Nicole Copestake

Nicole Copestake
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‘Feline’ Good About Mental Health

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There have been many unsung heroes throughout the pandemic from NHS workers to supermarket assistants, but perhaps the most underrated of them all - our pets. The silent witnesses to our lives, and perhaps a key benefactor to maintaining good mental health.
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“The Power of Art” and The 10th Year of Twilight Zone

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Jenny’s goal for ‘Twilight Zone’ was “focusing on the voice of the young person through Covid, and the voice of the young person as they look towards their future”. Jenny expressed, “It’s not an easy project to engage young people, whose lives are very fragmented and complex”.
Sarah Donnelly

CHRONICALLY ILL TO ‘CROHNICALLY’ FAB

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Sarah Donnelly describes herself as, “aged 25 factually, 65 physically and 17 mentally ”In a twist of events, 2020 became the year she finally came down from the cliff edge of Crohn’s disease. Sarah’s now determined to show other sufferers of this life-long condition, “It does get better”.

THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, PRESENT, AND WHAT IS YET TO COME

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Cycling through Belfast city centre on a Black Friday weekend would normally have been nothing short of chaos. Scenes of eager shoppers packing Pandora and Zara like compressed sardines. Cheek to cheek, bag to bag, as the Kendal Jenner poster whispers “consume, consume, consume”. Instead, pandemonium has been replaced with 'pandemic'. This is 2020, the time of Covid-19. What’s left is the remnants and the reality of a high-street savaged by lockdowns.

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