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NEWS

Updates, stories and learning from across the Collaboration.

This is where we share what’s happening in Moray — from project updates and new research insights to events, case studies and creative outputs. Everything here is shaped by community voices and the work we’re doing together to explore mental wealth.

You’ll find short updates, longer stories, films, reports and reflections from our peer researchers, partners and community members. As our projects grow, this space will grow with them.

Last updated: 17 April 2026

RIGHTS, VOICE & CHANGE: Making Experience Count Together in Moray

This event brings people together to explore how lived and living experience, human rights‑based approaches and shared data can support better decision‑making, fairer services and stronger mental wellbeing in Moray.

May 182 min read

PRINCIPLES AS PRCTICE: Care, Relationship, & Responsibility

There is a question that has been quietly brewing within me over the past few years since I started to work with community groups: what does it really mean to act ethically when we work with communities? Not in theory or reports, but in the everyday, where people carry stories, histories, wounds, and hopes. Through my involvement in the Just Transition Communities Project, and through the learning and mentoring I received from the Community Chartering Network, I began to see

May 16 min read

COMMUNITY RESEARCH SAFARI: Brings Moray Together to Explore Research, Place and Connection

On the 21st of November 2025, members of the Moray Community Research Network set off on a unique journey: a full-day Community Research Safari designed to explore the landscapes, organisations, and people that shape community-led research across our region. From Forres to Lossiemouth, through Elgin and Buckie, and on to Aberlour, the Safari invited participants to experience Moray in motion — travelling together, learning together, and deepening their understanding of what c

Feb 204 min read

MORAY'S FIRST SHARING CEILIDH: Brings the Community to Its Feet – With More to Come!

From tots to teen, grannies to gig-goers — Moray’s first Sharing Ceilidh was a joyful success, setting the stage for a summer of dancing, dialogue, and discovery. Hosted by the Collaboration for Mental Wealth in Moray , the Lhanbryde Community Centre came alive in June as nearly 50 people gathered for a unique evening of food, music, and heartfelt sharing. But this wasn’t just a ceilidh — it was a space for connection, curiosity, and community-led research. From the first be

Aug 19, 20252 min read

NEWS

RIGHTS, VOICE & CHANGE: Making Experience Count Together in Moray

PRINCIPLES AS PRCTICE: Care, Relationship, & Responsibility

COMMUNITY RESEARCH SAFARI: Brings Moray Together to Explore Research, Place and Connection

MORAY'S FIRST SHARING CEILIDH: Brings the Community to Its Feet – With More to Come!

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