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Meet the experts behind Bristol24/7’s burnout and mental wellbeing event By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday May 12, 2021 From supporting mothers back into work to tackling mental health discrimination, expert panellists will explore how to improve wellbeing in the workplace. The first event in the Bristol24/7 Presents 2021 series takes place on Thursday, May 13 from 2pm with the aim of promoting positive action and helping businesses lead the way in fostering a healthy, productive workforce. Held du...

By Ellie Pipe, Tuesday May 11, 2021 Bristol24/7 is marking Mental Health Awareness week with a special event focusing on burnout and wellbeing in the workplace. The free, virtual event will feature a panel discussion covering topics from best practice and challenges faced to supporting mums back into the workplace and the importance of an office as a safe space. The first in the Bristol24/7 Presents 2021 series takes place on Thursday, May 17 from 2pm. It will be hosted by Bristol24/7’s Safiy...

Exploring burnout and wellbeing in the workplace By Lowie Trevena, Wednesday May 5, 2021 In a free event taking place on May 13, Bristol24/7 and expert panellists will discuss how the city’s response to burnout could make Bristol a leader in workplace wellbeing. With workers having to juggle their jobs and childcare, many facing furlough, Zoom fatigue, isolation and job losses, the last year has taken its toll. Many employers are still catching up with what these shifts in working mean for st...

At Changes Bristol, we have a strong ethos on eliminating hierarchy. Across the services we are all peers and therefore everyone – member, volunteer, staff, trustee – has something to offer and bring to the table. At the peer support groups, members share for about ten minutes – depending on the group size – and can speak about whatever they want. It is then opened up for feedback from the group. Changes Bristol works using a peer support model. Photo: Changes Bristol Everything is welc...

“Positive interaction and laughter is incredibly important for mental wellbeing,” says Jason Washbourne, Changes Bristol project manager. “We’re hoping that this event will give people an opportunity to have some light relief and offer a fun uplift to people’s moods.” The power of laughter has short-term effects, increasing the endorphins released in the brain and stimulating the respiratory system, but also has long-term effects, releasing neuropeptides which help to fight stress a...

Episode three of the Bristol24/7 Queer Catch-Up: Representation, healthcare, community and more By Bristol24/7, Friday Mar 12, 2021 Co-hosts Kit and Lowie dive into some of the newest LGBTQ+ stories on Bristol24/7 and spend some time discussing mental health in the queer community with Jack Willis from Changes Bristol. Kit will, as always, give a run-down of LGBTQ+ news in Bristol, the UK and the world to kick off. Get Bristol24/7s top stories emailed direct to you in our daily and weekly newsl...

Support group launched for women who have experienced racial abuse The new group has been launched by mental health charity Changes Bristol and begins this month 07:00, 11 JAN 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Notice...