and exciting month here at Mind Waves as we are launching three new community programmes! These are open to anyone living in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area with an interest in mental health, especially around challenging stigma.  All of our activities are creative, inclusive […]

The art of happiness – finding joyful purpose, writing that book and embracing your “woo” with Sam Brook of the Happiness Club!

By on September 3, 2024 in Arts and creativity, Mental wellbeing, Organisations and groups, Stories

We’ve had a glow-up!!! Yes, we are go on a brand new Mind Waves podcast!  Welcome to Ripples, a podcast creating waves of connection, creativity and community for all of us navigating the ups and downs of mental health recovery.  We believe that our stories of lived experience really do have a ripple effect.  Catch up […]

“I have been a mermaid my entire life” – immerse yourself in the beautiful Ice Bath by Lynn Blair

By on August 30, 2024 in Arts and creativity, Mental wellbeing, Physical activity & sport, Stories

A year ago, I decided to celebrate Mother’s Day by having a swim in the sea. For those who don’t know, March is the month of the year when the sea is coldest, the time lag in the earth’s temperature meaning it’s colder even than January, and although I have been a mermaid my entire […]

Then Stigma Comes Along – our new blog theme

By on May 28, 2024 in Stories

For the next month we will be focussing on the theme of stigma on the Mind Waves blog and our social media content. This is inspired by many of the conversations that arose during Mental Health Awareness Week, with many campaigners, organisations and individuals highlighting how much still needs to be done about the stigma […]

We are Mind Waves – an introduction

By on May 21, 2024 in Stories

Welcome to Mind Waves! Today we are simply sharing a little introduction to what we do. We are Mind Waves , a small peer-led Glasgow based charity with a big imagination and even bigger heart! We use creative arts and digital storytelling to share experiences and insights into mental health and wellbeing. Mind Waves is […]