Let’s #GetLoud for Mental Health Week 2018!

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For Mental Health Week 2018, Stella’s Place launched a social media promotion to join the conversation. Using the official hashtag of #GetLoud, we asked our participants to #GetLoud about what real support looks like at Stella’s Place. We then adapted...
Mental Health and the Media By Emma Woolley

Mental Health and the Media By Emma Woolley

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Last week, we were approached by GlobalTV to share our perspective on whether or not certain words (suicide, cutting, sleeping pills, dying) in the Arcade Fire song “Creature Comfort” should be censored. The single has inspired discussion around youth mental health and suicide, as it directly challenges the glamourization of suicide, reminding listeners that suicide isn’t “painless” and that those thinking about it are not “nameless.” The song’s inherent message, at least to me, that the urge to be made famous through dying/escaping suffering isn’t one to encourage.

Building A Community – Staff Retreat 2017

Building A Community – Staff Retreat 2017

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Crisis Support About Us Stella's Place Blog Building A Community – Staff Retreat 2017 I have seen the staff team at Stella’s Place evolve from four, to eight, to 15, to our current buzzing group of about 30. Over three years, we have branched out, growing and...