Developing skills and building confidence at Step One Charity

Time To Talk – 4th February
The theme for this year’s #TimeToTalkDay is ‘The Power of Small’ so our team at #steponecypress held an event to talk about the small changes that can boost your mental health, and look at the small gestures that might make all the difference in reaching out to someone in need.

Send a Card to a Friend – 5th February
As part of Send a Card to a Friend Day, we designed and made cards to send someone as a message of thanks for their support or to give someone a boost to their mood.

Safer Internet Day – 9th February
We held an event at Cypress giving advice on steps to take to keep safe while using the internet and exploring issues that may impact our mental health while viewing content online.

National Pizza Day – 9th February
We took the opportunity on National Pizza Day to test our skills in the kitchen by cooking delicious homemade pizzas and looking at the impact food can have on our mood and mental wellbeing.

Valentine’s Day – 14th February
For Valentine’s day, we looked at ways of looking after ourselves and making good choices for positive mental health and making sure we took the time to care for ourselves as well as others.

Random Act’s of Kindness Day – 17th February
In the run-up to Random Acts of Kindness Day, we encouraged people to leave little messages of thanks and tokens of appreciation for each other as a simple act of kindness. We also arranged a collection for our local THAT Foodbank delivering all the donations on the day of Random Acts of Kindness Day.