Creating Hope In Our Community
Creating Hope In Our Community is Healthy n Happy and CamGlen Radio's campaign to improve the mental health of local people - and ultimately prevent suicide. As part of the campaign we have delivered Scottish Mental Health First Aid, and ASIST Self-Harm Awareness training free of charge to local people, created radio campaigns helping listeners with supporting people with mental health challenges, and have delivered a suite of mental health related podcasts, sharing information and experience of a range of mental health services and health conditions.
Click below to listen to all the Creating Hope In Our Community podcasts. There are interviews with organisations like Bipolar Scotland, Stigma Free Lanarkshire, Lanarkshire Links, Chris's House, Neil's Hugs Foundation, Love & Harmony, and many more. All of CamGlen Radio's podcasts can also be found on your favourite streaming services such as Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and more.
Creating Hope In Our Community part 1 - National and Local Leads for Creating Hope Together
Host Matt Conn talks with Susie Heywood and Ann Marie Darcey about suicide prevention in Scotland and the Scottish Government’s Creating Hope Together strategy.
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with Anne Rowan, founder of Chris’s House, about the personal story behind the charity, how it began, and the vital support it provides for people in crisis.
Creating Hope In Our Community part 3 - Donna Paterson-Harvie from Neil's Hugs
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with Donna Paterson-Harvie from Neil’s Hugs Foundation about the story behind the charity, how it was founded in memory of her son, and the vital support it offers to those affected by suicide.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 4 - Catriona McDougall from Scottish Recovery Network
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with Catriona McDougall from the Scottish Recovery Network about how the organisation supports suicide prevention services across Scotland, helping communities share learning, build connections, and strengthen recovery-focused approaches.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 5 - Jenny Hutton from Public Health Scotland
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with Jenny Hutton, Public Mental Health and Wellbeing Development Manager at Public Health Scotland, about suicide, the stories behind the statistics, and the ongoing effort to challenge stigma and promote understanding.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 6 - Louise McSharry from the Self-Harm Network
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with Louise McSharry from the Self-Harm Workshop about why people self-harm, the misconceptions that surround it, and how we can better support someone facing this difficult challenge.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 7 - 1st Class Credit Union - supporting HnH
In this episode of Creating Hope In Our Community, host Matt Conn speaks with staff from 1st Class Credit Union about the link between debt and mental health, and why they believe it’s important to support local charities like Healthy n Happy.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 8 - Lindsey Williamson: Love & Harmony
Lindsey Williamson speaks about Love & Harmony, an LGBTQIA+ community hub in Kirkcaldy, that she is the co-director of. Lindsey also talks about the impact of stigma and discrimination on people who have an LGBTQIA+ identity.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 9 - The Public
We hosted a pop-up in Rutherglen Exchange in February to speak to members of the public about their views on mental health. Here's what they said.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 10 - Ellie Bather & St Andrew's First Aid
Ellie Bather from St Andrew's First Aid speaks to us about St Andrew's First Aid, the Scottish Mental Health First Aid course, and carer's mental health.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 11 - Lorna New and Aberlour
We speak to Lorna New, an art therapist working for Aberlour.
Creating Hope In Our Community part 12 - Stigma Free Lanarkshire
Matt speaks to the Stigma Free Lanarkshire team about the work they do, and how to challenge stigma around mental health.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 13 - Lanarkshire Links
We speak to the Lanarkshire Links team about their peer support workers, and the work that they do.
Creating Hope In Our Community Part 14 - Bipolar Scotland
We speak to Pete Stanton from Bipolar Scotland who talks to us about his experiences with bipolar disorder, what Bipolar Scotland does, and his views on stigma surrounding this condition.
Pete's opinions on bipolar disorder are based on his experiences, and are not the opinions of Bipolar Scotland.
There are some references to potentially offensive words and phrases; these are mentioned within the context of a conversation around acceptable language and are not intended to offend.
If you need to talk to someone help is available:
https://www.samaritans.org/samaritans-in-scotland/
https://www.breathingspace.scot/
Many thanks to VASLan for supporting this project. Our Healthy n Happy colleages are also running a series of events and workshops. Find out more.
