We’re really excited to announce the launch of Highlight, available for free in the iPhone app store.
Highlight is a simple, passive app that helps you learn more about the people around you.If someone standing near you also has Highlight, their profile will show up on your…
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What Stigma?
There has much much activity today on Twitter regarding mental health using the #whatsigma hashtag. I won’t go in to the whys and wherefores of the tag but basically the point of it is that you write your own mental health experiences and hashtag them for all to see. Of course, I joined in as I am always open about my past experiences:
I have bipolar II and had a nervous breakdown just over 4 years ago. #whatstigma
I thought it might be useful to write a little more about it as I firmly believe that the only way to get rid of the stigma surrounding mental ill-health is for more people to be open about their experiences and to stop being ashamed of it and then hopefully one day people will be less embarrassed by it and might seek help earlier? Rob Delaney has written a great article on his experiences and it has prompted me to do the same. I am very fortunate at the moment that I am mentally fairly healthy, though physically I am far from it. I am going to write about my past mental ill health and my current mental health but not my physical ill health as this is not the time or the place. This is quite a tome, so I’ve put in a page break thingy to break it up a bit.
Coventry City Council have published photos on Flickr of their vision of the centre and are asking for your opinions. PLEASE PLEASE click on the images and tell them what you think. Only, of course, if you agree with me and weep with sadness at the grey grey vision on concrete the Council think we need. We don’t need grass, we don’t need trees, just more flat grey spaces that we can sit out on for the 3 weeks each summer warm enough to do so.
The £1billion Jerde plans for the centre were centred around parks and water and green, and obviously never going to happen…then the bankers stole the £1billion and we thought we’d never see a beautiful remodelling of Coventry…seems we were right. All I can fathom from these artist’s impressions are the the Council are sacking all the Council Gardeners.
Imagine how drab the squares will look in the rain and ice. Imagine the poor workmanship and loose slabs. Easy isn’t it?
Imagine bands and jugglers in the heart of the city outside the sadly not remodelled Cathedral Lanes. Imagine the St Mark’s Square style cafes serving gelato…hard isn’t it?
People of Coventry keep saying they want more green spaces and more places for family, friends to spend time. This grey landscape is NOT that.
IMHO ;o)
