Depression being lifted by The Bay A year of wellbeing in Morecambe Bay – Kirsty Tyler looks back on the first year of The Bay: A blueprint for recovery.
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he last few years have brought with them unexpected challenges. No-one could have expected when the global pandemic hit in 2020 that Covid-19 would still be so present all the way through to the final few months of 2022. And what a vast change it would have made in our lives. For many people, loneliness and isolation became hugely present, particularly in our coastal communities, which already experienced high levels of deprivation.
Photo: Angie in front of the refurbished bug hotel at Happy Mount Park by Kirsty Tyler
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Over the past year there has been hope in some of these communities, with The Bay: A Blueprint for Recovery taking on the task of helping people around Morecambe Bay to connect with others and, with it, help with nature’s recovery.
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