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Hayden Lorimer

@slipshodspeller.bsky.social
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Geographer. Runner. Sometimes both.

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Longbarrow Press @longbarrowpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"A cancelled book launch. Not the end of the world. What would that look like. Would we know it if we saw it. I rise to leave. My clothes are damp with sweat. I’ve scarcely moved in the last two hours." 'Seven Degrees': on cancellations and connections longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/seven-degr...
Rehearsals for The Gleaning, upstairs at The Harlequin, Sheffield, 9 June 2026. L-R: Matthew Clegg, Fay Musselwhite, Karl Hurst, Ray Hearne, Rob Hindle.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
BBC R4 ‘What’s Up Docs?’ Invited me on this week to talk about light. A fun episode with follow-up episode on ‘Dr’s notes’. Starts around 7 mins in. Episode 2 discusses the book ‘Light is a right’ @slipshodspeller.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgges.bsky.social
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What's Up Docs? - Why do we feel happier when the sun’s out? - BBC Sounds
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken look at why the sun improves mood.
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BOMB Magazine @bombmag.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
@alecfinlay.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social discuss how chronic illness limited the artist and poet’s access to the wild landscapes of his home in Scotland.
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BOMB Magazine | Alec Finlay by Hayden Lorimer
Making creative use of the perspectives and adaptations that arise in limit and vulnerability.
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I have some hot compost news
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Light O'Clock @lightoclock.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
❄️ Do you experience the “winter blues”? Have you ever thought about writing a letter to winter as a way to cope? Many people notice changes in mood, energy, and motivation during the darker months – sometimes this can be Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). ↪️ 1/3
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Light O'Clock @lightoclock.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A big thank you to Delainey Wescott @delaineywescott.bsky.social, Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social and Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social for being such great guests! Tune in to hear more 👇 🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/2rtzeum3 🍏 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/ywrts3sc ↪️ 3/3
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Still time for anyone from library services across Scotland to sign-up for Friday 16th Jan. ‘Wintering Well Webinar’ hosted by CILIPS. We’ll be giving the inside scoop on how to design and deliver the Wintering Well Box loan scheme. @hesterparr.bsky.social www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
And making the front page too @slipshodspeller.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/scot...
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
More welcome reporting on the launch of our Wintering Well Box loan-scheme in partnership with Glasgow Life public libraries. Join your local community library! Borrow a Box today! @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Light box to combat winter blues on loan from Scottish libraries
The ‘Wintering Well’ box includes a therapeutic lamp
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Glasgow libraries have a NEW comprehensive‘wintering well’ offer based on the public resources from the @ukri.org ‘Living with SAD’ research programme @uofgges.bsky.social @slipshodspeller.bsky.social www.glasgowlife.org.uk/health-and-w...
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Wintering Well at Glasgow Life Libraries - Glasgow Life
Support your wellbeing this winter with Glasgow Life Libraries. Borrow a SAD lamp and access free health, wellbeing and community support services.
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Huge thanks to Glasgow Life libraries health and wellbeing staff who have managed to get the scheme up and rolling at super speed. @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3
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Early Career Researcher Network
An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Seasonal coverage today of our research - via @libbybrooks.bsky.social - bringing light in winter’s dark. @slipshodspeller.bsky.social @orkneylibrary.bsky.social. @uofgnews.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The pioneering light boxes helping Orkney islanders avoid seasonal affective disorder
Wintering Well boxes to counter effects of low light on mental health are ‘super popular’, says island librarian
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Freshwater Biological Association @freshwaterbio.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
For your freshwater Friday delight... we're thrilled to present a deep dive with @carlsayer.bsky.social, Prof of Limnology & Freshwater Ecology at UCL, into the fascinating world of #GhostPonds, and their potent power for ecological and palaeoecological regeneration: www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/gh...
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Such a good experience presenting ‘Living with SAD’ and ‘Wintering Well to community link workers via @vhscotland.bsky.social with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social. A November tonic ☀️
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Voluntary Health Scotland (@vhscotland.bsky.social)
We are the national intermediary and network for voluntary health organisations in Scotland. We work with our members and partners to tackle health inequalities. We manage the national network for Sco...
