Powys Patients’ Council - Kindles, smoking ban & more

by Owen Griffkin, Mental Health Participation Officer I have been facilitating Powys Patients’ Council, with the support of volunteers Rhydi...

Celebrating the One Powys Connecting Voices project

On a wintery Tuesday in late March, Carl Cooper, the PAVO Chief Executive Officer, spoke at the Powys COVERED (Connecting Our Voices Embrac...

Mental Health and the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust

This week’s guest post is from Isobel Jones, who works for the Patient Experience and Community Involvement team for the Welsh Ambulance Ser...

YAPS - Sharing the Voice

The Young Adult Peer Support Project, delivered by the mental health charity  Ponthafren Association , recently received a welcome opportuni...

Young Adult Peer Support workshop @ PAVO AGM

L-R: Julia Gorman (YAPS co-ordinator), Robin Green (YAPS Assistant Co-ordinator)  - both with Ponthafren Association, and Sarah Harmon Just ...

Advance Statements for Crisis Planning

by Janet Rogers and Derek Turner Possibly for the first time in history, the new Mental Health Act Code of Practice (April 2015), for Englan...

Five top sportsmen and women talk about mental health

It’s one of my favourite times of the year – Wimbledon fortnight! Sport plays such a big part in so many people’s lives, whether as particip...