We want to say a huge thank you to all those who came along to our 50th anniversary party at the Colston Hall on Friday, aka #OTRis50. We had a whale of a time celebrating 50 years of delivering free, confidential and self-referral mental health support to young people in Bristol. It was amazing to […]
We want to say a huge thank you to all those who came along to our 50th anniversary party at the Colston Hall on Friday, aka #OTRis50. We had a whale of a time celebrating 50 years of delivering free, confidential and self-referral mental health support to young people in Bristol. It was amazing to […]
We’re delighted to announce that Off the Record Bristol has won a GSK Impact Award! The GSK IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund, recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. It is a prestigious accolade and we’re absolutely delighted that our work with young people […]
As you may have read, OTR is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. We’re just getting started with the celebrations and events to mark this milestone! Throughout the year, we hope to draw attention to the work we have done since 1965 across a range of platforms – online, print press, radio and TV. Any […]
Our Chief Exec, Dr. Simon Newitt, wrote this piece recently on the state of mental health care for young people in 2015. An abridged version of this piece was featured on the Huffington Post – you can read that here. —– It’s encouraging to hear leading politicians now talk and pledge openly about mental healthcare. […]
This year, Off the Record (Bristol) is celebrating its 50th anniversary. That means that for 50 years, we have been providing free, confidential, self-referral mental health support to young people across Bristol. We’re very proud that Off the Record continues to support so many young people through various mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety and […]
Off the Record (Bristol) is proud to announce that Freedom Youth, Bristol’s longest running LGBTQ youth group, has been nominated for Best Support Group in the ShoutOut Listeners’ Award. Freedom, delivered by Off The Record (Bristol) is a fun, safe, social space for LGBTQ young people aged 14-25 to meet each other, discuss issues important […]
Sometimes Christmas is great – the break from studying or work is much needed and it is a great time to catch up with people. However, this season can be hard for some people. It sometimes doesn’t live up to the hype or our expectations. It can be knackering and then it leads to the […]
Thank you Cari, Becky, Ann-Marie and Nimra for this brilliant report of Mentality’s trip to the Children’s Commissioner’s Take Over Day… On the 19th November, Mentality attended the Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day in London, which was run by the Association of Young People’s Health. It was a really important day because there were loads of big […]
Becky from Mentality Project, OTR’s youth-led campaigning group, had an absolute blast at our World Mental Health Day 2014 event at The Galleries, Bristol. So much so, that she wrote this brilliant blog for us. You can also see more photos from the event on Mentality’s Facebook page. Thanks to everyone who came along and […]
Over the past 12 months, Off The Record (Bristol) worked alongside a group of young women using a participatory action research approach. Discussions around personal experiences, social conditions and its impact on mental health wellbeing informed the end product – a short film, entitled OFF COLOUR: “We made our video to raise awareness for some […]