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COVID-19
Communities-Mental-Health-Fund post
The Scottish Government launched The Communities Mental Health and Well-being Fund for adults in October 2021. To date, the Fund has supported nearly 2,000 community projects delivering various activities and programmes. Here at bOunceT, we were awarded £10,000 grant funding at the start of 2022 to fund 4 months worth of project activities. We blogged...
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Hello everyone, my name is Mary and I am a student Occupational Therapist from University of Brighton! When I first learned that my last occupational therapy placement was to be remote with bOunceT, initially I was surprised and confused about how this would work…especially since at the services typical therapy sessions involve the use of...
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Hello, everyone! My name is Lois Taylor, I am a fourth-year occupational therapy student from Robert Gordon University RGU (Aberdeen) and I have just finished my final year OT placement at bOunceT. One of my key responsibilities this year was to be involved in a new and upcoming project where I followed the evidence and...
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Staff Stories - Naomi Youngman: Play Resource Officer
I was lucky enough to have my first placement of my MSc Occupational Therapy course at bOunceT. What struck me most was the person-centred nature of their practice; this is a company that really values and listens to the perspectives of parents and carers. I also appreciated how much effort went in to creating enjoyable...
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We have recently said goodbye to a group of 4th year Occupational Therapy students from Glasgow Caledonian University, it was great to get to know them and have them as part of our team for a short yet memorable placement experience at bOunceT! We had a total of 4 students within this placement group –...
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4th birthday
Some of the bOunceT Team (those not working from home – but socially distanced between perspex glass and plastic screens!) Left-Right: Shai (Marketing Officer), Nadia (Play Resource Officer OT), Francesca (OT), Alicia (Play Leader), Naomi (Play Resource Officer OT), Callum (OT Lead) Oh and we can not forget Julia (Play Resource Officer OT) who joined...
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