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Mingcan Rong @mingcan-rong.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Excited to share my first PhD paper which was based on my fieldwork at @thebotanics.bsky.social and just published on @geoopenaccess.bsky.social yesterday! 🌺
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Soaring words in support of every public library from Liz Berry. I twilight-listened, a wee but teary-eyed, in the grounds of our now closed Woodside Library 1883-2023. Do listen and listen again to this wonderful elegiac essay. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Great to hear @slipshodspeller.bsky.social @uoegeosciences.bsky.social doing weekend duty and going live to Radio Stations across SE (Berkshire, Oxford, Solent, Dorset, Isle of Wight) about Wintering Well and ‘Living with SAD’ ☀️☀️☀️ Listen here about 10.17 onwards www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Radio Berkshire - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio Berkshire on BBC Sounds
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Lovely to learn that Light is a Right, our Guide to Wintering Well, popped up as an inspiring source for wider spiritual reflection on BBC R4 Thought for the Day. issuu.com/livingwithsa... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Today - 01/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Wonderful to see the @pressandjournal.co.uk cover our ‘Wintering Well at the Library’ programme and our friends at @orkneylibrary.bsky.social @slipshodspeller.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgges.bsky.social www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/high...
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How new Sad seasonal depression boxes in Orkney aim to brighten long winter nights
A set of boxes, aimed at those helping those suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, are now available for loan from the library service
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Just enough of Friday to share @nhslanarkshire.bsky.social new ‘Wintering well’ web pages, inspired by our SAD research! Wow! Lovely to collaborate with Digital Psychological Services. @uofglasgow.bsky.social @slipshodspeller.bsky.social www.lanarkshiremindmatters.scot.nhs.uk/how-you-can-...
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A Guide To Wintering Well - Lanarkshire Mind Matters - NHS Lanarkshire
When people imagine NHS psychology, they often imagine sitting in a room with a therapist and discussing their problems. How can we help you?
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Amazing to learn about the level of demand from Orcadian library-users. Do hope that everyone queued up on the reserve list soon gets their share of sunlight. All hail the Wintering Well Box and our wonderful public library partners!!! @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our project partner Living Life to the Full is giving a webinar on free online SAD resources later this afternoon. Details here: eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Focus on resources to help people with SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder Wednesday 29th October 2025 4.30-5.00pm (Supporters/Practitioners/Members of the Public) | Living Life to the Full | CBT Trainin...
Focus on resources to help people with SAD- Seasonal Affective Disorder Wednesday 29th October 2025 4.30-5.00pm (Supporters/Practitioners/Members of the Public) . Browse our list of upcoming training ...
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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Great to see Prof Hester Parr (@hesterparr.bsky.social) of @uofgges.bsky.social featured in this BBC News piece showcasing the Wintering Well project she leads with Prof Hayden Lorimer (@slipshodspeller.bsky.social) of the University of Edinburgh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How to cope with long winter nights when the clocks go back
More than a million people in the UK experience symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder - but a project is aiming to help people in Orkney look after their mental health.
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy - a tale of significant fortunes made and how their investments percolated into the Scottish economy and wider society. Free to download from Univ of London press. #Glasgow #skystorians #Scotland 📚🗃️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 uolpress.co.uk/book/the-gla...
Book jacket for Stephen Mullen's The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy 1775-1838.  Background image of ships in a harbour.
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Full spectrum coverage! Perfectly timed for the changing of the clocks…
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Great wee package showcasing the value of the Wintering Well Box loan-scheme in public libraries. Hats off to @orkneylibrary.bsky.social for introducing the scheme and project spokesperson @hesterparr.bsky.social
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
We are excited to be partnering with the magnificent @orkneylibrary.bsky.social to launch a ‘Wintering Well’ library loan scheme. Community link workers are also supporting this roll out of the ‘Living with SAD’ resources - catch the news 6.30 mins into the broadcast @slipshodspeller.bsky.social.
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Around Orkney - 22/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
News, features and weather for Orkney, including the daily community diary.
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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Boxes of sunlight will be offered to people in Orkney to help with low winter mood as part of the Living with SAD project led by Prof @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and Prof Hayden Lorimer (@slipshodspeller.bsky.social) of Edinburgh Uni. More here: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
Professor Hayden Lorimer of the University of Edinburgh, Wintering Well box user Claire Charlwood, and Professor Hester Parr of the University of Glasgow are pictured in Kirkintilloch’s William Patrick library in October 2024
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
If you caught BBC Radio 4’s Winter Well, one of the voices heard is Neina Sheldon, Founder of Make Light Matter. Her Bright in Winter programme starts on 27 Oct and is designed to help you feel happier, healthier, and more energised through the darker months. Join up: brightinwinter.eventbrite.co.uk
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
During the making of Winter Well, we gathered more material than we could manage to fit in five episodes. Happily, it has a perfect home here on BBC Scotland’s Outdoor Podcast. @alecfinlay.bsky.social describes the power of the view and a vision for staying put. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Scotland Outdoors - The Power of the View with Alec Finlay - BBC Sounds
Poet and Artist Alec Finlay shares his experience of chronic illness with Hayden Lorimer
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Fifth and final episode of Winter Well on air BBC Radio 4 today: how should we anticipate our winters yet to come? Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Winter Well - Episode 5 - Winters of the Future - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Today on Radio 4 is Episode 5 of ‘Winter Well’ we hear thoughts about living in the future, and learning from people with lived experience of SAD. … with the wise voices of @alecfinlay.bsky.social, Ruth and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Light is a right?
