Potenital charites to work with.

Charity called -YOUNG MINDS.

I wanted to try and find a charity that can help support young people 20-30. Metal Health is a huge problem amongst our age range and it really needs highlighting as a issue , and speaking for current experience excerise and creative subjects  really help, and this is where I think Ballet slots in nicely.

This text is taken from a study made by the royal college of physiatrics into how exercise is benifital to individuals with mental health problems: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/treatments/physicalactivity.aspx

• how being active can make you feel better

• how exercise can help depression

• how active you need to be to feel better

• how to get more active safely.

Introduction
Exercise keeps our hearts and bodies healthy. But how?

We often talk about the mind and body as though they are completely separate – but they aren't. The mind can’t function unless your body is working properly – but it also works the other way. The state of your mind affects your body.

So – if you feel low or anxious, you may do less and become less active – which can make you feel worse. You can get caught in a harmful cycle:               

How dose exercise work?
We are not yet exactly sure. There are several possibilities:

• Most people in the world have always had to keep active to get food, water and shelter. This involves a moderate level of activity and seems to make us feel good. We may be built – or “hard wired” - to enjoy a certain amount of exercise. Harder exercise (perhaps needed to fight or flight from danger) seems to be linked to feelings of stress, perhaps because it is needed for escaping from danger.     

• Exercise seems to have an effect on certain chemicals in the brain, like dopamine and serotonin. Brain cells use these chemicals to communicate with each other, so they affect your mood and thinking.

• Exercise can stimulate other chemicals in the brain called “brain derived neurotrophic factors”. These help new brain cells to grow and develop. Moderate exercise seems to work better than vigorous exercise.

• Exercise seems to reduce harmful changes in the brain caused by stress.

Working with this charity could be really good and I am really enthusiastic to work with them.