What Does Mental Health Education Look Like in Practice?
Many of us were never specifically taught how to look after our minds. We might have learned about our bodies in biology, studied history and maths, and were taught how to cross the road safely. But how our minds work, to recognise what we’re feeling and what helps us to cope when things get hard, […]
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Stress Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month shines a spotlight on stress, what it is and how it affects us in our everyday lives. At Mindapples, we like to share what we know about how our minds work and create space to think together about what helps. When it comes to stress, a useful starting place is to look […]
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Mindapples and Open SU: Growing Wellbeing Together
Mindapples has been working with Open SU for five years, delivering an annual programme of wellbeing workshops and Champions Training to support students’ mental health and resilience. This piece looks back on the past 12 months of partnership during the 2024/25 academic year, which has included a face-to-face Feed Your Mind keynote on campus in […]
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From Transition to Culture Change: Embedding Wellbeing Across the University Journey
At Mindapples, we believe that looking after your mind should be as natural as brushing your teeth. Since 2008, we’ve supported people to build the knowledge, skills, and habits that support mental wellbeing. With over a decade of experience working with universities, we’ve co-produced resources with students and staff to meet the real challenges of […]
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Mindapples for Universities: Nottingham Trent
We launched Mindapples for Universities in September 2021 and so far we’ve worked with hundreds of students to help them to take better care of their minds. We’ve done this by working in partnership with teams from Student Services, Student Associations, Marketing and Digital Communications to deliver our support in a multi-departmental, cross-campus campaign. So […]
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The 50 Ways campaign: thank you!
In May 2021, Mindapples ran our first full advertising campaign promoting “50 ways to look after your mind“. The campaign was inspired by the wonderful work of our illustrator Helen Wyllie, and we wanted to use her artwork to remind people of the importance of looking after their minds during these uncertain times. What happened The […]
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Free wellbeing support for students
Since 2013, the Mindapples Charity has worked with over 100 universities around the UK to promote mental wellbeing and support students to look after their mental health. We’ve provided public health education campaigns since 2008, and we work with top global businesses to provide world-class training and e-learning to support their employees to maintain their […]
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The three types of burnout
Are you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed? Have you become cynical or negative at work? Do you snap at co-workers, find it hard to concentrate, or struggle to find the energy you need at work? Does work feel like a drag rather than something that engages your mind? You might be burnt out. Burnout is a […]
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Finding balance
Since the beginnings of our campaign, Mindapples has found supporters in the creative communities. Perhaps it’s because people involved in the arts and innovation recognise the importance of their minds and their capacity for change, or perhaps it’s because they enjoy the celebrations of individual ways to wellbeing, and a more human-centred approach to health. […]
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Wellbeing in lockdown
Everyday mental health is a more pressing issue than ever. Those of you who have been following Mindapples’ activities during the COVID-19 pandemic will know we’ve been putting more of our material into the public domain to get people talking about we can all do to look after our minds. (Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, […]
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