{"id":62236,"date":"2025-10-06T16:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/62236\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T16:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:24:15","slug":"swindon-and-gloucestershire-to-go-blue-for-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/62236\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon and Gloucestershire to go blue for mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind has launched a programme of events including a services open day, a trauma-focused talk, and a public art exhibition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The open day will take place at The Junction from 12pm to 2.30pm and will highlight the charity\u2019s work around community, inclusion, and promoting better mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A trauma-informed talk will be held on October 15 from 10.30am to 12pm at Swindon Central Library.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The session will focus on supporting professionals exposed to trauma and the pressures of helping others under challenging conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charity is also inviting the public to submit artwork for an exhibition at Swindon Central Library.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visitors can view the display from October 15 to 22.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind is encouraging businesses and individuals to take part in its &#8216;Light Swindon and Gloucester Blue&#8217; campaign by illuminating buildings in blue on October 10.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People are also invited to wear blue clothing on the day to show visible support for mental health.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Big Brunch fundraiser is also being promoted, with the public encouraged to host events throughout October.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swindon and Gloucestershire Mind has launched a programme of events including a services open day, a trauma-focused talk,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-62236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}