Alcohol and Drugs

Alcohol and Drugs

Tammy Smith Alcohol and Drugs (The ubiquitous teenage activity) Tammy grew up in a large North London family and from a young age she suffered from bouts of anxiety and depression. She never finished school and at the age of 15 was introduced to alcohol and illicit...
An Introduction To Eating Disorders

An Introduction To Eating Disorders

Dr Joanna Silver An Introduction To Eating Disorders (Guidance for Teachers and Parents) According to BEAT, the Eating Disorders charity an estimated 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder, 90% of whom are female. This is likely to be an underestimate...
Are You Okay?

Are You Okay?

Eliza Lindsay Are You Okay? (Talking openly about Mental Health Issues) Eliza was educated at Tudor Hall School and went on to study Marine Biology at Newcastle University before training as a biology teacher. Whilst at school and throughout her teenage years she...
Art Behind Bars

Art Behind Bars

Angela Findlay Art Behind Bars (The role of the arts in breaking the cycle of crime, prison and reoffending) It is all too easy to dismiss prisoners as the ‘baddies’ of society and ignore the plight of the estimated 85,000 people held British jails. But re-offending...
Back from the Brink of Drink

Back from the Brink of Drink

Jim Smith Back from the Brink of Drink (The Magnificence of Ordinariness) Jim Smith grew up in South London in the 1950s; he was adopted and an only child and never felt comfortable in his own skin. Until the age of 15, his only escape was music. Then he took his...
Bare Reality

Bare Reality

Laura Dodsworth Body image & healthy eating (Challenging perceptions about body image) Laura Dodsworth is an artist, photographer and storyteller. Over the last five years, she has photographed & interviewed 300 women and men about their breasts, penises and...
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