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Home > 2020 > June

Month: June 2020

Andrew on People First

Posted on 29 Jun 2020 (13 May 2021) by Amy Wells

In the 31st post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Andrew Lee talks about People First, an organisation run by and for people… more

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Michelle on FruitCake Creatives

Posted on 26 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

In the 30th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Michelle Baharier, artist and founder of CoolTan Arts, talks about FruitCake Creatives… more

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How does freedom feel?

Posted on 18 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

By Alice Smith – survivor and founder of 361 Recovery and 361 Life Support How does freedom feel?Freedom is the… more

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Hannah on Lockdown

Posted on 18 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

In the 29th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Hannah Chamberlain, filmmaker, storyteller and co-founder of MentalSnapp, shares her reflections on lockdown…. more

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Tamar Jeynes on Mad Studies

Posted on 12 Jun 2020 (13 May 2021) by Amy Wells

In the 28th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Tamar Jeynes, Lived Experience Practitioner, talks about how the Mad Studies group in Birmingham… more

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Dolly Sen on Covid 19 and inequalities

Posted on 12 Jun 2020 (13 May 2021) by Amy Wells

In the 27th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Dolly Sen, filmmaker, artist and activist, reflects on Covid-19, racism and inequalities…. more

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Poem for George, and the new slavery, COVID-19. I can’t breathe

Posted on 8 Jun 2020 (13 May 2021) by Amy Wells

Poem for George, and the new slavery, COVID-19. I can’t breathe Let me died before I am killed. Sixty years… more

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Sun and Mirror by David Gibbs

Posted on 5 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

In the 26th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, David Gibbs invites us to think about “restoration” post Covid-19. Peer Support and… more

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Jhilmil on Mad in Asia and the Bhor Foundation

Posted on 4 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

In the 25th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Jhilmil Breckenridge, poet, writer and activist, talks about her work with Mad… more

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Racism: The riskiest pre-existing condition for COVID-19 in the UK

Posted on 3 Jun 2020 (31 May 2022) by Amy Wells

In the 24th post in our series #NSUNCovidLife,  Jayasree Kalathil responds to the publication of the recent Public Health England review:… more

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Emily on WISH

Posted on 1 Jun 2020 (13 May 2021) by Amy Wells

In the 23rd post in our series #NSUNCovidLife, Emily Reynolds talks about WISH, a national, user-led charity working with women with… more

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