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I’ve never heard of National Minority Mental Health Month! In the UK Mental Health awareness month is held in April, World Mental Health Day is 10 October 2023. But there is no specific day/month, that I could find, that looked at the challenges that Racial &...

Isolation and Loneliness. Simple words but they hide a massive problem. During the pandemic for our own good we had to Isolate from one another. Problem now is that Isolationism is a habit for many. They have taught themselves to withdraw from society, family and...

Data on the prevalence of harmful alcohol use within BAME communities is scarce and woefully inaccurate when found. Cultural taboos, barriers to engagement with treatment providers and cultural/religious stigma continue to keep harms hidden and communities suffering...

My name is Hosanna Ndoro-Bankhead. I have lived in Scotland for the past 14 years since coming here from my native Zimbabwe. I was the last of nine children born to a rural policeman in what was then Rhodesia. In his job my father frequently encountered gender based...

The COVID-19 vaccine is currently being rolled out across the U.K, with over a million people in Scotland having received the vaccine already. There is a lot of information out there right now about the vaccine, and it is important to ensure the sources you are...

Social and digital platforms offer us many powerful ways to connect with one another. A lot of us use the Internet for many things, such as communicating with our friends and family both locally and abroad through WhatsApp, getting news and information. ​Although...