19
May

News

Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day with Xbox Mental Health Best Practices for Developers

The team at Xbox Accessibility have just released their Mental Health Best Practices Guidelines as part of their accessibility resources, and we were excited to play a part in it. The guidelines are aiming to educate developers on ways to...

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19
May

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From a Game of Minecraft to a Best Man’s Speech with Alex King (Mental Health Month Podcast Special)

In this special episode of the Safe Space Podcast for Mental Health Awareness Month, Rosie talks to Alex King, Community Manager from Ripstone. Alex and Rosie discuss the power of games communities, and in particular how Alex found his friendship...

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17
May

News

Existential Anxiety and how FFIX Helped Liam Wilson (Mental Health Month Podcast Special)

In this short series of stories as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, Rosie talks to Liam Wilson from Sock Monkey Studios about his journey in mental health, and how supportive workplaces are foundational to supporting our teams and employees....

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17
May

News

Free Mental Health First Aid for Community Managers Returns

It’s happening again in 2022! After such a positive response to the mental health training provided to 200 Community Managers in 2021, we’re delighted to be re-opening the course to another 150 delegates. 50 of these delegates will be prioritised...

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13
May

News

How Experiencing Addiction Changed My Life with Grant Hill (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 20)

In the season 1 finale of the Safe Space Podcast, Rosie talks to Grant Hill, esports caster for Race to World First for Method and occasional streamer. He’s previously delved into esports journalism, as well as casting for Starcraft II. In this episode, we...

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12
May

News

Celebrating a year of being part of the Safe In Our World ‘Level Up Mental Health’ initiative with Sumo Group

In May 2021, Sumo Group partnered with Safe In Our World as part of its #LevelUpMentalHealth initiative. Joining at this time reflected the commitment that Sumo had already made to supporting the mental health of its people. The Group had...

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11
May

News

Safe In Our World Welcomes New Staff and Trustees during Mental Health Awareness Month

This mental health awareness month, Safe In Our World announces a series of new initiatives and proud milestones to continue its charter of raising vital awareness for the charity and mental health during May for Mental Health Awareness Month. This...

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10
May

News

‘The Beautiful Optimism of Horizon’ by Harry Stainer

Sometimes I think the future is a self-fulfilling prophecy, when the media you’re consuming is constantly full of negative news stories and relentless post-apocalyptic landscapes it’s very easy to see why we often feel like the world around us is...

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5
May

News

Special Effect, Cosmic Hearts and Through Our Eyes with Paige Harvey (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 19)

The penultimate episode of Season 1 of the podcast is here! In this episode, Rosie chats to Paige Harvey about her incredible work with the gamers charity Special Effect and the annual Gameblast event that unites gamers each year in support...

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1
May

News

Play Your Way with Safe In Our World this Mental Health Month

For mental health month this year, we’re encouraging you to play your way. Playing the games that mean the most to us is how we thrive on our personal connections with mental health and gaming. Whether you choose Animal Crossing...

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28
Apr

News

Mental Health Marathons with Mindset By Dave (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 18)

In this episode, Rosie talks to Mindset By Dave (Dave Cottrell) about the concept of mental health marathons. Dave is a content creator, mindset coach and fellow podcaster! He talks about his journey into becoming a Mindset Coach and Mental...

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27
Apr

News

Hub World: Stress

We asked our wonderful community the ways that they handle stress, and we had a lot of responses! We split them up into three key areas; how to manage stress, which games we use to de-stress, and how we support each other....

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26
Apr

News

Outgrowing Button Mashing by Ben Huxley

My last job was a cashier at a petrol station. At the end of the shift I had to count up the day’s takings while making sure a hundred-quid float remained in the till. Terrible with numbers, I counted the...

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21
Apr

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Stress-relieving games and games industry stories with Jake Kulkowski (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 17)

In episode 17, Rosie talks to Jake Kulkowski about his role at Dead Good Media, his podcasts with Wired Productions and Special Moves, and his career path into the video games industry. We also focus on what games we go to for our...

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14
Apr

News

What If Horror Is Your Safe Place? by Alicia Brunskill

More often than not, stressful or potentially triggering content in videogames is signposted to players so that they can avoid it or prepare themselves. However, can these kinds of titles bring comfort to some gamers? And if so, how? It...

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13
Apr

News

Safe In Our World Launches Crisis Hub

Today we have launched our new Crisis Hub, aimed at offering more targeted resources and support to those affected by crisis. We want to make it as easy as we can to signpost people to useful resources, charities, and even...

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12
Apr

News

Content, Community and Inclusivity with GeekyCassie (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 16)

In this episode, Rosie chats to the lovely GeekyCassie; who is one of the most wonderful creators on Twitch, Director of Nox Lumina, Co Founder of Black Twitch UK and the Community Manager for the Noir Network! We discuss mental...

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11
Apr

News

Play Your Way: New Fundraising Incentives Added

As you might have seen, May is Mental Health Month, and this year we’re celebrating through our Play Your Way campaign. As per tradition, we’ve got some limited edition merch for our fundraisers as milestones, to be able to give...

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5
Apr

News

How Games Like Chicory and Celeste Can Help Us with Mark Flynn (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 15)

Episode 15 is here, and Rosie chats to the lovely Mark Flynn about all things content creation with a generous sprinkle of wholesome games. In this episode, Rosie is joined by Mark Flynn, PR & Community Manager at Numskull Games,...

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4
Apr

News

We Can’t Stress This Enough – How Intense Games Can Be Relaxing by Ruby Modica

At its heart, gaming is rooted in experiencing escapism. A fantastical experience that requires active user input means that a lot of brainpower and focus is required to properly immerse a player into their adventure. Similar to music, there are...

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31
Mar

News

Stress Awareness Month

In April, the team at Safe In Our World will be focusing on stress. A feeling known to us all, especially in the past two years, stress has taken a grasp on all of us. But there are ways to...

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30
Mar

News

Epilepsy Awareness within the Games Industry by Charlotte Callister

On March 26th, we released a podcast episode with Charlotte about the effects of epilepsy on mental health, and how it ties into video games. You can listen to it at this link. Charlotte also wrote a compelling article to...

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26
Mar

News

Epilepsy and Mental Health with Charlotte Callister (Safe Space Podcast Season 1 Episode 14)

In this episode, Rosie is joined by Charlotte Callister, ‘New Impacts’ MCV/Develop IRL Award Winner 2021, disabled queer gamer and Press Engine Platform Coordinator. We’re releasing this episode on Epilepsy Awareness Day or Purple Day, to support the awareness and...

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23
Mar

News

We’re Hiring! (again)

We’re excited to advertise another new position at Safe In Our World! We are currently recruiting for an outstanding Partnerships and Training Officer for Safe In Our World. This is an exciting new role and the successful candidate will be...

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