Click here to register for Bradford City of Culture in 2025 – too good to ignore My home city is actually the City of Culture for 2025 I have to admit that not only do I sometimes take my city for granted, I’m also a…
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Treacle’s Social Impact Report
The most recent Social Impact Report for Treacle was published in the summer of 2023. You can read it here Bfd Impact Report22:23 The headline news, is that for what can be described as a minimal investment, Treacle returned almost…
Gratitude journalling : 5 minute rule of the gratitude journal
I can get a lot done in 5 minutes. I can put a wash on, empty the dishwasher or make a packed lunch. On a day where I have motivation as well as 5 minutes, I can pay a few…
Rising depression rates in young adults in the UK.
Rising depression rates in young adults in the UK What is going on with the mental health of young people? At first glance, depression in young adults statistics in the UK are indeed a sobering read. But why are…
Approaching Mental Health Awareness month
Approaching Mental Health Awareness Month Approaching Mental Health Awareness Month Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this week (Monday 13th May 2024). For me, the most striking thing about all this year’s campaigns is the brilliant theme set by…
Community Directories – It’s Time for a Change
Community Directories and Treacle – What’s the big deal? We all know the theory of the “butterfly effect” in chaos theory, ie that a small change in one part of a system, can have an exponentially bigger effect in a…
The Importance of Good Mental Health
The World Health Organisations states that “Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.” Mental health is…
Bereavement
Being kind to yourself during bereavement. One of the main things I have learnt from listening to attendees of the It’s Worth Talking About peer support groups is that we must try to be kind to ourselves during the grieving…
3 Steps to Kindness
“Are you hungry?” It was these 3 words that set off a catalyst of events that resulted in the creation of Treacle.me. The words were uttered after one of the simplest and yet most powerful acts of kindness there is,…
Treacle discussed in Independent Nurse journal
https://www.independentnurse.co.uk/news/care-beyond-medicine/239748/