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Five reasons why cooking can help rebuild your life

Five reasons why cooking can help rebuild your life

by Arko Dutta | May 26, 2026 | Uproute Toolkit

Credit: Pexels When life fractures under the weight of trauma, mental illness, or severe personal crisis, the road back to stability is rarely built on grand gestures. Instead, it is laid down brick by brick through small, repeatable daily rituals. While professional...
 ‘Being in blind sports gives you a reason to get up in the morning’: Three people on how sport transformed their lives after sight loss 

 ‘Being in blind sports gives you a reason to get up in the morning’: Three people on how sport transformed their lives after sight loss 

by Amy Stowe | May 22, 2026 | Community, Crafting Change

Photo: provided by SYVITC Across the UK, more than two million people are living with sight loss, and for those who lose their sight in adulthood, the shift can be isolating and hard to navigate.  But with the world of disability sport growing more and more...
They saved more than bricks

They saved more than bricks

by Amy Stowe | May 22, 2026 | Campaign Stories, Community, Crafting Change

Trigger Warning: The following article mentions suicide. Burrowed in the centre of a town down on its luck, Park Centre has suffered from a lack of investment. But now a community has joined together, desperate to save it. It’s a story that extends beyond the borders...
The relief of diagnosis: Finding stability in the face of trauma

The relief of diagnosis: Finding stability in the face of trauma

by Benjamin Foster | May 22, 2026 | Mental Health, Real Voices

Photo credit: Benjamin Foster Wes was 30 when he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Following a traumatic psychotic episode, the experience brought about a sense of clarity. “I was in a long cycle where I would take antidepressants, which if you have bipolar can...
‘Someone saw me as human’: The former prisoner who turned trauma into poetry

‘Someone saw me as human’: The former prisoner who turned trauma into poetry

by George Van Oudenhove De St Gery | May 22, 2026 | Addiction, Homelessness, Real Voices

“Ten years ago I was mentally ill, seeing and hearing things that weren’t real, I committed various offences related to my mental health, I was eating from bins injecting heroin and methamphetamine, and I went to prison.  “Austenciably, my life was over. Today, I am...
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