#ShowofHands Sophie
In the 25 years of my hands life, they have done many things. They have cared for loved ones, cared for the public, also fed the public. They have shown love to many animals both pets and strangers. They have experienced traumatic events, but also found life by gardening and nurturing plants. Balancing cakes for many occasions, expressing myself through them, doing artwork and crafts such as sewing, embroidery, photography, raising animals and trying new things. My hands have
#ShowofHands Delyth
These are my hands. They are very small hands, a forensic scientist once told me there are more lines on my hand than any others he had ever seen, I don’t know whether that’s a good thing or not to be honest but unique at least. My nails are always painted in usually bright colours, part of a self-care routine I guess. There are flaws to my hands each with their own memory attached, like the bump on my index finger from when I broke it as a teen. My left ring finger has a lar
My experience of calling Samaritans
What does it mean to use to use Samaritans as caller? Firstly, do not fear it – it is there for you, secondly you don’t have to be in crisis to call them. So, I thought I would share my experiences with you to try and help break down some of the barriers we build, that stop us calling Sam. It is February 2019, it’s a Friday night/early hours of Saturday, I found myself contacting Samaritans before a crisis. Having exhausted other help services and in the midst of an escalat
Can I really call Samaritans?
(Shrewsbury) Samaritans is huge support to us at Designs in Mind- to be honest, I'd say they’re more than support, they are part of the team. We have worked very closely together to figure out how can we can create more space and time to talk, in the studio, when things are not going well. When life seems to be throwing everything at us and it feels like we're at the bottom of a very big hole. Part of this is talking continuously about Samaritans and making it part of everyda
