Ginny Tate and partner Stuart Chesby will take on a virtual Loony Dook on New Year s Day for charity. A BLAIRHALL couple have substituted the perishing waters of the Forth for their bathtub this New Year s Day. Ginny Tate and Stuart Chesby have decided to take on a virtual Loony Dook for charity to kick-start 2021. They will be filling their bath with freezing cold water and as much ice as they can on January 1 for two good causes. We knew pretty much instantly who we wanted to raise money for, Ginny said. With the year we ve all had, it s been tough on a lot of people and we both know that these charities have done so much to help people.
Montessori Nursery in Bothwell helped a number of charities over Christmas
Viewpark Foodbank and the Scottish Association for Mental Health were among those the big-hearted kids supported.
The children supported our toy appeal.
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Computerised CBT has been a success this year AROUND 4000 fewer people were able to engage in face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) during 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year did however see an increase of 4000 patients starting computerised CBT through NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and it is expected that this service will become more integrated into the overall mental health programme in 2021. It comes as an FOI reveals the number of patients who received a CBT intervention and attended individual therapy through NHSGGC dropped from 10,579 in 2019 to 6806 by the end of November 2020. The number of people in group therapy sessions decreased from 2518 to 1212 in the same time frame. Both the NHS and mental health charities have stressed the importance of care for people struggling this year.
MANY people have struggled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Workers in care and the NHS face continual stress worrying about likelihood of either catching the virus or passing it on to their service users.
Education staff worry about working in an environment where social distancing is impossible and mask-wearing not mandatory.
Shopworkers and delivery drivers every day confront the fact that they meet hundreds of people and only one needs to have the virus for them to be at risk.
Families with relatives in care worry about their loved ones.
However, for people suffering from mental health issues, the struggles they experience every day, sometimes for years, have been compounded by lockdown, social distancing and the closure of both formal services and the support groups that were a lifeline for them.