Tonic Talk discusses the effects of a global pandemic on our mental health & well-being.

Tonic Talk

Welcome to Tonic Talk, where our host Amber Sinclair we'll chat about how a global pandemic has reshaped our local community in rural Lincolnshire over the last 12 months in a feature-long episode, as well as what the future holds in a post-pandemic environment. This week we are joined by Ruth & Laura from Tonic Health Safe Places - Spalding providing a vital insight on how a local community has seen an increase in loneliness, isolation, and mental well-being challenges during Lockdown. Find out more about Tonic Health Safe Places - Spalding, what it means to be a safe place, and what services they offer, we discuss how Tonic Health Safe Places - Spalding changed the way they provided vital services shifting to an on-line support model using video chat, social media & technology helping to stay connected with their local community over the last 12 months during the lockdown. During this episode, we discuss what challenges we will face as we come out of hibernation and what the new normal will look like going forward, the challenges we are likely to face, and how vital the local community & charities will play a huge part in re-building after the unprecedented events we have all gone through. We also highlight other services, such as the NHS, that can help support people across Lincolnshire and the wider UK. Most importantly, we want to demonstrate that nobody has to suffer in isolation, that there is help for everybody, and that it's okay not to be okay. It's all about engaging with people and lending a helping hand when they are in need. Closing out our very first episode we are lucky to include a poem written by local poet & The Times list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008, Benjamin Zephaniah is a novelist, political activist, and musician, called 'People Need People' at Tonic Talk we could not agree more during this current period of uncertainty we most differently need people to support each other as we move forward. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tonic-talk/message