July Edinburgh Collective Advocacy Update 2016
AdvoCard is a user-led service providing independent individual and collective advocacy for people with experience of mental ill-health in Edinburgh. We provide opportunities for people to participate more effectively in decisions that affect all aspects of their lives. What’s On Update: July 2016
The What’s On Update is sent by email as standard; if you would
prefer to receive a copy by post, contact us on 0131 554 5307
Edinburgh Community Voices Meetings: first Wednesday of each between 5pm and 7pm
at Edinburgh Volunteer Centre 222 Leith Walk, Edinburgh EH6 5EQ Independent ______individual and Wednesday July 6: Arlene Astley, AdvoCard Advocacy Worker collective for Social Security and Welfare Reform will be leading the session if you want to know more about the new powers that Scotland will have over advocacy for welfare and benefits, come along...ask the question...find out the essentials. mental health ______service users Wednesday August 3: Mahmud Al-Gailani, Equality & Development Co-ordinator from VoX - Voices of eXperience is coming in Edinburgh to hear personal stories about cuts to services and discuss how VoX can support more people having a voice on the effects of spending cuts. There is also a survey you can take part in at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DSGZBDF ______
*see AdvoCard and Edinburgh Community Voices Facebook pages for updates* CONTACT US: Edinburgh Community Voices is open to everyone with lived experience. If you would 332 Leith Walk, like a chat before coming along, you can call us on 0131 554 5307 or email us at Edinburgh EH6 5BR [email protected] 0131 554 5307 ECV meet on the first Wednesday of each month. Bus services that stop within 50 collectiveadvocacy@ad yards of the Volunteer Centre are: 7, 10, 12, 16, 22, 25 and 49. Services 11, 13, 34 vocard.org.uk and 35 also have stops within ten minutes’ walk www.advocard.org.uk . www.facebook.com/ AdvoCard Saturday 9 July: Razzmatazz at Redhall www.facebook.com/ Redhall Walled Garden offers horticultural & computer/admin training and support for twitter.com/advocard1 people recovering from mental health problems. Come along to the annual Razzmatazz Open Day and find out more about what Redhall has to offer! There will be lots of entertainment: live music, free hand massages from Jo Malone, and cream teas plus children’s activities including Quiz Trails, Traditional Games, Pond Dipping, Face Painting and Mask Making. See flyer below for more information
Before it’s a crisis A&E | All & Equal - Peer Research Project
If you need support This is the logo that will be on the cover of the written report when most services for A&E | All & Equal; the report is currently being proof- are closed: read and polished. We will keep you up to date with news of the launch and when and where that will happen.
If you would like to receive a copy of the report or would Breathing Space like to hear more about the project, please contact Becky at [email protected] or call 0131 554 5307. 0800 83 85 87 (6pm-2am) Survivors of childhood abuse now have unique counselling service in their own, safe place Samaritans (24/7) Trauma Counselling Line Scotland (TCLS) is a unique service run by Scottish charity Call free on 116 123 Health in Mind and funded by the Scottish Government through Survivor Scotland for survivors of childhood abuse, which can include sexual, emotional, physical, psychological, spiritual abuse or neglect.
NHS 24 (24/7) Each person is allocated their own counsellor, sometimes within days of first making contact, which means that they always speak to the same person and never have to Call free on 111 repeat information about what has happened to them. The service is free and sessions are anonymous and totally confidential. Anyone using the service will decide what time of day or evening is best for them and as it is telephone counselling, it doesn’t matter where they live and we know from our Crisis Centre clients that they choose to speak to their counsellor in a place where they feel safe. (24/7) The counselling team are fully-trained and highly experienced, with male and female Free phone 0808 counsellors available from a range of ethnic backgrounds. Counselling is also 801 0414 offered in Polish, French and Italian. Text phone 0808 To contact the service, call 08088 020406. 801 0415 Lothian Bipolar Self-help Group Car Boot Sale – Saturday 2nd July! Lothian Bipolar Self Help group are holding a Car Boot Sale at the Corn exchange on Saturday 02 July from 0830 – 1300 in aid of Bipolar Scotland. Last year’s event was a Emergency Social great success so why not go along and support a very worthy cause. Work Service 0800 731 6969 (out LEARN - Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) course in July (& August 12) of hours only) WRAP is a programme of self-exploration that can help you take control of your own mental health and recovery. Our workshops are based on the model developed under copyright in the USA by Mary Ellen Copeland. WRAP recognises that you are the expert in your own experience and there are no limits to recovery. It is based on 5 key Mental Health concepts: hope, personal responsibility, support, self-advocacy and education. A Assessment LEARN certificate will be given to everyone who completes the first 3 full days of the Service (24/7) course. 0131 537 6000 Dates: Fridays 8 July, 15 July, 22 July and 12 Aug Times: 09:30-16:30 except 12 August 13:00 – 16:00 Venue: Beeslack High School, Peniciuk, Midlothian, EH26 0QF NOTE: even though this course is held in Penicuik, it is open to anyone who lives or work in Edinburgh as well as East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian as it is funded by NHS Lothian.
