Research & Development SWYT

21/10/2025

13/10/2025

“Mental health matters. It encompasses our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing how we think, feel, and behave. Mental health plays a key role in how we handle stress, build relationships, and make healthy decisions.”

"Having good mental health means feeling mentally and emotionally strong, being able to cope with life’s challenges, and feeling connected to others, your community, and the world around you.”

The University of Huddersfield’s support for the and wellbeing of its students and staff, as well as the academic it carries out around the subject, was marked on the recent World Mental Health Day.

Follow the link for the full story 👇

https://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2025/october/world-mental-health-day-huddersfield/

10/10/2025

Today is , a day to remind us all that our mental wellbeing is just as important as our physical health. Your is important, so don't be afraid to reach out for help if you need it. Let's spread awareness and positivity together.

06/10/2025

📢 Calling all Poets! The Hope Collective 2.0 is here ❤️

We are hoping to cocreate a research project exploring how the use of poetry could support human connection and give voice to the unspoken and unheard.

Can you write a short poem from one of these topics?
✨Unspoken
✨Loss
✨Being
✨Moment?

To submit a poem follow the link or scan the QR code - https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=qAicgH0FuEe8ph6TDsIwrPkW7InznQxOjonKZL9lprNUOU9RTE01OERGQkxQUkNOQTY2WlA5UjlETS4u&route=shorturl

Check out the poster for more information 👇

03/10/2025

Are you a psychological professional delivering CBT Therapy or CBT-informed therapies, we are seeking to understand & expand the scope of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) within the Pan-African context.

If you have a spare 5 minutes please help our research by completing this survey ➡️ https://southernhealthnhs.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9TCuClTZhDQ4Ymi

03/10/2025

We're now a Teaching Trust! 🎓

At our annual members' meeting today, we officially launched our new name - South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - reflecting our strong history of partnership working around student education and research and development.

08/09/2025

The Hope Collective is back!

People are being invited to explore how poetry can support connection and give a voice by writing their own poems for a project called the Hope Collective.

Everyone is welcome to submit a poem, including NHS staff and patients. Poems must be under 450 words, written by an individual, and focused on one of the four themes of:

✨Unspoken
✨Loss
✨Being
✨Moment

Please submit all poems here ➡️ https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=qAicgH0FuEe8ph6TDsIwrPkW7InznQxOjonKZL9lprNUOU9RTE01OERGQkxQUkNOQTY2WlA5UjlETS4u&route=shorturl

For more information please follow the link ➡️ https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk/2025/09/08/poetry-project-invites-people-to-explore-emotional-connections-through-writing/

04/09/2025

Would you be able to help our research by completing a short survey (5-10 minutes)?

If you a psychological professional delivering CBT Therapy or CBT-informed therapies, we are seeking to understand and expand the scope of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) within the Pan-African context.

The survey can be accessed by scanning the QR code or by following this link - https://bit.ly/KOLABO_WestandGlobalSouth

03/06/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us today for our Discovery & Innovation Conference!

We had presentations, poems, discussions and some energetic rounds of rhyme tennis 😁

Thank you to all our partners, speakers and presenters.

Finally, thank you to the R&D team for a fantastic day 🙌

See you next year!

03/06/2025