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
In today’s episode of Winter Well connections get drawn between darkness and dormancy, and we find out why “coorying in” is a seasonal kind of self-care. Tune in, BBC Radio 4 @ 1.45pm or catch it on Sounds _anytime_! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Winter Well - Episode 4 - Embrace the Darkness - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Today it’s possible to hear about ‘Embracing the dark’ in Episode 4 of Winter Well on Radio 4 with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social. Insightful voices and perspectives on slowing down in winter and changing our expectations of ourselves. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Third helping of Winter Well on air soon. (Just before The Archers for those who like to listen live to Radio 4!) Episode 3 - ‘Get Out and Notice’ shares light-filled ideas and activities in the open air. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Winter Well - Episode 3 - Get Out and Notice - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
@slipshodspeller.bsky.social is on the radio again today with Episode 3 of ‘Winter Well’ Noticing light and winter as part of new seasonal routines is a feature of our guided CBT resources from project partners ‘Living Life to the Full’ : llttf.com/sad/. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Winter Well - Episode 3 - Get Out and Notice - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Early afternoon listening! Winter Well is on again today. Episode 2 - ‘Let the Light In’. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Beyond the radio series, there’s plenty to play around with in our e-guidebook: issuu.com/livingwithsa... @hesterparr.bsky.social @alecfinlay.bsky.social
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Winter Well is on air BBC Radio 4 this week. An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @hesterparr.bsky.social
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
“Things have changed on the ground.” @longbarrowpress.bsky.social walking in memory of memory. So much here. Forget about Netflix. Scroll this route for proper descriptive drama…
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A ‘Living with SAD’ Wintering Well event with @slipshodspeller.bsky.social
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Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
An article on 'day of access' in the latest issue of The Great Outdoors– innovative access to wild places for the vulnerable and disabled.
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Every strand of this Edinburgh University report could be its own front page. Yes, some of it will be familiar to historians, but this kind of frank public recognition is all too rare. Incredible work by many different scholars.
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Edinburgh University had ‘outsized’ role in creating racist scientific theories, inquiry finds
Investigation finds one of Britain’s oldest and most prestigious universities benefited from transatlantic slavery and was haven for white supremacist theories
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Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Someone should write a book about literary scandals. Oh, hang on... uk.bookshop.org/p/books/prin... #thesaltpath
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Prince of Tricksters: The Incredible True Story of Netley Lucas, Gentleman Crook a book by Matt Houlbrook.
Meet Netley Lucas, Prince of Tricksters—royal biographer, best-selling crime writer, and gentleman crook. In the years after the Great War, Lucas becomes infamous for climbing the British social ladde...
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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Congrats to @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburghuni.bsky.social , who have won an award for their Wintering Well project with East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust! Read more here: edgeconference.co.uk/awards/
A photograph of the Wintering Well team during the launch of the project at Kirkintilloch's William Patrick library. A screenshot of the award citation, which reads: 
Wintering Well Boxes is a pioneering and inspirational project developed by East Dunbarton Libraires to improve the health and wellbeing of local people by creating a range of aids for loan to help relieve the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). This is a partnership initiative with academics from Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities working with library teams to develop the Wintering Well Boxes. The project has been chosen as a finalist because it has taken libraries from a more passive role in providing health information to a more proactive one with the provision of physical support aids and equipment alongside information as positive treatment for a mental health condition. It is both innovative and inventive and has shown great partnership working with huge support from frontline library staff.
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/02/the-...
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The Framing of the Earth | Caught by the River | Caught by the River
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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A style bible, bought in monthly instalments for nye on a dozen years. Lovin the glossy-paper nostalgia hit.
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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Great to see the 'Living with SAD' project led by @hesterparr.bsky.social of @uofgges.bsky.social and @slipshodspeller.bsky.social of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social showcased in this @ukri.org blog on research aimed at tackling low winter mood! Read the full piece here: www.ukri.org/news/ai-supp...
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AI supporting our winter wellness
Innovative research can help people tackle barriers to staying well in winter.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Last orders for the ‘Library Encounters’ session CFP for the @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 conference Deadline Monday 17th @slipshodspeller.bsky.social
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Laura Anne Collier @lacollier.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
So proud of the @foscotlibs.bsky.social who went to represent when disability prevented me from being able to get to Holyrood. Here’s hoping that a review of legislation which campaigners have been calling for years for comes to fruition 🤞
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