A Life in the Day: Volume 7 Issue 4

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Gaining insight from experience: what are service users saying about employment?

Mark Bertram, Peter Linnett

Developing employment services can feel like trying to push water uphill. Staff must often battle against local mental health services that have only a short history of interest…

A walk in the woods

Christine Farbrother

Life is a sequence of tiny events and most of us feel that our days are pretty ordinary. Chris Farbrother's article is a simple description of going for a walk. That's all. But…

‘It made me feel better about myself’

Gwen Irving, Andy Flockton, Steve Webster

In Hull, staff in the mental health service have established a link with colleagues at the university and worked together to make a qualitative evaluation of a sports group for…

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Fit for Life

Emily Summers, Rachel Moss

Emily Summers has been project leader of Fit for Life for three months, during which time she has helped clients to access a wide range of activities, from yoga to astronomy…

Real wages?

Peter Bates, Steve Easter, Bill Love, Molly Mattingley, Joan Maughan

A great deal has already been written about payments to people in day centres and sheltered workshops, but most writers just discuss what can be done within the law. This paper…

A sense of belonging and inheritance

Jocelyn Dodd

Many of us visit museums occasionally, while smaller numbers of people establish stronger relationships with their local museums or galleries. Meanwhile, the selection and display…

ISSN:

1366-6282

Online date, start – end:

1997 – 2009

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited