We brought our radio show to the Healthy Minds Forum to record a special panel interview!

The Forum is a space for collaboration to make change for better mental health in Calderdale, by exploring issues and identifying actions.

We formed a panel of Forum Members to answer questions from our wider community on issues that matter to them in mental health.

Find out more about the Forum here: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/membership.html#forum

In this episode we take a trip to the Healthy Minds Allotment at Pye Nest in Sowerby Bridge!

Come with us and dive into the sensory world of the allotment, as we learn how it provides a space of transformation, connection and recovery for those that spend time here.

Find out more at: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/activities.html

This month we take a deep dive into the story of chocolate, hearing the lived experience voices behind one of our favourite foods of the festive season.

Our guests Adelle and Nana-Essi from EnT Foundation (Ese ne Tekyerema - the 'teeth and tongue') teach us about the power of storytelling, challenging the hierarchies of western-centred knowledge systems, and the ways we can re-frame mindfulness practices to encompass a 'glocal' (global-local) way of thinking about mental wellbeing.

If you have a piece of chocolate available - keep it close by - but don't unwrap it yet! Our guests will let you know the right moment as they take you through the 'KoKoo Mindfulness' mindful eating practice.

Find out more about EnT Foundation on their websites:

Chocolate Has A Name: www.chocolatehasaname.org.uk

EnT: www.esenetekyerema.org/

Africaniwa: www.africaniwa.org/

This episode was broadcast on 25/9/2023 on Phoenix FM 96.7.

Content warning: Discussion of suicide.

Join Safespace worker Stuart Davies, as he welcomes Punch and Stephen to Healthy Minds Radio for a conversation about the Samaritans.

Punch and Stephen are Samaritans working in Calderdale and Kirklees. In this episode, they debunk some common misconceptions about the Samaritans. They explain a little bit about the history of the organisation, what its purpose is and how it all works in practice.

If you need help, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 for free any time of day or night. More information about how to contact the Samaritans visit the website: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

If you would like to contact Healthy Minds' Safespace service use the numbers below:

​Call us on 01422 345154
Text us on 07388 990227

Safespace is open:

Monday to Friday, 10am - 4pm

And every evening (Mon - Sun) from 6.30 – 10.30pm. The last call taken will be at 10pm.

Originally broadcast on 28/8/2023 on Phoenix FM 96.7.

Healthy Minds Radio takes a trip to Todmorden Sports Centre to talk to Nikki Stocks, a long time member of the Healthy Minds community and fundraising extraordinaire!

Nikki has been a victim of flooding in the Upper Calder Valley, causing her to struggle with stress and anxiety. While looking for strategies to support her mental health, Nikki found swimming helped to bring her into balance.

After benefitting from being involved in Healthy Minds services in Todmorden, Nikki found herself wanting to give something back to the charity, and the idea of a sponsored swim emerged...

On this episode of the show, we chat to Nikki and other guests about the upcoming Big Swim - a Calderdale-wide sponsored swim, inspired by Nikki's story, happening on Sunday 1st October 2023.

If YOU want to take the plunge and take part in the Big Swim to raise funds for Healthy Minds, visit: https://www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/the-big-swim.html

Originally broadcast on 31 July 2023 on Phoenix FM: https://www.phoenixfm.co.uk/

In this episode of the Healthy Minds radio show Georgia and Daniel take a trip to Willows Nook Equine Assisted Learning C.I.C to speak to the centre Director Fran Armstrong as well as volunteers Lola, Juliana and Ruby to find out more about their work.

Listen in to hear about the ways in which working with horses can impact people's health and wellbeing, and a bit about Fran's innovative new project 'Wellness in Nature', working with voluntary sector organisations in Calderdale to provide wider access to the services at Willows Nook. Healthy Minds is excited to be part of this project funded by Calderdale Cares Partnership.

Originally broadcast on 8 May 2023.

Join Gemma and Paul for a conversation about meditation and experience two different meditations in practice!

Paul will guide you through a body scan and a breathing meditation to help you #unwindyourmind this Mental Health Awareness Week 2023.

Skip to 15.40 for body scan meditation (approx 20mins)
Skip to 41:45 for breathing meditation (approx 10mins)

Find more resources to help #unwindyourmind at www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/mental-health-awareness-week

Originally broadcast on 13 February 2023.

Healthy Minds Radio talks to the incredibly inspiring Katie Clarke from the Accessible Calderdale Project about the intersections between disability and mental health.

Katie uses the power of lived experience to improve the lives and opportunities for disabled people in Calderdale. The Accessible Calderdale project works to remove both the physical and non-physical barriers to inclusion in our local community.

Find out more about Accessible Calderdale here: https://visitsunlimited.org.uk/projects/the-accessible-calderdale-project/