WHIS Ambassador Shafali Arya

Biography I completed my undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Roehampton in 2013. I then went straight on to engaging in my Masters degree at Brunel University, which is where I conducted research looking into the male experiences of Infertility. Whilst conducting this research, my interest in the area of infertility deepened which …

Infertility Etiquette: What Not To Say…

In light of the upcoming National Fertility Awareness Week (Monday 31st October – Sunday 6th November 2016), I thought I’d raise some awareness regarding what not to say to people experiencing infertility. More often than not, hearing the news of infertility struggles warrants sympathy and in some cases unwanted advice. However, it is this advice …

WHIS Ambassador Maxine Anne Robinson (Leigh)

Maxine is a Survivor of ‘Childhood Sexual/Physical/Psychological/Incest Abuse & Rape’.  Abused from the age of eight yrs old until her escape at the age of 26 yrs.  The trauma and Impact on her mental health and well-being looking very bleak. Maxine accessed NHS services, and for the next 33 yrs she was treated by therapeutic …

Syed Ali – WHIS Nottingham

  Mission My Mission is to help create a better world with mind health and how we live, a world change for the better.  There is so much inequality and unnecessary suffering, the solutions are already here, not somewhere in the future, so by creating a greater consciousness of awareness I have a belief that …