IT was built with a bequest of £5000 from Elizabeth Duncan and now more than 150 years on the benefactor has been featured on a mural to marks her contribution. The Duncan Institute in Cupar, Fife, is due to reopen its doors today following a period of lockdown and at the end of last year it celebrated a milestone anniversary since it first opened in 1870. In 1867, Miss Duncan left £5000 – worth around £600,000 today – for the building of a ‘Mechanic’s Institute’ in her home town. A special mural to mark the anniversary was created by Scots artist Celie Byrne and will greet those returning to the historic library for the first time today.
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Alliance for Children s Mental Health: Year One Look Back
Alliance for Children s Mental Health: Year One Look Back
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, Morgan Stanley’s initiative aimed at helping young people cope with anxiety and depression, has made meaningful strides.
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Then came the coronavirus pandemic.
“COVID-19 and all its repercussions have taken a huge toll on children’s mental health. With exponential increases in depression and anxiety among children around the world, it is clear we need coordinated efforts to prevent the existing global crisis in children’s mental health from escalating even further,” says Ted Pick, Head of the Institutional Securities Group at Morgan Stanley and Chair of the Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Advisory Board. “Through the Alliance for Children’s Mental Health, we have brought together a diverse set of nonprofit organizations that are able to have a meaningful impact on the mental health of children and youth throu