The Better Health Bakery provides people overcoming mental health issues with an opportunity to do work in a thriving business, gaining new skills and move closer to employment. It was created by the social enterprise arm of the charity Centre for Better Health based in the London Borough of Hackney. This article reports on how the bakery manages the trainee baker' 12 week placements, the role of volunteers within the bakery, and how they help their trainee bakers when the placement ends.
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The Better Health Bakery provides people overcoming mental health issues with an opportunity to do work in a thriving business, gaining new skills and move closer to employment. It was created by the social enterprise arm of the charity Centre for Better Health based in the London Borough of Hackney. This article reports on how the bakery manages the trainee baker' 12 week placements, the role of volunteers within the bakery, and how they help their trainee bakers when the placement ends.
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mental health problems, charities, recovery, employment;
The Wave Project uses surfing as a therapeutic intervention to support children and young people with mental health problems. Since it set up its first pilot in 2010 it has supported over 400 children and young people between the ages of eight to 21. This article looks at how the project developed, its use of mentoring support, and how it is increasingly gaining credibility and demonstrating its value.
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The Wave Project uses surfing as a therapeutic intervention to support children and young people with mental health problems. Since it set up its first pilot in 2010 it has supported over 400 children and young people between the ages of eight to 21. This article looks at how the project developed, its use of mentoring support, and how it is increasingly gaining credibility and demonstrating its value.
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Subject terms:
young people, children, mental health problems, therapies, physical exercise, sport, self-esteem, intervention;