Comedy, live music and even a touch of drama were all on the menu during an Inverness fundraiser for Mikeysline. Shindigging For Gold was held at the La Tortilla Asesina tapas restaurant in Castle Street, Inverness, in aid of the suicide prevention charity and its Hive drop-in centre. Organised by local stand-up comedian Kieran Lochore,…
Growing2gether in the Community Youth Led Community Project creates mural at Charleston Academy
Students from Charleston Academy, 2 male and 1 female, aged, 14-15 were mentored by Mikey’s Line. After meeting with staff at Mikey’s Line, the group were inspired to create a mural exploring the subject of mental health for their school grounds. The school was highly cooperative and supportive and they were given permission to do…
Eccentric shirts!!
The Development and Infrastructure department of Highland Council raised a staggering £195 for Mikeysline by, amongst other things wearing eccentric shirts to work for the day with special thanks going to Nathan for his particular efforts…
Men only group
Mikeysline will be running a mens group!! We are running a men only support group starting on 9th April for any men struggling with their emotional wellbeing. The group will run on a Tuesday evening for 2 hours and sessions will continue for 6 weeks. Times of the sessions are from 6.30pm –…
Alness Academy students win YPI for Mikeysline
Mikeysline enjoys further success at YPI Students at Alness Academy were successful with their presentation on Mikeysline for their YPI project. By doing this, they win £3,000 for their chosen charity, money that is absolutely crucial to us at Mikeysline. It must be said, that we have blown away by the standard of YPI presentations…
Karen Gillan Supports Mikeysline
(Karen pictured with Operations Manager Stephen Reid and volunteer Reanne Sutherland) Local Star Karen Gillan supports Mikeysline In November of 2018, we were honoured to host Hollywood actress Karen Gillan to discuss her film, The Party’s Just Beginning, as well as the work Mikeysline carries out. A lot of filming took place in Karen’s home…
CYC Drama Group Production
(Trustee Ron Williamson pictured with the stars of the production) #YourLifeMatters Early in 2018, the Castlemilk Youth Complex (CYC) drama group secured funding for a project close to their hearts, young peoples mental health. After this, they proceeded to produce the most touching of films, which really does outline some of the pressures faced by…
Where there’s night, there’s light
On the 20th December, people showed up in large numbers to help Mikeysline show the people of the Highlands that they need never be alone, especially during the Christmas period. So many of us feel alone and Christmas can serve as a painful reminder of this loneliness to so many – we accomplished this with more…
The Hive Outreach Project
The Hive in Inverness has now been open for 8 months, helping people through times of darkness and suffering. It offers a safe space for any who need it, a place to talk without fear of judgement and offload heavy weights from their mind. However, we are aware that help is required outwith the boundaries…
Robertson supports Mikeysline
Mikeysline are delighted to count construction firm Robertson as one of our supporters. They recently launched water bottles with the Hive Project logo and text line number printed. These are to be sold to Robertson employees to help battle plastic waste as well as raising awareness of Mikeysline and the Hive. Robertson employees will also…