Success for WTF in the Tesco Groundwork Community Grant scheme, to help us hold Mental Health Awareness workshops in 2022
Success for WTF in the Tesco Groundwork Community Grant scheme, to help us hold Mental Health Awareness workshops locally Exciting news! A community grant, for a community project, from a community minded business. Thank you, Tesco, for supporting our little charity in doing what we can to make a difference in the lives of young people. […]
Wellbeing libraries making great progress in local schools
Wellbeing Libraries making great progress in local schools More than 200 school age children die by suicide every single year. How can this be right? Every time I look at, or hear, the statistics, I’m horrified, saddened, frustrated, angered, and a million other things too. What kind of a world are we living in when […]
Willfest 21 – plenty of surprises at our wonderful annual music and friends day
Willfest 21 – it was better than we thought possible! What better way to end the summer holidays, and start the new academic year, than with live music, good food, great beer, and even better friends, than at Willfest 21! It was a fantastic day and exceeded every single one of our expectations: there were […]
World Suicide Prevention Day – WTF shares stories and lessons with visitors at the Bottle Kiln
Suicide Prevention Day is such an important date for us, as this is the belief that drives us: suicide is preventable. The ‘what ifs’ and ‘if onlys’ are the things that keep me awake at night and take the pleasure out of the here and now, but they’re the lessons I, and every other parent […]
Samaritans give positive feedback and practical suggestions following review of WTF website
Samaritans review the WTF website and make practical implementable recommendations to enhance it WTF have spent a lot of time and energy building, curating and presenting accessible content on our website, for either those seeking support for themselves during tough times or for those seeking to support someone else going through a difficult period. Samaritans […]
Willfest21 – going on the ‘green’ journey
Organic growth. Now there’s a term bandied around casually like dandelion clocks floating on the mid-summer breeze. It’s a phrase often associated with how a business or even an idea develops. Organic growth is low hanging fruit and an easy target for derision. However, once you’ve stumbled over and around the piles of corporate jargon […]
Will Garvey Trust Foundation are in Tesco ! Support us and we will get a valuable donation from Tesco. Put your blue tokens in the WTF box !
At WTF “Every little blue token helps” Please excuse me whilst I kick off and get the ball rolling with a few mixed sporting metaphors. But we’re in a race after all! And although, we’ve secured a Champions League position, we need to kick on, step up to the plate and go for gold. The […]
Enter our Creative Arts Project to promote positive actions or feelings during the Coronavirus lockdown
We are running a Creative Arts project in association with Central England Co-operative, to promote positive actions or feelings during the Coronavirus Lockdown. The Project runs from Monday, 5th July until Friday, 27th August, 2021 with a showcase of work in September. So why not get involved and send in your work? (There will be […]
Opportunity To Be Part of a Lived Experience Panel with Samaritans
Samaritans Lived Experience Panel Article from Derbyshire Mental Health Forum Dear Colleagues, There is an opportunity to be part of a Lived Experience Panel. Samaritans are creating more opportunities for people with personal experience of using their services, and of suicide and self-harm, including those bereaved, to share their views and experiences. Samaritans’ Lived Experience […]
My lived experience with anxiety and depression – Dean
‘Thank you Dean for sharing your story’ – WTF The Ascent It is hard to believe that it was 18 months since I was diagnosed with suffering from anxiety and depression. It has felt both the longest and yet quickest period of time in my entire life. At the beginning, when I was first barely […]