 mental health and skateboarding mental health and skateboarding inspiration here s a space to put any materials related to mental health and skateboarding to kick off here s a link to the push to heal short doc on vimeo talia tue 8062019 814 southbank videos by peter whitley on wed 8212019 1705 i was sent a few videos from the southbank london uk project that i think connects in many ways to mental and social health these were introduced to me by dr pollyanna ruiz senior lecturer in media and communications at university of sussex you can t move history  2230  https vimeocom 146671695 this video is filled with images and interviews that testify to the connective power of skateboarding and skate places you can make history  2250  https vimeocom 312822397 this video focuses on the southbank project goals strategies and actions that resulted in the space becoming officially recognized and afforded skateboarding access this has more to skate activism and reveals a lot of the structural components to spacemaking efforts evelyn movie by goodpushadmin on tue 9102019 1333 a new documentary by oscarwinning filmmaker and skater snowboarder orlando von einsiedel about his younger brother s suicide has just been released on netflix today orlando made one of the first films about skateistan and his films are very powerful with this one obviously being an extremely personal journey and potentially triggering for those affected by losing loved ones to suicide new interview on push to heal by rhianon on wed 2192020 908 free skate mag just did an interview with joel pippus from push to heal on neuroscience skateboarding and child trauma that s well worth checking out  hi guys i run a by atxukarro on wed 3032021 1020 hi guys i run a successful programme for 1116 years olds as a form of intervention and use skateboarding as the method to improve mental wellbeing confidence and resilience called the go skate project initially it was designed by myself with a child and mental health services camhs worker in support it has grown and will now be out reaching to secondary schools on site this year and monitored pre and post by primary mental health workers you can find out more here  go skate project brightonhovegovuk  atxukarro thanks for sharing by rhianon on thu 3182021 1417 atxukarro  thanks for sharing this info and the link about your program really cool to know about more skate programs that are explicitly aiming to address mental health for young people if you have any resources curriculum or tips you can share please let us know we are always looking for new resources to add to our goodpush library   