Today marks three days until the Richmond Fellowship Enrich awards
2019. I’m very proud to have been on the judging panel to shortlist all of the
nominations and to now be co-chairing the entire ceremony as well as taking
over the Richmond Fellowship Tyneside Twitter account!
To keep up with all of the goings on, follow #EnrichAwards on
Twitter
Every day for the next week, there’ll be a new post of ‘60 seconds
with…’ someone involved in the Awards. I hope you enjoy!
Name and job title:
Aimee Wilson, Working Together Committee member
How
long have you been involved with Richmond Fellowship?
I’ve been a service user with Richmond Fellowship
Tyneside since 2014 and joined the
Working Together Committee in 2018
Richmond Fellowship have provided me with a number of
opportunities at different events; which have included blogging about them, chairing
an entire event, co-facilitating workshops, and being on the ENRICH Awards
judging panel so joining the Committee sort of became the next natural step.
How
do you feel about being involved in the ENRICH awards?
It’s such an honour to be playing such a huge and
important role in the awards. Having to choose a shortlist from the large
amount of nominations was very difficult because each one was incredible in their
own right. I recently received some bad news and it tested my mental health
recovery but having the awards to look forward to has really helped me to
stabilize.
What
does your typical day involve?
It depends what day it is! Usually, it’s a lie-in,
medication, some time on the computer game I’m obsessed with, and then off to
an appointment! In the evenings I tend to watch Netflix and write some blog
posts.
What
have you got on today?
I was up a bit early today for a phone call but have
the rest of the day to myself so I’ll be wrapping my God-Daughter’s birthday
presents (she just turned four – and I don’t know where the time has gone!),
and I’ve just began a new online course in ‘Suicide Prevention in a Global
Context’ in partnership with Future Learn so I’ll be getting some of that done
too.
What
is your favourite time of the day?
Even though I love a lie-in, the mornings are my
favourite part! It’s nice to feel well rested and to prepare myself for the day
ahead.
What
is the hardest part of your day?
Night time is hard because I just feel really drained
and that can affect my mood.
What
do you usually have for lunch?
I’m so bad at eating healthy or having full-on meals!
So it’s usually a big bowl of coco pops!
What
do you do in your spare time?
I’m sort of obsessed with a game on my iPad and enjoy
maintaining my blog.
What
would your superpower be?
Ooooo that’s a hard one! I think it’d be to be able to
be a ‘fly on the wall’ whenever and wherever I wanted so that I could gain
insight into other people’s lives.