
Mindapples trees sprouting for University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day
Today is University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day and students all over the country are putting on all sorts of events aimed at promoting the mental health of people in Higher Education. Mindapples is delighted to be supporting the day again and helping to raise awareness of this really important cause. A number of universities […]
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Make Time For Your Mind
This is a guest blogpost by John James Morris who took part in the Team v campaign “Make Time For Your Mind”. During my first campaign, raising awareness of youth homelessness with Team v, I spent three nights sleeping rough in Stoke-On-Trent. It was one of the most difficult things that I have ever done […]
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VInspired launch ‘Making Time for Your Mind’ campaign with Mindapples
We’re very proud to announce today that Mindapples is supporting a new national campaign by youth volunteering charity VInspired to encourage people all around the UK to take more time for their minds. The campaign, led by VInspired in partnership with Mindapples and our friends at Action for Happiness, uses the Mindapples “5-a-day for your mind” concept […]
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Happy New Mindapples
Hello to you, a very happy new year to all of you out there in Internet land. 2012 was a big year for Mindapples. We secured investment from the Maudsley Charity to help us grow, and launched our new training programme, Your Mind: A User’s Guide, which has been working with some big employers to […]
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Mindapples in action: Schools in the US
This autumn Mindapples had its American debut, brought to middle and high school students in Helena, Arkansas. Dan Berstein, mental health advocate and founder of MH Mediate, introduced the concept to 8 classes of students aged between 12 – 18 years during classroom presentations discussing the topic of mental health. Dan presented the mindapples idea […]
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Andy Gibson speaking at Action for Happiness next week
Please join Mindapples Founder Andy Gibson at the next Action for Happiness event in London. Andy will be talking at the Conway Hall this Thursday 18th October 2012 about how our minds work and why we should get the best from them. Our minds are our most precious asset, but how much do we really […]
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What’s next for mental health?
This World Mental Health Day, Mindapples founder Andy Gibson asks “What’s next for mental health?” E-mail us your ideas at iknowwhatsnext@mindapples.org Happy World Mental Health Day from the Mindapples team, we will be at Southwark Cathedral today from 11am – 2pm by London Bridge. Come by and share your 5-a-day with us!
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Mindapples seminar at the Royal Society for Public Health
Are you looking for creative ways to engage people in taking care of their minds? Mindapples founder Andy Gibson will be presenting a half-day seminar at RSPH in London on November 15th, sharing lessons learnt about engaging people in the positive side of mental health. The session will cover: • Tips and techniques for talking about […]
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Apple turnover? Mindapples goes down under
Things may be upside-down in Australia but they’ve obviously got their heads screwed on right, because Mindapples has made it to Sydney! Since we started selling cardboard mindapples trees last month we’ve had interest from all sorts of unexpected places, the most glamorous of which is definitely the University of New South Wales in Sydney. The […]
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Starting university – why I think mindapples can help
Starting university, for anyone, can be a big step. The complete change of environment, moving away from home, meeting new people and starting a new university course can be a lot to adjust to. When I first came to university 6 years ago I found that while there were so many new great things to […]
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