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The Big List is Coming!

The Big List is a collection of useful web tools and resources, particularly for those who’re adopting social media tools for business, but feel like they may just have walked into a maze!  It will contain short descriptions of each tool and suggestions of how it might be used, to help you negotiate your way through.  It has been promised for some time, and is finally almost ready…

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Depression Facts

Last night, as a Sessional Trainer for Aware Defeat Depression, I delivered a Depression Awareness Training session to Evergreen Pensioners’ Club.  Preparing for the evening over the last few days, I was stunned (and “depressed”) at the statistics for this age-group, which differ significantly to that of the normal groups we deliver to, teenagers:

• 10-15% of people over 65 suffer from depression
• 2 out of 5 people over the age of 85 suffer from depression
• 40% of people in care homes suffer from depression Read more…