Hannah lees BAPP

After recently watching the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma (Director Jeff Orlowski, 2020), recommended to us by our course leader. I found myself shocked by the statistics and ethnical discussions involved within social media, and how some of the founders of the social media industry are scared of what they have helped discover and make. Working along with vulnerable childr en and teenagers, a large majority involved with "healthy young minds" safety online is a key emphasis on my practice and there are a number of tactics we have in place to help limit the amount of online access they have. Including; an E-safety award. Meaning they are unable to use any form of internet in school without the award, including personal mobile phones. Screen watch, allowing teachers and teaching assistants to see exactly what the student is on, to name a few. The a mount of SEN children who struggle with their mental health is already high. They are more "likely to experience me...

As someone who plans everything you would think that being a dancer is the last profession I would want to be doing, and honestly, I get stressed about the what if and when is daily. The biggest one at the moment is what happens next...    Iv been incredibly lucky and have worked continuously since I graduated from dance college. With small breaks here and there to catch up with friends and family, and I have loved every second of how my career is planning out for me. Along with the things I have seen and experienced. But right now, coming to the end of a short contract in Mexico, the anxiety, of not knowing what I am going to be doing in the next months is starting to take over my everyday thinking.  Everyone says to me “don’t worry you’ll easily be able to get a job” or “so where you off to next”. Little do they know how difficult it actually is!    I feel like mental health along with anxiety is talked about so much more now, than in previous...