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YAPS - Sharing the Voice

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The Young Adult Peer Support Project, delivered by the mental health charity  Ponthafren Association , recently received a welcome opportunity to help spread the word about its vital work. The YAPS project offers peer support mentoring to young people (16-25 years old) who experience mental health issues, by helping to give them a voice of their own in the development of services.  You can watch a YAPS project video , and also find out about the amazing game which the young people devised where players try to access mental health services as if in the real world and experiencing mental distress.  The team from YAPS tell us more: Robin Green, YAPS Project We were fortunate enough to be given a six month extension on the YAPS project with the aim of spreading the feedback we have received from those we have worked with over the last 3 years. In the time leading to the end of the YAPS project we have been focusing, and will continue to focus, on tackling the more sizabl...

Thank goodness it's Friday in Knighton!

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This week's guest post is by Doreen Matthews - a member of the thriving Knighton Mid Powys Mind Friday group . It was written at the height of summer 2016. I love Fridays. So say the members of Knighton Friday Group. We meet as friends, share stories and experiences of our lives and talk of what our week has been like. The group is so important to us. Life for most of us is not easy, events may have happened to us which cause anxiety and depression, but one of the big things in life is loneliness. I met a friend who I have known for many years, and I was asked to have coffee. I was in a hurry, but I did stop and we talked about many things. The comment was: “My world has got smaller; I seem to have lost confidence, so find it hard to live my life, and feel rather worthless.” This person has tried to find help but does not like groups and when seeking help it has not really worked. I could not find answers, but I did listen and give gentle understanding. As we parted the remark from...