Instead of focusing on dealing with a specific feeling in this blog entry, I want to discuss self-talk. Self-talk is the things you tell yourself inwardly, although you might say them out loud sometimes as well. "I'm kind" or "I'm intelligent" are examples, but so is telling yourself "I never do anything right. I'm useless. I'm a bad person." I use...
Most of the exercises I suggested in the blog entry about for dealing with anger will calm you down when you're feeling scared as well. However, there are some specific exercises that can help you manage fear, which I will share here. You might want to practice the exercises in this blog entry several times before trying them out while you're feeli...
In the previous blog entry, we looked at anger as a response to bullying. Anger can sometimes be a relatively easy feeling to have, something that hurts us less than other challenging emotions do. In other words, anger can be masking a different emotion. One of the emotions it could be masking is fear. Bullies are scary. Some of them are bigger tha...
The last blog entry talked about the feelings you could have while being bullied. For this entry, I want to talk about how to get rid of anger, which is a common feeling when you're being bullied. These exercises can work with anger caused by anything, not just bullying. Of course, the same things might not work for everyone and you might dis...
Hello. Welcome to the Spiral blog. My name is Adam Kyles, and I'm a volunteer at Spiral. I'm going to be giving you useful information over the coming weeks about what Spiral does, how to deal with bullying, and other helpful topics. For this first blog entry, I thought I would introduce myself. I joined Spiral because I wanted to help young people...
As part of the #Listen project funded by the Lottery Community fund, and as part of one of our short films "An Investigation into Bullying in Carlisle", the results of our survey below aim to help the Young People part of the group figure out where we should direct our attention and what the outcomes of the other short films should b...
D&D, we are looking for volunteers to provide in game support, no experience needed. Get in touch if you are interested in helping.
Spiral have been funded £3000 to deliver D&D in Carlisle Youth Zone and possibly another venue, dates and times to be confirmed.
A massive thankyou to Diana, our ambassador, who just completed the Easter 50 Ultra Challenge, and ran 50km to raise funds for Spiral!She managed to raise over £650 which will go towards supporting young people in the carlisle area. https://www.justgiving.com/page/diana-banks-2025
A creative, youth-led film project exploring the real impact of bullying. If you're a young person and would like to use your creativeness; music, interviewing, scriptwriting, filming, dancing, acting skills, contact
As an ambassador for Spiral Cumbria, I am passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people. Having experienced bullying firsthand during my school years, this cause holds a deeply personal significance for me. I am participating in the Action Challenge Easter 50 Ultra Challenge 2025, a walk event scheduled for April 12, 2025, to ra...
A Cumbrian woman was named as an anti-bullying charity's first ambassador at an event celebrating her hard work. Diana Banks, a Sellafield worker from Egremont, raised £1,287 for Spiral, based in Carlisle, to help expand its services across the county, by completing a 25-kilometre walk around London and holding a raffle. Ms Banks said she became in...
Global Running Day:Our LOUNGEAID fundraising is Underway! Kicking things off is Bordo Lounge Assistant Manager, Laura who will be running the Ullswater Way Ultra 33 mile race this Saturday in aid of chosen local charity Spiral- an Anti-bullying and local bullying prevention charity! You can donate either instore or using the link below! https:...
Thank you to the Francis Scott Trust for the donation of £5000, this is being used to upscale the 'preventing the effects' project, for staff to support more young people.Find out more about the trust here - https://francis-scott.org.uk/
Going back to school is not easy! It can trigger all kinds of thoughts like 'will the bullying start again?' 'will I make friends?' 'why do I have to go?'. When we start to get thoughts like these it can feel like someone is hijacking our brain, this is when the Amygdala (feeling brain) is cut off from the Frontal Cortex (...
Some Very Good news came to Spiral today. We have been successful in our bid for a Tesco Community Grant. Voting was held at Tesco stores between 1st October 2023 and Mid January 2023 and proved to be very successful with millions of votes being cast by Tesco Customers across England, Scotland and Wales. Our project came Second and has be...
