The State of Mind player session rolled into the Tetley Stadium on 30/01/12 where the players were training before the session and the Nursing Standard cameraman came to take pictures of the player session. Carol Ede, Malcolm Rae and Jimmy Gittins were all in attendance.
State of Mind volunteers will be around the Halliwell Jones stadium in State of Mind tshirts. If you see one come and say hello and have a photo taken with us, put it on twitter yourself or we will!
Jimmy Gittins recent Great North Run competitor and State of Mind presenter is taking up the Quadrathon Challenge with Steve Prescott next week, today between 2 and 3pm Radio Leeds will feature Jimmy’s inspirational story.
A nurse-led campaign to tackle mental health problems affecting rugby league players has received NHS funding. Nurse consultant Philip Cooper and nurse practitioner Carol Ede devised and now run a mental health education programme for rugby league players and officials.
January 2012 saw the player session take place at the Leigh Sports Village on the day that Leigh posed for their new team photo on a Saturday morning. Andy Burnham MP was in attendance and told State of Mind that his son plays rugby league locally and loves it! Carol Ede asked to be in…
This one off “Quadrathon” is a relentless 48 hour challenge that includes running, cycling, kayaking and swimming. Beginning in Hull, the participants must swim the Humber Estuary before cycling the width of the country to Liverpool where they will swim the Mersey
Bradford Bulls Player Retires Prop Bryn Hargreaves has retired at the age of 26, saying he has been left disillusioned by the sport. Hargreaves, who joined the Bulls from St Helens in 2010, made 26 Super League appearances this season. Those leaving the Bulls this year after months of financial upheaval include: Coach Mick…
York City Knights welcomed the State of Mind player presentation in January this year Jimmy Gittins made his debut as a presenter and held the audience with the account of his struggles and great successes. State of Mind would like to wish Chris Thorman all the best in his new role at the Huddersfield Giants…
A generation of UK men born in the 1960s and 1970s may be more likely to take their own lives because of attitudes around the role of men at the time, Samaritans researchers have said. Suicide rates are now highest in middle-age men, after years of falling rates in young people. Academics said this may be…
State of Mind the sequel is being shot in Trafford Park Manchester today. Owen from Mocha TV is taking on the project again after the fantastic film shot in 2011 State of Mind will deliver a short version to be aired soon and a longer version will be used for training purposes during the next…