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Quinonostante

Dawn Willis is a qualified trainer and operates an anti-bullying website and forum. She is the Vice Chiar of the South West Rethink Regional Committee and a member of Plymouth Link. Dawn has worked for both Rethink and Mind, and is trained in Support, Time and Recovery. She actively campaigns against stigma and discrmination within mental health. She also has a diagnosis of bi-polar disorder.

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On the Coast of Devon the "Dreaded 'Lurgi' Struck"

Wed, 09/12/2009 - 3:09pm - Quinonostante - 2 Comments
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I have swine flu, AND whilst I'm more than happy to receive your messages of sympathy I'm wallowing in a vat of self pity the size of the Watford Gap which is hardly admirable, thus I hardly deserve your kind words. (grin)

Why On Earth Do You Bother?

Mon, 13/07/2009 - 7:55am - Quinonostante - 13 Comments
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“Why on earth do you bother?  You don’t even get paid.”  This is something which has been said to me a lot this past year when I talk about my Activist role, and it has meant that I have actually sat back and considered my motivation, thought about what I think being an Activist can achieve, and equally importantly what it does for me.

Title: Why Some Of Our TV Soaps Need To Clean Up Their Act

Fri, 17/04/2009 - 4:05pm - Quinonostante - 6 Comments
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Easter Monday's episode of Coronation Street saw a throwaway remark by the character 'Peter Barlow' spark some anger with viewers when he referred to matriarch 'Blanche Hunt' as being dressed as a "mental patient" when she'd unwittingly turned up a few weeks early for a murder mystery weekend dressed as Amelia Earhart.  

To Facebook or not to Facebook? The Networking Question.

Mon, 23/02/2009 - 4:29pm - Quinonostante - 6 Comments
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There have been some reports in the press this past week surrounding Social Networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, and whether they could have a negative effect on our mental health. 

No Shame in Sheffield!

Wed, 04/02/2009 - 3:51pm - Quinonostante - 0 Comments
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It was an amazing opportunity to be involved in the Time To Change stunt which took place on a working Sheffield tram on 25th and 26th of January.  It felt controversial, we were presenting the people of Sheffield with a tram compartment redesigned as 'padded cell', a symbol which is associated with the more negative aspects of mental health, we were thrusting it upon them and almost forcing comment, and that was challenging and exciting.
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