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Alicia Cope<\/p>\nJasmine Ketibuah-FoleyWest of England<\/p>\n
Alicia Cope<\/p>\n
Alicia Cope said the charity’s new scheme reminds her to check her mental health<\/p>\n
A charity volunteer is urging people struggling with their mental health this winter to “reach out for that connection because facing it alone is so, so difficult”.<\/p>\n
As part of their “season to breathe” social media campaign, Bath Mind<\/a> is sharing tips and support to people in Bath and North East Somerset.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the charity said national data has revealed three in 10 people <\/a>report battling with their mental health and 41% of adults<\/a> struggle during the festive period.<\/p>\n Alicia Cope from Somerset said it “takes courage” to reach out, and they hope the charity’s campaign will make a difference.<\/p>\n “[The campaign] has helped me and it makes me check whether I’ve taken care of myself this week, or whether I’m eating good food, or reaching out when I need it,” Cope said.<\/p>\n “This time of year can be really triggering for some people.<\/p>\n “It’s important to know that there are people out there that care about you, and there is support that you can access, and that you don’t have to be alone.”<\/p>\n Lizzie Townson from Bath Mind said “support is here” for those that need it<\/p>\n Cope said she first contacted Bath Mind for help after not knowing how to deal with trauma from her childhood.<\/p>\n “Just reach out for that connection, because facing it alone is so, so difficult. That’s why I’m here, trying to help raise awareness,” she explained.<\/p>\n Bath Mind is posting tips and signposting on its website and social media pages<\/p>\n Alison Tanner is a Bath Mind volunteer who organises a weekly gardening group in the city.<\/p>\n She encouraged people feeling “overwhelmed” to try and get out into nature.<\/p>\n “It takes a bit of effort to get out there and get your warm clothes on, but once you’ve done it, you feel so much better for it and a bit of a warm glow whatever the weather,” she said.<\/p>\n “A lot of people just need some human contact.”<\/p>\n Lizzie Townson, from Bath Mind said: “We want everyone in our community to know that support is here, and it’s okay to pause when things feel overwhelming.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyWest of England Alicia Cope Alicia Cope said the charity’s new scheme reminds her to check her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394618,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-394617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bath](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5003ae90-da9b-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg.webp.webp\")
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Bath Mind<\/p>\n