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    A personal story
    Trish
    • Mar 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    A personal story

    This blog is by Trisha O'Neil who volunteered to help at Bearsden Festival as soon as she heard that the theme was mental health.. It's b...
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    Join the social movement!
    Trish
    • Mar 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Join the social movement!

    This year, the Bearsden Festival is connecting community, creativity and mental health and wellbeing, and we’re talking about ways that p...
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    Calling Writers and Talking Heads
    Trish
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Calling Writers and Talking Heads

    Bearsden Festival is about connecting our community, but it's also part of a much bigger series of events, mostly happening in May, under...
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    Is lack of sleep affecting your mental health?
    Trish
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    Is lack of sleep affecting your mental health?

    Sleep, or lack of a quality night's rest, has been a problem of mine for around a decade. It's not a coincidence that this corresponds wi...
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    Children's Mental Health Week: My Story
    Trish
    • Feb 9, 2019
    • 3 min

    Children's Mental Health Week: My Story

    This time last year, my heart was breaking for someone I love dearly. A sportsman, able to play music from memory, could entertain us end...
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    A playlist for life
    Trish
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    A playlist for life

    'One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.' Bob Marley We bumped into Playlist for Life at a conference last year a...
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    Meet Ageless Art
    info@bearsdenfestival.org
    • Jan 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Meet Ageless Art

    A chance encounter at the end of 2018 brought us in touch with a community arts partnership that ticks so many of Bearsden Festival's box...
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    A year of small changes
    info@bearsdenfestival.org
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    A year of small changes

    This is how community works. You're dancing at the Hogmanay ceilidh and someone who used to live in your street comes up and tells you ab...
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    The Why of the Festival…
    info@bearsdenfestival.org
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Why of the Festival…

    Some thoughts about why this Festival is coming at the right time for Bearsden, and actually is right for any community to have a look at...
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