Facilitating a recovery pathway for injured service personnel and their families and assistance in transitioning into heritage for our serving personnel.
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
7 Nov 2022
This week for #MentalHealthResearchMatters, we're discussing all-things #Interdisciplinary research
How can archaeology improve the mental health of war veterans?
@K_J_Burnell @PaulEverill two @NetworkMARCH funded researchers have a few ideas... 👇
mentalhealthresearchmatters.…
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
18 Oct 2022
Very proud of this article in a Ukrainian journal, expanding analysis of heritage-based interventions delivering benefits to veterans through work with UK, Georgian & Ukrainian veterans. More work needed though @K_J_Burnell @DickieBennett2 @AMPHORA_MHWB
arheologia.com.ua/index.php/…
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
14 Oct 2022
This is set to be a fantastic event hosted by @SolentUni and there is still time to register! #CommPsyFest2022
14 Oct 2022
We're excited to welcome everyone to Solent University on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd October for the 6th Community Psychology Festival. Tickets are still available until the 17th so register now: eshop.solent.ac.uk/product-c… @BPSCommPsy #CommPsyFest2022
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
11 Oct 2022
ONLINE TALK: 20 October.
Prof Peter Stone, President of Blue Shield and UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection & Peace (Newcastle University): 'Protecting cultural heritage during armed conflict’. Part of @UniofNewcastle Discover programme:
Link: shorturl.at/efgrz
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
10 Oct 2022
Our guidelines benefited enormously from the contribution of the archaeological initiatives that work with veterans and serving personnel. Their support and endorsement is hugely important to us: Op Nightingale; Defence Archaeology Group; @AVAR_USA @BreakingGroundH @DigWaterloo
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10 Oct 2022
We are immensely proud to have contributed towards @AMPHORA_MHWB guidelines for mental health and wellbeing in heritage, with @SolentUni and @_UoW. Check it out here 👉 bit.ly/AMPHORAproject
10 Oct 2022
Delighted to launch our guidance documents today, on #WorldMentalHealthDay. The three toolkits, produced via rigorous stakeholder research, support heritage-based therapeutic initiatives to deliver mental health benefits to participants
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7 Oct 2022
It’s great to see all of the hard work finally come to fruition! Well done all!!
7 Oct 2022
Here we go then. Guidelines/ toolkits ready, press releases finalised, web pages set up. Have a great weekend everyone; Monday promises to be a busy day! See you back here
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1 Oct 2022
Let’s all send a little love during these times of turmoil and despair #Wellbeing
The #KindnessByPost Autumn exchange is open for registration! The theme is: "Letting go" 🍂🍁Sign up at kindnessbypost.org by 9pm on Tuesday 4th October to be part of it!
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29 Sep 2022
We should all strive to be as inclusive and as aware as we possibly can. Well done @InstituteArch and @Genderintell for delivering this.
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
28 Sep 2022
Very exciting times here, as we gear up to a big launch on @WHO Mental Health Day on 10th October
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
23 Sep 2022
Call for participation! @PaulEverill, Steven Cooke (@DeakinHeritage) and I are guest editing a Research Topic for @FrontPsychol about #Heritageandwellbeing. To find out more & get involved, click here frontiersin.org/research-top…
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23 Sep 2022
Defensive Links: The military history of Burntisland community archaeology project - eepurl.com/h_LFkz
22 Sep 2022
A new project for some of our beneficiaries through @wessexarch. Defensive Links: The military history of Burntisland community archaeology project - mailchi.mp/breakinggroundher…
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
15 Sep 2022
The draft text of the Op Nightingale book is with publishers and now the pleasure of selecting photos with the incredible @beardysnapper and discussing wellbeing with @DickieBennett2 . Illustrations next then on the shelves in spring!! #Archaeology #wellbeing #veterans
ALT Barrow clump - photo (c) Harvey Mills Photography
ALT Two of the veterans on the dig at Bullecourt with tank shell case. Photo (c) Harvey Mills Photography
ALT Veteran working on pottery from a kitchen at the Hessian camp in Winchester. Photo (c) Harvey Mills Photography
ALT Some of the many 7th Century finds from Avon Camp on Salisbury Plain. Photo (c) Harvey Mills photography
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9 Sep 2022
This really was a fantastic project from an archaeological and social perspective. Bringing new people into heritage whilst establishing a fantastic community of locals with @AldbournArchive and our (ex)military participants. #Wellbeing
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7 Sep 2022
Really important work that informs our pioneering research into what effects heritage can have on our wellbeing and why? @ArcherMHWB @AMPHORA_MHWB
7 Sep 2022
Earlier this summer, DIO archaeologists led an excavation of a Saxon cemetery on Salisbury Plain, alongside military personnel and veterans on the #OpNightingale programme. Watch our short video featuring photography by @beardysnapper for a unique glimpse into the project:
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5 Sep 2022
Good luck!!
5 Sep 2022
Day 1 of our excavations at High Rochester! Fingers crossed for some good weather...
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5 Sep 2022
What a great project Traw Point was and what a great experience it was for our team. Thanks again @TheChloeDuck @Tash_Archaeo for having us along.
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2 Sep 2022
I know that this approach would help many of our participants.
2 Sep 2022
Great article on @TheBMA website about the RCGP veteran-friendly accreditation scheme for GPs and the difference it makes to veterans when they can talk to clinicians who understand their needs bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
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Breaking Ground Heritage retweeted
31 Aug 2022
Come attend this years @BABAO_info conference for some amazing talks, Sept 17-18! I’ll be presenting about “Human Remains as a Facilitator for UK Veteran Coping Strategies” on the 18th- I hope to see you there! #mentalhealthmatters #rehabilitationarchaeology #wellbeingheritage
ALT The front cover of the babao 2022 conference programme with osteometric equipment visible against a blue and white background
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