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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 27

Great to see you today Hannah, thanks for coming

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · May 27

Hearing interesting, timely research findings and lived experiences of what affects young men's mental health in Scotland. Nuanced insights on masculinities and #mentalhealth, challenging assumptions.

The justice, health, & relational themes resonate.
@cycjscotland.bsky.social @weeneens.bsky.social

Photo of a policy briefing and a comic depicting artwork of different young men, produced by the Men Minds research project.

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 14

📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢

Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this

Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic

Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social

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Inspiring Children’s Futures @iicfstrath.bsky.social · May 22

💫 Making a real difference for children & young people at Strathclyde! ⬇️🧵

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 21

🔊 Men Minds Policy Brief 🔊

This briefing:

✅sets out why there is an urgent need to focus on boys’ and young men’s mental health

✅summarises key findings from the project

✅proposes five policy recommendations for consideration

Please read, share and take action

www.menminds.org/outputs

Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 14

Thank you for sharing it Linzi 😊

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 14

So proud of the young men who took part in Men Minds

Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social

Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 14

📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢

Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this

Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic

Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 12

It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of Community, and the start of our Men Minds dissemination

Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project

Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀

Headshots of two young men, comic book style

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 8

One of (my) life's biggest disappointments is the inability to work in the garden when it's sunny. There's power and WiFi but I've never found a satisfactory resolution to the screen issue (and yes I've tried an umbrella, cardboard box etc). Good problem to have I guess ☀️!

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · May 3

In a brilliant but incredibly busy period of work, planning significant outputs, events and activities over the next few weeks, for the wonderful Men Minds as well as keeping all other projects progressing. So guess what lands on the doormat? Jury Citation 😬Their timing is impeccable, as always!

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

media.tenor.com

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 25

British Sociological Association presentation done ✅ - a really enjoyable panel with important synergies around the politics of mental health. And it's great to be finally getting to share findings from the wonderful Men Minds Project.

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 23

Enjoying the early morning sights of sunny Manchester, before a busy day of conferencing. I've been impressed by this city so far!

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 4

🌟 Men Minds: better mental health for young men 🌟

There are only a few tickets remaining for our in-person event on 27th May.

We will operate a wait list so please still register if it's sold out, or sign up for our webinar instead

Both events can be booked at: www.menminds.org/whats-new

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 22

You know how parenthood has transformed your life, when your first stop on your first ever trip to Manchester isn't the finest bars, eateries or art galleries... but this instead....

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 11

Plans for a solid morning concentrating on writing have been scuppered by a very large wasp in my workspace. In April? Why are there wasps in April? A bee would be fine, but a wasp might call for drastic action. Send help!

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CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · Apr 4

We’ve added more webinars to our series - available to book now! Browse the full range of topics at Ticket Tailor here:
shorturl.at/BdNAa

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 on the 29/04/25 we will be discussing the implications of the Disclosure Scotland Act (2020). All our webinars are free to attend. Learn more 👇

Buy tickets – Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice

shorturl.at

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Apr 4

🌟 Men Minds: better mental health for young men 🌟

There are only a few tickets remaining for our in-person event on 27th May.

We will operate a wait list so please still register if it's sold out, or sign up for our webinar instead

Both events can be booked at: www.menminds.org/whats-new

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Mar 21

👋🏾 Work with boys and young men? Want to hear what they have to say about mental health, and creating purposeful spaces for young men to connect? Come along to one of our two free events:

📌 27th May, in person, University of Strathclyde
🌐 4th June, online, MS Teams

Book www.menminds.org/whats-new

Line drawing of two men sitting side by side, talking. Text says "come and hear about the learning from the Men Minds Project"

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Marguerite Schinkel @margueritesch.bsky.social · Mar 28

Mental health & OLRs - a toxic combination. 1/4 Please repost @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @howardleague-scot.bsky.social @weeneens.bsky.social @prtuk.bsky.social @familiesoutside.bsky.social

nolrscotland.bsky.social @nolrscotland.bsky.social · Mar 28

‘R’s Mum is struggling to cope since her son’s OLR 16 years ago at the age of 24. His punishment tariff was 4 years and he remains in prison. She has significant mental health issues which have worsened over the years by having to cope with her son’s indeterminate sentence. #NOLR

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Mar 21

👋🏾 Work with boys and young men? Want to hear what they have to say about mental health, and creating purposeful spaces for young men to connect? Come along to one of our two free events:

📌 27th May, in person, University of Strathclyde
🌐 4th June, online, MS Teams

Book www.menminds.org/whats-new

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Dr Lucy Foulkes @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social · Mar 19

🚨NEW PAPER from my group: Scoping review of potential harm from group-based CBT and mindfulness interventions in schools

Our research question was essentially this: How often do school mental health interventions make things worse?

acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Scoping review: potential harm from school-based group mental health interventions
Carolina Guzman-Holst, Rowan Streckfuss Davis, Jack L. Andrews, Lucy Foulkes

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Dec 11

👋🏾 People who work (directly or indirectly) with children and young people contact with the justice system

Please take our short survey, so we can ensure that our research meets the needs of people in the field

Please share. Thank you
tinyurl.com/yt8dajj6

#justice
#inequalities
#intersectionality

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CYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · Mar 11

📣New report out from CYCJ

Written by @marianiki-vlachou.bsky.social, Viktoria Sebhelyi, and Dr Addy Adelaine, this is essential reading if you're interested in developing Bairns’ Hoose in Scotland and beyond.

Read the review here: www.cycj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · Mar 10

👋🏽I'm pleased to announce that we now have TWO events live for booking

We'd love to see you all in-person on 27th May (10am-2.30pm), but if you are unable to attend we now have a shorter online event on 4th June (12-2pm BST)

Find out more, or book on to either event here www.menminds.org/whats-new

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