Consultation event (Break Thru)at Maxwelltown Information Centre on 5th July 2011.

Break Thru aims to support people for whom mental illness, addictions, homelessness and/or offending behaviour are preventing them from making positive changes in their lives and creating barriers to making better decisions about the future.

They want WORKERS from other support organisations to come to help explore the issues facing people you work with and help us to understand where our service would fit in the big picture; and we want you to invite INDIVIDUALS that you work with so that we can hear direct from them what would make a difference in helping them to bring about change.

Please contact Frances Simpson directly (contact details on attachment) 

  Mental Health Involvement Team

Mental Health Networking Co-ordinator - Ruth Brown

Ruth's role is to :

• develop and strengthen Dundee's voluntary mental health and wellbeing sector

• build up and maintain a directory of community based mental health and wellbeing activities

• promote and support the voluntary sector contribution to a mentally flourishing Dundee

 

Click here for latest copy of Mental Health Networking Bulletin

Mental health network gatherings will be held here at Number Ten in 2011 on the following dates: 

• Tuesday 22nd March. 5p.m. - 7p.m.

• Tuesday 21st June . 5p.m. - 7p.m.

• Tuesday 20th September 5.p.m. - 7p.m.

• Tuesday 20th December 12noon -2.p.m.

These gatherings are for you if you:

·        Work in or serve on the board / committee of a voluntary sector mental health organisation working in Dundee.

·        Want to get together with other people who do the same.

·        Wish to have more influence in the future of mental health services in Dundee.

Contact Ruth at :   Dundee Voluntary Action

                                   Number Ten

                                  10 Constitution Road

                                   Dundee

                                   DD1 1LL

 

 Telephone  Number:   01382 305722

 e-mail: ruthbrown@number10.org 

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Mental Health Service User Involvement Co-ordinator - Dorothy Potter

Contact Details :      Dundee Voluntary Action

                                   Number Ten

                                  10 Constitution Road

                                   Dundee

                                   DD1 1LL

 Telephone  Number:   01382 305743 

 e-mail: dorothypotter@number10.org

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see me....Scotland

"see me’ is Scotland’s national campaign to end the stigma and discrimination of mental ill-health.  It is an alliance of five mental health organisations and fully funded by the Scottish Government. This campaign was launched in 2002.

‘see me’ has a new National Plan 2008 – 2011 which will be available in full on the website shortly. 

Click HERE for website link

 Chooselife

Every day, around two people die from suicide in Scotland

In 2002, the Scottish Government launched Choose Life, a ten year strategy and  action plan to reduce suicide in Scotland.

Choose Life sets out a framework to ensure that action is taken nationally and locally to build skills, develop training, encourage people to seek help early, improve knowledge and awareness of 'what works' to prevent suicide, and to encourage partnership working and improved co-ordination between services.

Suicide prevention is everyone's business

Don't hide it. Talk about it.

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