Looking after yourself and your family during the Grenfell anniversary
Anniversaries can be tough to deal with — they often bring up difficult feelings and thoughts. This year may be even more difficult with the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on our way of life. We’ve updated our leaflets offering some tips and advice for looking...
AlManaar Grenfell anniversary support sessions for Arabic and English speakers
The Al Manaar Counselling Service is offering drop-in support group sessions in Arabic and English, to support people in North Kensington for the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell tower fire. The sessions will take place online, every Monday from 7 to 28 June,...
A Safe Space to Talk
The NHS and third sector organisations in North Kensington are offering a safe space for people to talk about how they are, and to share tips on coping with anniversaries, low mood and anxiety. The sessions will take place on Friday 11 June from 12noon to 1pm, and...
Grenfell Community banner – Anniversary children’s event
For the fourth year Grenfell anniversary, children from the community are invited to come together and create a banner to honour their loved ones lost, and celebrate their community. This will be started by bereaved and survivor children at their annual ‘Remembering...
NHS support during the Grenfell anniversary
The NHS is here for you. This will be a very difficult time for many people, and we are here to provide any emotional and wellbeing support that is needed. The safest way to mark the anniversary is to hold an event online, and we understand that many people will...
Find your blue space: Mental Health Awareness Week Day 4
Listen to the calming sounds of the waves crashing on the shore in Brighton, as Laura Knight, Dramatherapist/ K&C Arts psychotherapies lead and Therapies lead Grenfell Dedicated Service, explains how blue spaces can help us to be mindful and present. You can look...
Grenfell Green Snap Project
Join us in showing solidarity and remembering Grenfell together. Take a photo or a snap of something GREEN in your area! This may be something to do with nature, art, food or sight-seeing. We will be putting all the photos together into a heart-shaped collage, that...
Moaz and marigolds: Mental Health Awareness Week, Day 3
This is Moaz, seen here on his family allotment near his home. This time of year he is busy sowing vegetable seeds and taking care of the flowers. Moaz will be sowing Marigold seeds this month and they are expected to blossom during the summer.
‘Taking care of the plant was a symbol of my own mental health’ -Advia, NHS DS Worker. Mental Health Awareness Week
Words: Advia Ahmed, Grenfell Dedicated Worker "I was struggling a lot with my mental health during lockdown, especially in December 2020. So I thought, buy a plant. If Nadiyah Hussain (British TV chef) can use it for supporting her mental health, so can I.I got an...
“An amazing place to let your feelings out” – Randa. Mental Health Awareness Week, Day 2
“Nature makes me feel relaxed. It’s the most beautiful view you can ever have. You gather all these emotions and after all it’s a relief. You can have anger in you and you go out to observe nature and instead of making the situations worse you come to a realisation...