Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
May 11, 2022
Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
This is Mental Health Awareness Week, and this years’ theme is ‘loneliness’. Throughout the week Mental Health UK are encouraging us all to build meaningful connections with our friends, family, colleagues and communities. Emanuel Whittaker FRA Site Supervisor, Adam Berry is a strong advocate of mental health support, and together with friends Suzette Carlyle-Thorley and Helen Somerville, they’ve come up with a novel plan to get the message across.
A published author of ‘Soul Rise, Soul Expressions’, Adam was inspired to write ‘Loneliness’ to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Week. Adam, Suzette and Helen reached out to friends, family and colleagues, and were overwhelmed by the demonstrations of support. Together with the support of Paralympian Sir Lee Pearson CBE, and Oscar nominated Animator/Director Barry Jonathan Crabtree Purves, and 20+ of their family and friends, they have brought ‘Loneliness’ to life.
Adam explained: “I hope that this poem will encourage those experiencing mental health issues and loneliness to connect during Mental Health Awareness Week, and realise that they are not alone… there are so many of us willing to offer a kind and helpful hand.”
#MHAW2022 #IveBeenThere #loneliness @mentalhealth @mindshare_uk @mhtodaymag
Happy customer
May 9, 2022FCHO resident Sharon Dyson sent a beautiful thank you card to the Emanuel Whittaker team to show her appreciation for her newly refurbished kitchen and bathroom.
Sharon is one very happy customer!
#littleactsofkindness #whittakersway @firstchoicehomesoldham
Mirror, mirror on the wall
May 9, 2022When Victoria Square resident Chris Holgate approached Site Manager Katie Lockwood for help lifting and installing some heavy mirrors at his home, Katie enlisted the help of Site Manager Sean Hobson to lift and install the mirrors.
Chris had also come to know our Resident Liaison Officer Janice Nolan from a previous scheme is Mosside, and the couple had become good friends. So Chris was over the moon when Janice offered her design skills to create a new gallery wall.
#littleactsofkindness #whittakersway @northwardshousing
Thank you Julie…
May 9, 2022Emanuel Whittaker have recently completed a communal wet room at Vicarage Drive, sheltered scheme in Dukinfield.
MSV Scheme Manager, Julie Dohery, along with her staff and residents are all really pleased with the new bathroom.
The Emanuel Whittaker team gave Julie some flowers to thank her and her staff for assisting us during the works.
#littleactsofkindness #WhittakersWay #allinadayswork @MSVHousing @ProcurePlus
Helping Hand
May 9, 2022Emanuel Whittaker Labourer, Lee Barham, removed an old bathroom unit for Great Places resident, Ms Shahana Chowdhury, and put it in our skip for her.
Ms Chowdhury was very grateful.
#whittakersway #littleactsofkindness #constructionindustry #welldoneteam @greatplaceshousinggroup