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How can Independent Mental Health Advocacy help you?

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Last summer we featured Connecting with the mental health advocates in which we found out more about the three different advocacy roles in Powys, and met some of the advocates themselves – in particular those based in Powys.  Today we talk to Adrianne Cleverly, who works for Conwy & Denbighshire Mental Health Advocacy Services , but actually provides an advocacy service for Powys (which is commissioned by Powys Teaching Health Board). I met Adrianne earlier this year, and we all agreed it was important to try to raise awareness of the advocacy service available in the county. Tell us what brought you to work in the field of mental health advocacy? I was fortunate enough, and lucky enough, to fall into the field of mental health advocacy – by complete accident. I was working in child protection; within that role I was working with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and acting as an advocate for some of the children I was working with. The role was so varied tha...

Small Steps at Rekindle - Three Stories

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Recovery Practitioner Kemal with a local police officer outside the Newtown centre John Scott is the chairman of the mental health charity Rekindle in Newtown. At a recent fundraising concert for the charity, which supports young people aged 16 to 25 who are struggling with mental distress, he said: “The trustees and staff know from experience that early intervention can help many of these young people avoid or recover from the social dislocation that can result from mental illness. There are more than 110 active clients, and they are referred by all the various agencies in Newtown. There are two full time recovery practitioners (Diane Williams and Kemal Keeble), one of whom is a qualified mental health nurse, and two regular volunteers. They operate from converted shop premises in the centre of Newtown, which makes them accessible to this client group. Diane (left) with a client The stories here are examples of what can be done, and there are many more similar ones. The right help at ...

Veterans NHS Wales – on military mental health

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Victoria Williams, Veterans' Lead, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (left) and Vanessa Bailey, Veterans' Lead Therapist Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (right)  This week’s guest post is from Victoria Williams, the Lead Veteran Therapist at Veterans' NHS Wales service (VNHSW) based in Swansea's health board - Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. The team also covers the Ystradgynlais area of South Powys. Veterans are defined by Public Health Wales as “anyone who has served for at least one day in HM Armed Forces (Regular or Reserve) or Merchant Navy Seafarers and Fishermen who served in a vessel at a time it was operated to facilitate military operation by HM Armed Forces”. Veterans' NHS Wales service is there to help ex-service personnel living with service related mental health problems. I caught up with Victoria to find out more about provision of this invaluable service in Powys.  Tell us more about your role as a Lead Veterans...