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32 Years On: We Still Say Her Name. Joy Gardner

We remember Joy Gardner, a 40 year old Jamaican student in London, who was killed by police during a dawn deportation raid in July 1993. Officers handcuffed her, bound her with leather straps and gagged her with 13 ft of surgical tape until she collapsed. Joy suffered catastrophic brain damage from asphyxia and died in hospitalContinue reading “32 Years On: We Still Say Her Name. Joy Gardner”

Racism is a Mental Health Issue: Mental Health Awareness Week 2025.

Every year the Mental Health Foundation’s Mental Health Awareness Week (12–18 May 2025) spotlights a theme. This year, the focus is “community”, celebrating the power of connection and support. Communities give us belonging, purpose and safety – everything our mental well-being needs But as we come together this week, we must also confront forces thatContinue reading “Racism is a Mental Health Issue: Mental Health Awareness Week 2025.”