Adrian Friend 'Force of nature' keeping vulnerable connected Adrian Friend has been described as a force of nature who is making life easier for people in his local community through his generosity and kindness.  Reporter Francesca Day contacted Tracy Carr, founder of Talk It Out, who has nominated Adrian for the 2024 Kent [...]

Defibs for Dover team: Sam Hammond, Jan Hyde and Clare Sykes   Award nomination for inspirational Dover group To be able to say that you are responsible for saving just one person’s life is something that most of us will never be in a position to do. But a dynamic team in Dover [...]

Outstanding dementia care unit at hospice earns award nomination The Heart of Kent Hospice in Aylesford has been nominated for a Kent Mental Wellbeing Award by Maidstone resident Bob Burns. This is in recognition of the outstanding support the dementia team at the hospice gives to Bob, his wife Anne and to other dementia sufferers [...]

Museum provides ray of sunshine for the isolated and lonely Museums often have a reputation for being stuffy and under-used, so to discover a thriving range of wellbeing and community engagement sessions being delivered at Quex Gardens - part of the Powell-Cotton Museum - enthralled Heidi Flood. The project has been nominated for the 2024 [...]

  'If it helps a survivor of domestic abuse we’re willing to do it' Highly Commended at the 2023 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards and now nominated for a second consecutive year A Survivor’s Story CIC is an inclusive organisation that supports men, women and children that are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse.  Francesca Day [...]

  Art therapy and wellbeing walks put staff first at Folkestone school   Earlscliffe is the latest school to be nominated for the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards and puts wellbeing at the heart of its operation. Kate Orr from the awards team talked to the school to find out more. In a world where work [...]

Lizzie and John Charity's outstanding care following dementia diagnosis Lizzie and John's world crumbled when he was diagnosed with dementia. Crossroads Care Kent were there to support the couple in their darkest hour and following his death. Now Lizzie has nominated the charity for this year's Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards to publicly thank [...]

Kyle Ingram-Baldwin Striking a link between football and wellbeing Men are statistically less likely to take their mental health seriously and are reluctant to seek out help. One solution, devised by Kyle Ingram-Baldwin, has created a project that merges football with mental health. Now Kyle's initiative - Project Talking Football - has been nominated [...]

Sophie Dodds Bringing joy during the darkest of times How we perceive we look to others can hugely affect our self-confidence and self-belief. To ease this anxiety Sophie Dodds offers a clinic providing a range of free beauty treatments. The JOY initiative was sparked following the death of her father when she at [...]