SWIM is a Community Interest Company that empowers people In London to improve their health, wellbeing and life chances.
Hackney, London
Joined August 2019
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The latest upload on our Youtube page is an interview with Pedro Quieroz about his journey on the professional pathway to psychotherapy his journey takes us from where he was born to Portugal, South Africa to London and the adversities of his life. youtube.com/watch?v=TbjMIT9g…
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What does the family need to support the mental health of their children and young people?
Our view is active listening and knowing which local services are there to provide support.
What are you thoughts? #chatworks #itstimetotalk #mentalhealth
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Another Met Police scandal: a black girl was stripped and searched at school. The search, which involved the exposure of her intimate body parts, took place without an appropriate adult present and with the knowledge that she was menstruating. Case review:
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There is a new post on our Instagram page discussing the news of the Pills By Post abortion scheme being terminated from the end of august, like comment and join the discussion with us @chatworkshackney instagram.com/p/CbKlvtYKGAa/…
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Is the mental health of young black people in #hackney being ignored? Service Launched for Young Adults in Hackney #mentalhealth #blackmentalhealthuk #happyhealthyblackpeople #ybm chatworkshackney.co.uk/menta…
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What the school & police did to Child Q was child sexual abuse enabled by racism. Racism inextricably is linked to sexual & gendered violence. The state is the first abuser for racialised ppl. These things dont happen in a vacuum or by ‘bad apples’ as they’ll claim. its systemic.
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If you missed @AutographABP's· conversation on visual storytelling, co-authorship and the sharing of our communities’ stories, with Don Travis, Wayne Crichlow, Kennyatta Gerald and Autograph’s director Dr Mark Sealy, you can now watch it back here - buff.ly/3H9hKBK
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We have to be mindful about the external triggers that constitute to the internal impulses to find relief in smoking and proactive ways to counteract this. Read over one of our testimonials on the power of mind over matter for examples of how to do so at: chatworkshackney.co.uk/mind-…
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Young black men and women tend to talk about 'mindset shifts' as positive and healthy ways of overcoming mental health issues. Check out this clip from #chatworks upcoming podcast - chatworkshackney.co.uk/liste…
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A care home in Cumbria has been using Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 technology to allow clinically vulnerable residents to be seen by their GPs without leaving their home.
Full story 👉 ow.ly/hP4G50HBo8S
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Coming out of lockdown and readjusting to the 'new normal' has been difficult for many of us. Click on the link in our bio to read a piece on 'A gentle guide to restarting life in the real world after Covid' 🖱
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Welcome! We are open. Click the link to get started. #mentalhealth #bettermentalhealth #blackmentalhealth #hackney chatworkshackney.co.uk/welco…
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"I never, ever grew up as a young woman believing that my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted." Congratulations to New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her second term win! 👏
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I have been awarded the Order Of Distinction! I’m overwhelmed that the Jamaican government have seen fit to award me with such a highly distinguished honor. Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine this happening, and the fact that I’m not Jamaican resonates with me even more.
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If you love Reggae then join me at 1pm this lunchtime GMT as we reflect back on a classic and highly influential album from @Protoje as part of Black History Month listen via @BBCSounds @1Xtra also the best of this months new releases.
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Incredibly proud moment for @HacYoungFutures - all recommendations accepted by @hackneycouncil’s Cabinet! @JermainJackman & I worked hard to achieve this but this is only the beginning!
The summary report will be made public shortly & the full report is available on request.
So, pleased to present @HacYoungFutures report with recommendations to be approved at Cabinet. Great contributions from @JermainJackman @Shekeila_S & @mayorofhackney @CarolineSelman we gave young people a platform to speak about their experiences they gave us solutions! #youth
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NEW: Please read our letter from @Sir_David_King to @CMO_England on why we believe a Zero COVID UK strategy is an urgent necessity.
‘Our fear is that if the UK govt does not revise its approach we could see thousands of unnecessary & avoidable deaths’
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"78 per cent of people listed on the gangs matrix were black – despite the fact that only 27 per cent of serious youth violence is committed by black people"
Read David Smith's piece from our spring mag on facial recognition technology & the gangs matrix
bit.ly/3h4H66Z
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Your voice on the NEC.
Let’s smash this concrete ceiling and elect the first black man to the NEC in Labour Party history.
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