Creating Hope In Our Community

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Healthy n Happy and CamGlen Radio are Creating Hope, a project that promotes positive mental health and suicide prevention through creative, engaging and impactful activities.

You can be part of this vital movement that responds to local need in Cambuslang and Rutherglen, and make a real difference to yourself and the people around you.

We are now in our second year of funding for the Creating Hope In Our Community campaign. We launched this phase with an exclusive screening of the moving, uplifting and hopeful film The Low Road, jointly hosted with Cruse Scotland. The film tells the story of Ellie, who is guilt-ridden and heartbroken after the suicide of her best friend at university. She hikes through the Highlands to find solace in some of Scotland’s most spectacular landscapes. The power of the wilderness shapes the emotional storytelling of her inward journey, and she is transformed as she moves towards recovery in nature. The event concluded with a Q&A featuring the film’s Director and Producer.

Read on for more developments planned for this year.

Creating Hope In Our Community Podcasts

The Creating Hope In Our Community podcast series brings together people who are working in and care deeply around improving mental health and our approach to suicide prevention. Discussion that look at what work is being done to support us through the challenges that many of us are facing. Through open and thoughtful conversations, we explore ways to strengthen our community and inspire hope for a better, more connected future.

National and Local Leads for Creating Hope Together

Anne Rowan from Chris's House

Donna Paterson-Harvie from Neil's Hugs

Catriona McDougall from Scottish Recovery Network

Jenny Hutton from Public Health Scotland

Louise McSharry from the Self-Harm Network

We’re proud to share that Creating Hope In Our Community has just been featured in the October 2025 edition of the national Suicide Prevention Scotland newsletter.

The article highlights the important and inspiring work happening across Rutherglen and Cambuslang, where local residents, community groups, charities, and partners are coming together to raise awareness, improve mental wellbeing, and prevent suicide through creative and compassionate community action.

📰 Read the full article here

Featured in the National Suicide Prevention Scotland Newsletter

A powerful new guide co-designed by young people, parents, and professionals, offering support and guidance for those experiencing painful thoughts or feelings about suicide.

This toolkit helps young people find help when they need it most — and supports trusted adults in knowing how to respond with care and confidence.

🔹 Enabling Conversations Toolkit

🔹 Supporting a Young Person

Enabling Conversations Toolkit

How Can You Get Involved?

Whether you enjoy coffee mornings, health walks, art therapy, or group exercise, we offer a wide range of amazing activities, for local CamGlen residents. These can help build your resilience, reduce loneliness and isolation, and boost your mental health and wellbeing. Check out all our activities here

Participate in Local Activities

Listen to CamGlen Radio’s series of programmes and podcasts focusing on suicide awareness and mental health. You’ll hear real stories from those with lived experiences, expert interviews and learn about available resources in your community. Listen here

Tune into Mental Health Radio Programmes

Mental health and suicide prevention organisations can contribute to the creation of radio content and live interviews on CamGlen Radio, to help raise awareness of local services and opportunities across the area.

Create Your Own Content

Gain valuable skills in mental health and suicide first aid by participating in free events and training programmes, or tuning into bite-size radio infomercials.

Creating Hope in Our Community Events:

We have hosted 2 hugely successful events in our Number 18 Venue - last November and in June this year.

These events continued discussions around mental health support in CamGlen, which connected local residents, community groups and charities, statutory services and businesses. Everyone shared experiences and explored how we can collectively improve mental well-being and suicide prevention in the local CamGlen area. Watch this space for more events coming up!

Further Training Courses:

Plus, Mental Health First Aid Training on Fridays 7, 14 and 28 November. 9.30am-2.30pm, at our Number 18 Venue, Rutherglen. Attendance is required on all 3 days. Click here to book.