{"id":647535,"date":"2026-05-04T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647535\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:41:09","slug":"new-bench-to-be-unveiled-in-dunfermlines-pittencrieff-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/647535\/","title":{"rendered":"New bench to be unveiled in Dunfermline&#8217;s Pittencrieff Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Set to be unveiled on Friday, May 15, during Mental Health Awareness Week, the Take Some Breathing Space bench will be in Dunfermline\u2019s Pittencrieff Park thanks to a collaboration between Change Mental Health, NHS 24 Breathing Space, and the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The bench offers a quiet spot for reflection and includes signposting to support services, aiming to help individuals take the next step towards help if needed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It builds on Change Mental Health\u2019s long-standing presence in Fife, where the charity has provided non-clinical mental health support for more than 30 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Susan Grant, head of central services at Change Mental Health, said: &#8220;We\u2019ve been part of communities across Fife for decades and we know how much difference it makes when support is right there in your community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Putting a bench here in the centre of Dunfermline makes that support part of everyday life \u2013 whether that\u2019s a chat, a breather or just knowing there\u2019s somewhere you can go.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dunfermlinepress.com\/topics\/fife-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fife Council<\/a>\u2019s grounds maintenance team supported the installation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Set to be unveiled on Friday, May 15, during Mental Health Awareness Week, the Take Some Breathing Space&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":["post-647535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}