CONFIRMATION of MEETING
The Shaftesbury Mental Health Peer Support Group WILL be meeting at the Town Hall at 2 pm on Thursday 17th September. There ARE special COVID-19 instructions. Please download the below file to see our current rules.
Coronavirus
HOPE are here to HELP
Hope have received funding from the National Community Fund to provide a telephone counselling service 3 days a week. Tuesdays 1 – 4 pm, Wednesdays 6 – 8 pm and Thursday 12 – 3 pm. Telephone 07714 550969
Community Front Room
Attend Anywhere enables virtual access to the people at the Community Front Room. Go to https://nhs.vc/community-front-room–shaftesbury. You will need Google Chrome or Apple Safari. You will be able to enter the Virtual Waiting Room during normal opening hours and then when someone is ready you will be able to speak face-to-face to get support.
A Year In Our Lives
www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/yearinourlives CAN YOU WRITE A SHORT STORY ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE PANDEMIC? “To find out how the pandemic is affecting people’s emotional and mental health, ‘A Year in Our Lives’ will gather and share the first-hand experiences of people living through the pandemic. We want to find creative, truthful and open ways to tell …
Coronavirus Learning Opportunities
Many organisations are making education free during this time. Open Learn website has free mental health Courses, tips and resources. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/free-mental-health-tips-and-resources
Support Groups Re-start – Outside and on Zoom
Mental Health Peer Support Group meeting at Barton Hill Rec – you MUST contact Amanda if you wish to come on 07749062327 due to number restrictions. Making Space restarting – Monday 27th July 10.30. Same venue but we will have to stay in the gardens because the halls are closed. Weather dependent! Contact Sue on …
Financial Support for Peer Support
I am delighted to say that our group has been awarded £210 from “The nsun covid-19 fund” to cover the cost of designing this website and hosting fees for one year. A hurried application after I came across this fund in an email from ‘Mind’ just before I went to bed was certainly worth it! …
Learning Opportunities
Many organisations are making education free during this time. Open Learn website has free mental health Courses, tips and resources. https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/free-mental-health-tips-and-resources New Skills and Learning Adult Learning Courses in North Dorset: Agewell (over 60s) courses in Computers – beginners (SN) Exploring Drawing (Sh) Painting for Pleasure (SN & G) All adults – Drawing and painting …
Mental Health Support Names Alongside Cancer As “The Most Urgent”
On 27th April Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the daily press briefing and said: “And, as the number of hospitalisations from coronavirus begins to fall, I can announce now that starting tomorrow we will begin the restoration of other NHS services, starting with the most urgent, like cancer care and mental health …
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