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The science of the sofa
TweetIs there a science to sitting on the sofa? Any benefit to being on your backside? An art to sitting on your arse? An innovative new project by one of the country’s leading artists blends science and art in a … Continue reading
Posted in Health, media & communication, Music & arts, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged health, music & arts, young people
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Art fights social taboos
TweetLiving with chronic health problems and facing social taboos are issues at the heart of an international artistic collaboration about HIV/AIDS as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The powerful images here are part of the Unlimited Global Alchemy project which … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Health, Mental health, Music & arts, Olympics
Tagged health, music & arts, Olympics
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I never imagined I’d be selling my body for drugs
Tweet“I never imagined in a million years I’d be selling my body for drugs…I’m still doing it now… I’ve nearly been killed three times doing [prostitution]. I’ve been raped doing it.. as a result of that I got HIV doing … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Housing, Third sector, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged charity, health, housing, third sector
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Face the facts, not the film fiction
TweetIt’s an uphill struggle for those with so-called invisible difficulties (people with conditions on the autistic spectrum, for example,) to achieve mainstream representation or indeed capture the attention of broadcasters, newspaper editors, politicians and the public. So imagine the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Learning disability, media & communication, Music & arts, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Wellbeing, Young people
Tagged charity, communication, health, learning disability, music & arts, third sector
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Storytelling in senility: revealing dynamic personalities beneath the dementia
TweetOne of my biggest regrets is that I didn’t take down more of my mother’s stories before her slide into dementia accelerated. I would have liked to know more about her brief engagement to a Vietnamese diplomat, or the time … Continue reading
Posted in Health, media & communication, Music & arts, Older people, Social care, Uncategorized
Tagged health, music & arts, older people, social care
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Writing about wrongs: can social affairs journalism make a difference?
TweetAs a journalist writing on social affairs I often wonder if my articles make any difference or whether this kind of journalism is essentially exploitative. The dilemma isn’t original. Journalists and photographers struggle with it all the time. Mostly I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, media & communication, Social exclusion
Tagged charity, communication, health, housing, journalism, media
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The power of a poem: how reading broke David’s isolation
TweetGuest post by Eleanor McCann, The Reader project Whenever I arrived to read with patients at the psychiatric hospital, David was always alone. I approached him a few times but the weeks went by and he seemed unreachable, saying nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mental health, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Tagged health, service users
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12 days of Christmas, Social Issue-style
TweetSeason’s greetings from The Social Issue – to mark the jollities, here’s a snapshot of some of the upbeat posts and pictures about people, projects and places featured over the last 12 months. This festive pick is by no means … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Blogging, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Music & arts, Older people, Poverty, Social care, Social enterprise, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Wellbeing, Women, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged antisocial behaviour, big society, blogging, charity, cuts, education, employment, happiness, health, housing, learning disability, music & arts, older people, service users, social enterprise, third sector, young people, youth crime
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