Ways of Living Well: Thursdays 28 July, and 4, 11, 18 August, 11am – 3pm For people with lived experience of mental health issues wanting to learn about wellness and recovery. Each person is unique, with strengths and insights to share. Together we will explore the recovery journey, peer support and share stories about paths to wellness. Lunch is shared each day – please advise of any dietary requirements when you book. Please email for info or course booking: [email protected] or call the LEARN team on 0791 002 1537
July 2016: groups, meetings and events
Fri 1 Sat 2 Lothian Bipolar Group car boot sale: Corn Exchange: 8am-1pm in aid of Bipolar Scotland Sun 3 Mon 4
Wed 6 Edinburgh Community Voices: 5-7pm at Volunteer Centre Edinburgh (see page 1) Juno at Longstone 10am – 12noon [email protected] Thu 7 Age in Mind: 11.30am – 2pm at the Pilmeny Development Project, 19-21 Buchanan Street, Leith Lothian Bipolar Self-help Group meeting: 7pm – 9pm @ Stafford Centre (see box below for details) Information Station at Walpole Hall: 11am – 3pm; see flyer below for details Juno at Craiglockhart: 7:30pm-9pm [email protected] Fri 8 LEARN: WRAP Course Week 1; 09:30 – 16:30 @ Beeslack School, Peniciuk – this course is open to Edinburgh City residents (see box above for details) Juno at the Inch 10am – 1130am [email protected] Sat 9 Sun 10 Mon 11 Tue 12 Community Mental Health Chaplaincy Drop-in at Augustine United Church: 1030am – 12 noon Juno at Leith: 8pm – 9pm: [email protected] Wed 13 Juno at Longstone 10am – 12noon [email protected] Thu 14 Information Station at Walpole Hall: 11am – 3pm; see flyer below for details Juno at Craiglockhart: 7:30pm-9pm [email protected] Fri 15 LEARN: WRAP Course Week 2; 09:30 – 16:30 @ Beeslack School, Peniciuk – this course is open to Edinburgh City residents (see box above for details) Juno at the Inch 10am – 1130am [email protected] Sat 16 Open Mic Night: 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm at Southside Community Centre Café (see box below for details) Sun 17 Mon 18 Tue 19 CAPS/LEARN: Recovery Conversations Planning Meeting @ Argyle House1.30 pm - 3.30 pm Community Mental Health Chaplaincy Drop-in at Augustine United Church: 1030am – 12 noon Juno at Leith: 8pm – 9pm [email protected] Wed 20 Juno at Longstone 10am – 12noon [email protected] Thu 21 Information Station at Walpole Hall: 11am – 3pm; see flyer below for details Juno at Craiglockhart: 7:30pm-9pm [email protected] Fri 22 LEARN: WRAP Course Week 3; 09:30 – 16:30 @ Beeslack School, Peniciuk – this course is open to Edinburgh City residents (see box above for details) Juno at the Inch 10am – 1130am [email protected] Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Patients Council Public Meeting: The Hive @ Royal Edinburgh Hospital from 2 – 3.30pm guest speaker in July is Ailsa Brown, Health Economist Tue 26 OCD Edinburgh Support Group 7-9pm @ Jury’s Inn, Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh Community Mental Health Chaplaincy Drop-in at Augustine United Church: 1030am – 12 noon Juno at Leith: 8pm – 9pm: [email protected] Wed 27 Juno at Longstone: 10am – 12noon [email protected] Thu 28 LEARN: Ways of Living Well (Week 1) 1100 – 1500 @ Argyle House (see box above for details) Information Station at Walpole Hall: 11am – 3pm; see flyer below for details Juno at Craiglockhart: 7:30pm-9pm [email protected] Fri 29 Juno at the Inch 10am – 1130am [email protected] Sat 30 Sun 31 Mad Jam Open Mic Night: Saturday 16 July Before it’s a crisis The Mad Jam Open Mic Night is a space for people with experience of mental If you need support health issues to perform and enjoy a good night out. The focus is to enable people when most services with lived experience to participate, anyone with an interest in mental health is are closed: welcome to perform as well.
