After linking up with Whitley Bay Barbarians towards the end of 2021 we’ve been doing some work behind the scenes as we head into 2022. As everyone is aware Fine and Dandi look to raise awareness around mental health, diversity and inclusion and our focus and goals align perfectly with Whitley Bay Barbarians, they encourage…
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It all started in Jan 2019. I had just returned from India after witnessing one of my closest loved ones recovering from a mental illness episode. When I left India, my close loved one was recovering and feeling better but I could sense that I was not able to overcome the sadness of seeing them…
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As 2021 comes to an end its time to reflect on how the year has gone. The past year for Fine and Dandi has been a fantastic one. We didn’t expect things to have progressed at the rate in which they have but the year has been fantastic, and we head into 2022 looking to…
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In the ever-increasing world of sporting endeavour, whether that be of a professional, or an amateur ilk, collecting a serious injury can often be career-threatening (even worse as we all saw during this past summers’ European Championship). In our quaint little corner, in Northern England however, Spennymoor Town’s ex-Darlington and Gateshead midfielder, 32-year-old Jamie Chandler,…
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Well done Marie who ran the Great North Run at the weekend and doing so for Fine and Dandi. As well as the run itself Marie has taken time out to raise awareness around mental health, diversity and inclusion as well as funds for Fine and Dandi. When Marie contacted us to do the run…
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Now that Fine and Dandi has become more established over recent months we have been looking into options to help both us and others going forward. We wanted to announce our first partnership. We are delighted to be able to link up with Whitley Bay Barbarians Rugby League Club. Mental health can affect 1 in…
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The statistics are there for all to see and, although there is always a way, there really is, how often are we actually aware of the options available, more when it’s regarding that of mental health matters, especially in children and young people. With everything that has been going on over the past eighteen months,…
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London fashion designer creates an immersive digital experience to coincide with national mental health campaign Time to Talk Day – 4 February 2021 Fashion designer and mental health activist, Sarah Hollebon, has created an immersive online exhibition to open up the conversation around mental ill health and challenge the stigma and discrimination through her sculptured…
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My name is Sarah. I am an emerging fashion designer with a mission to open up the conversation on social issues. I have suffered from anxiety since the age of 11 and have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from two separate incidents. The first incident happened when I was in my teens and the second one…
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Musicians often relate the music that they produce to real life situations, be they of a personal nature (experienced a situation themselves) or through a loved one, or it is written about someone they know or seen happen. That is the same with the new release from UK country artist, Chloe Chadwick who, with her…
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We all wear ‘The Mask’ Two halves of a life with differing outcomes, a life that has been locked away from the outside world with a façade, a mask, covering the true nature of the pain that comes from within. After leaving school, in my late teenage years, I was subjected to bullying in the…
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“The flow became a stream which soon turned into a river, and I’ve not looked back,” that’s how I look at battling away from depression, and into fitness, during a pandemic Expectations were quite high for 2020 since my first release with Fine & Dandi. Granted my mental health issues had been a constant thorn…
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