At OTR, we think that communication is key. Not only to help us to reach out and connect with others, but also to get our basic needs met. One of the key tools to this is something called ‘assertive communication’, or ‘being assertive’. But what does being assertive even mean? Download our zine to explore […]
The OTR Hubs are the front door to our services – you can come along, have a chat, and together we’ll figure out the best next steps. Sometimes that might be signing up to an OTR project or group. In the coming weeks, we’re going to be running ‘taster sessions’ for some of our groups […]
Death is something that all of us experience in varying ways, and is a key part of life. It’s absolutely natural, permanent and can even underlie a lot of our worries. So… why do we never talk about it? At OTR we recognise that death is something that brings with it a lot of feelings, often a lot […]
OTR recently announced that Karen Black is our new CEO, taking up the position this September. We want you to get to know Karen a bit better, because she’s totally awesome! We asked Karen to pick out some fun facts about herself – and after she’d finished cringing at the idea, here’s […]
Community is one of those words that gets chucked about loads, but is also hard to actually understand what it means. Kind of like ‘wellbeing’, or ‘No, I don’t want any more pizza thanks’. However, at OTR we are firm believers in the power of community! At OTR, a community is when a group of people are brought together because […]
OTR hosted its wellbeing festival ‘Wellfest’ for the second year – here’s a glimpse at what happened throughout the day. Thank you to all who came along!
Hey all. OTR takes a bit of downtime over the Christmas / Holiday period and we wanted to give you the details so you know when we’re available. Hubs Our last Hub of 2018 will be Wednesday the 19th December, and they will start up in the new year again from Wednesday 2nd January. Services […]
Change, decision making, next steps – all of these things are simply a part of life. They can be really exciting and bring really positive change to us, however they can also be really scary and uncertain. Life is full of ups and downs, and sometimes things happen that we don’t expect. This booklet is […]
Hey all! A couple of years ago we took part in a fundraising campaign called The Big Give, which ran at Christmastime, and was hugely successful – we raised a whopping £20,000 in under a week! We’d like to have another attempt at it this year… as the money makes a huge impact on OTR […]
It’s a super common thing to be told to just ‘be yourself’. But ‘being yourself’ can be quite a tricky thing to do – sometimes we can feel like we don’t know who we are or who we’re supposed to be. We can also feel like we want to change things about ourselves, or feel […]
Good news! We’ve been shortlisted as a finalist in the Good Help Awards. Our awesome Membership Team are up for the award – their hard work establishing the OTR Hubs has been recognised as an example of ‘good help’ through co-produced activities and access to peer support, psychosocial groups, wellbeing projects and one-to-one support. The Good […]