The event runs from 7.00 pm to 11.00 pm at Southside Community Centre Café at 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9ER. There is a suggested donation of 50p to come along and it is BYOB. All are welcome.
For more information or to book a spot please contact John on 07786 486880 or Breathing Space email [email protected] 0800 83 85 87 (6pm -2am) CAPS/LRN: Recovery Conversations Planning Meeting July 19 from 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm @ Argyle House Samaritans (24/7) Mental health services have been talking about Recovery for 15 years now. Is Call free on 116 123 Recovery a reality for people who use these services? Lothian Recovery Network and CAPS are hosting an event to involve people with lived experience in deciding how Recovery Conversations should happen. To book a space/find out more contact Victoria at [email protected] phone NHS 24 (24/7) 07436 102 762 or Anne at [email protected] phone 07469 660 999. Call free on 111 Juno PMHS groups: four meeting locations across the city Juno offers peer support for anyone experiencing Postnatal Depression and those
suffering depression and anxiety during their pregnancy. There are 4 groups across Crisis Centre Edinburgh in Leith, Longstone, Craiglockhart and the Inch – to find out more, please (24/7) go to http://www.juno.uk.com/our-groups/ or look them up on Facebook: Free phone 0808 https://www.facebook.com/junopmhsedinburgh email: [email protected] 801 0414 Please note that some groups are in term-time only and that day-time meetings are Text phone 0808 open to children and have appropriate play facilities.
801 0415 OCD Edinburgh Support Group On: Tuesday 26 July (regularly the last Tuesday of each month) from 7pm - 9pm
At: Jury’s Inn, Emergency Social Open to anyone affected by OCD, including sufferers, family and friends Work Service opportunity to share experiences and to receive and offer support in a non- judgemental setting. 0800 731 6969 (out If you are interested in attending then just go along to the meeting or to contact of hours only) Kirstie by email at [email protected] for further information. You can also find out more at http://www.ocduk.org/edinburgh Lothian Bipolar Self-help Group Mental Health On: Thursday 7th July between 7pm and 9pm Assessment At: The Stafford Centre, 103 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3RZ. Service (24/7) The guest speaker this month is Graham Morgan, Engagement and Participation 0131 537 6000 Officer (lived experience) with the Mental Welfare Commission. Following his talk there will be the usual catch up over coffee and tea. If you would like more info about the group or the venue, please contact the group admin at [email protected]
Health in Mind: mental health information service The Information Service team will help you to find out about where you can find support for your mental health in Edinburgh and the Lothians such as local services, groups, and things to do to help you keep well. They also have self-help materials, and a large library of books and other resources available to borrow.
info line on 0131 243 0106 | email [email protected] drop-in on Thursday and Friday or check the website: www.edspace.org.uk which has lots of information about local services, health news, events, and much more!
Before it’s a crisis If you need support when most services Mental Health Information Station takes place every Thursday from 11.00am to 3.00 pm at the Walpole Hall, which is part of St Mary’s are closed: Cathedral in Palmerston Place. This is a free, friendly drop-in information service where you can get advice and guidance or just come along for a
coffee. Getting the right support at the right time could support someone
Breathing Space with a mental health condition. For more information please email 0800 83 85 87 [email protected] or call 0131 537 8650. (6pm -2am)
Samaritans (24/7) Call free on 116 123
NHS 24 (24/7) Call free on 111
Crisis Centre (24/7) Free phone 0808 801 0414 Text phone 0808 801 0415
Emergency Social Work Service 0800 731 6969 (out of hours only) Edinburgh Depression Support Group – please contact the group for dates for Mental Health 2016 by emailing them at the Assessment address below (that they cannot Service (24/7) respond to personal enquiries about 0131 537 6000 depression/your circumstances) edinburghdepsupportgroup@hotm ail.co.uk The group aims to offer people affected by depression the opportunity for confidential local support, contact with others in a similar situation and the opportunity to explore positive ways of coping with depression. Meetings are held on alternate Tuesdays from 7pm – 8.45pm at the City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square. Edinburgh