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Stephen Jones has recently taken on a new role with the charity Kaleidoscope .  He works to support veterans and their families in Powys, particularly in respect of any problems associated with military service and the transition to civilian life.  A lot has been written about the mental health of service and ex-service personnel, such as this 2013 report from the Mental Health Foundation. We asked Stephen to tell us more about his new role and why it is needed in Powys. You seem to have two separate but linked roles - tell us more I have recently become the Listen In Project Co-ordinator for Change Step – this role sees me supporting families, friends and carers of veterans to aid in promoting recovery from problems associated with military service and the transition to civilian life. I am also currently a Change Step peer mentor aiding the veterans themselves, providing a unique peer-led service. What led you to these particular roles? As a veteran myself, and a volunteer f...

Have you heard about the   Five Ways to Wellbeing ? We wanted to find out more in our team, so decided to ask Sophia Bird. Sophia is a Principal Health Promotion Specialist in the Powys Public Health team , and amongst other things, leads on mental health promotion for the team. We asked her: What are the Five Ways to Wellbeing and where has the idea come from? Sophia Bird Well, the New Economics Foundation was commissioned, a few years ago, as part of the Foresight project, to research the key factors influencing well-being. NEF was asked to identify these key factors and then turn them into a simple, understandable resource containing actions that can be undertaken by almost anyone within their everyday lives. What they came up with is the Five Ways to Wellbeing. They found that those people who were active in 5 particular areas of their life tended to live happier and healthier lives. Furthermore, the research showed that by building the Five Ways to Wellbeing into da...

Val Walker, of Brecon and District Mind , reports on the Mental Health Awareness Day the charity held a couple of weeks ago as part of Mental Health Awareness Week : On the only wet and windy day of the week Brecon and District Mind, in conjunction with the Brecon Beacons National Park , held a Mental Health and Wellbeing Day at the Mountain Visitor Centre at Libanus in May. The aim was to promote the benefits of accessing the great outdoors to improve mental health and wellbeing. A range of organisations were involved including the National Trust, Ecotransport network, Gwalia, Hafal, Kaleidoscope, Arts Alive, Brecon Dementia Friendly Community, Dyfed-Powys Police, a nutritionist, National Resources Wales, Cynon Valley Ramblers' Association and various others who were represented. Although some of the outdoor activities such as the nature walks, geocaching and trialling the Bomber and electric cars were a little hampered by the damp weather, the activities still went ahead with tho...

My colleague Rachael Beech has been working for the past 3 ½  years  as the  Powys Befrienders’  Project Co-ordinator  at Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations . Powys Befrienders is a lottery funded project set up to improve the independence of people aged over 50. We caught up with Rachael at her PAVO base at Ddole Road in Llandrindod Wells to find out more about the project. What was the original idea behind the Befrienders Project? Very simply to support people over the age of 50 to engage back into the community; to increase their independence and confidence, and stay in their own homes as long as possible. That includes people who are experiencing mental distress, bereavement or social inclusion – it could be anyone. The project runs across the whole of Powys. People are matched with volunteers for a period of 12 months with a view to them becoming more independent ultimately. Who can ask for a befriender? Basically anyone who is lonely and isolate...