Category: 2024
Common Wheel is actively fundraising to create additional places on our programmes and to ease the pressure on our waiting lists.
https://gofund.me/3a1ead97
Glasgow has the highest incidence of both mental and physical illness compared with the rest of Scotland. Mental health conditions are 48% higher, learning disability 20% higher and physical disability 16% higher. 23.0% of Glasgow adults have common mental health problems compared to 19.0% in of Scottish adults, with rates for females being higher than for males in Glasgow (F 25.0%, M 22.0%) and Scotland (F 20.0%, M 17.0%).
At the same time, waiting lists for help are increasing.
At Common Wheel we are actively seeking additional funding to increase the number of places on our programmes and to ease the pressure on our waiting lists. If you would like to help, please visit our Go Fund Me Page.
If you are experiencing mental health difficulties, help and support can be obtained by contacting the following organisations;
Samaritans: 116 123 [email protected] https://www.samaritans.org
Breathing Space: 0800 83 85 87 https://breathingspace.scot
Lifelink: 0141 552 4434 https://www.lifelink.org.uk
Calm: 0800 58 58 58 https://www.thecalmzone.net
Kate Fraser recently interviewed 5 of our community music participants for her Masters Psychology research project at the University of Glasgow.
The research is titled ‘A cradle of support as you emerge from the darkness of mental illness: Participant experiences of Common Wheel’s community music group’.
She has already presented the results at the British Psychological Society Scottish Branch Post Graduate Conference and you can watch a 10 minute summary presentation below.
If you fancy a chance to win £25,000 and support Common Wheel then you could play our lottery.
Tickets cost £1 each and at least 60p from every ticket goes to Common Wheel.
Click here to play and support us!
From the 18th – 25th April any donations to Common Wheel made via The Big Give will be MATCHED by Cycling Scotland.
These donations will help us to continue running our Build Your Own Bike Courses for people managing or recovering from mental illness.
You can find out more and donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002SEUcZAAX
Thank you for your support!
Some of the Common Wheel team were on The Let’s Flourish Show on Sunny Govan to chat all things Common Wheel. You can listen back to the show here: https://www.mixcloud.com/SunnyG103/lets-flourish-29-jan-2024/ (the interview is 30 minutes into the show).
Thank you so much to Flourish House for having us!