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For the second year, RAMH North Ayrshire Wellbeing & Recovery College has brought the community together with its innovative Pop-Up Pantomime, showcasing the talents and courage of its students. The performance on the evening of Monday, December 9, delighted an audience of over 100 people at South Beach Baptist. The production was the culmination of…

We are delighted to be working with Gleniffer Thistle Girls and Ladies in launching our new RAMH fundraiser pack. We are tracking  the teams progress as the complete a running challenge raising funds for our organisation using our newly created fundraiser pack to help them through every step of the process. They begun their 12ks…

Did you know that RAMH are now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! These donations really mount up and they make a…

“We need stories to help people make sense of reality”    To Tell or Not to Tell with Darren McGarvey Review by Charlene Bennie It’s truly remarkable how personal trauma has become a more open topic of discussion in recent years. From heartfelt conversations to focus groups and even on platforms like Tik tok and…

Our CEO Peter recently contributed to the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS) new “Member Spotlight series”. This is a new series of blogs  focusing on CCPS members voices, aiming to mark the achievements of social care provider organisations but also sharing the reality of current challenges. These are published on the…

Our community links service has welcomed Allison Ross to their team in recent weeks. Allison joins a very experienced a professional team helping the people across East Renfrewshire. Community link workers connect people to resources and services within their local communities with the aim of improving mental and physical health and wellbeing. You can speak…

A Drum4urLife (D4L) Team from North Ayrshire presented a workshop at the recent European Drum Circle Facilitators Guild (DCFG) conference in Madrid. Led by Jeanette Allan of RAMH North Ayrshire Recovery College who shared the story of using a social inclusion model to establish Buddy Beat, Paisley in 2007 with community musician Dr Jane Bentley…

Our Community Garden in Barrhead has a new mural designed by our talented admin worker Jade for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. The art work completed by our staff and service users will also have words added in the coming days detailing what people have experienced in the following areas. The Rain – Issues…

Now You See Me chorus of voices on what it means to be In/Visible  You don’t see me   See ME  You see an expression   An indentation of who I was   An impression of who you think I am  A fragmented puzzle  Unembraced unheard undone?  I hobble and I’ve had a wobble –  Angry frustration rams…

Our Chief exec Peter was joined by Joe Bowie from our Recovery College this week at the Kilmarnock Campus of Ayrshire College. They were invited by the Principal Angela Cox, to highlight the potential for collaborative working between Ayrshire College and the Recovery College. They met with Shirley Laing Director for Lifelong Learning and Skills, at…