Work is now underway for an exhibition football match involving ex-players and a few celebs to help raise the profile of the UK’s Mental Health Football Association, awareness of mental ill health and promote the use of#footballtherapy The match is likely to be played in August 2017 as part of the first MHFA Cup being …
How can you get involved? Just contact us as we’re developing the WHIS model locally, nationally and internationally. You can play your part so we all benefit. We’re about to publish our values and POD’s (WHIS Communities inspiring local innovation by sharing knowledge). We have the means and the technology to do this via social …
by Ishy Bruce I am of course talking about the Paralympic athletes who have been on our screens this past week. As someone who is generally interested in sport and sports psychology I have been watching with admiration and fascination for these amazing inspiring human beings. What I’m most fascinated about is by the personal …
A Brief History of Laughter Research Dr James Walsh, an American medical doctor, noted in his 1928 book, “Laughter and Health” that laughter appeared to reduce the level of pain following surgery. Doctor Walsh was for many years Dean and Professor of nervous diseases at Fordham University School of Medicine. No more observations were made …
If you glance at people’s profiles on Twitter and Linkedin you’ll notice how many people are describing themselves as “Leaders”, or giving themselves even more specific labels such as “Thought Leader” or “Change Leader”. It’s a relatively new trend, and it seems to be becoming more prevalent regardless of industry sector, There are people working …
Supporting local communities to inspire innovate and share knowledge to improve healthcare – WHIS is sharing knowledge and working with Eagles World Initiatives in Ghana. Our vision: To provide an effective HIV and AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health and rights educational strategy that will encourage youth participation in educating their peer on the subject.Our mission: …
WHIS Ambassador Yvonne Newbold Learning Disabilities, Autism and their Families Yvonne Newbold is a writer, speaker and trainer who is also the mother to three children, including Toby who is multiply disabled with profound learning disabilities. She is passionate about doing whatever it takes to make things better for children and adults who have a learning disability or autism, as …
The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) refers to the largest and also the poorest population worldwide—over 4 billion people living on roughly $10 a day or less. In addition, they carry the burden of a “poverty penalty” and are often forced to pay more for lower quality basic goods and services due to market inefficiencies in production …
Nineteen people were slaughtered in their beds last night in Japan, with another twenty people so seriously injured that the death toll may rise in the next few hours or days. Imagine the horror of being woken up from a deep sleep by the terrifying pain of a stab wound, when minutes before you were …
