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2010 - 2011
Active Living
Bromley Mind
Would you like to try new things and make the most of your community?
This Active Living Course has been designed to support and encourage people with identified mental health problems to engage, try new things and make the most of community facilities, both locally and further afield.
Venue: Stepping Stones, 38 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9JG
Contact: Sarah Emptage on 01689 603 577E-mail: sarah.emptage@bromleymind.org.uk
Link to: Bromley.Mind.Active.Living.pdf
Drama Group
Bromley Mind
Would you like to…..
- Have some FUN,
- PLAY Games,
- Use Your IMAGINATION,
- Find CONFIDENCE in yourself
- Learn drama skills through IMPROVISATION?
If the answer is YES then come along to this free seven week drama course.
Note: This group is on-going and further sessions will be arranged in September.
Venue: Stepping Stones, 38 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9JG
Contact: Stepping Stones staff on 020 8289 5020E-mail: stepstone@bromleymind.org.uk
Link to: Bromley.Mind.Drama.Group.pdf
Wide Open (Together Our Space Gallery)
This two-month alternative summer show invites visitors to step out of the mainstream and into a wide open landscape of work created by 20 ‘outsider’ artists who, for reasons of mental health difficulties or other emotional distress, choose not to become involved with traditional arts institutions.
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut ‘raw art’, a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe works created outside the boundaries of official culture. Originally, this art form was ‘discovered’ by psychiatrists amongst patients in the European mental institutions and insane asylums of the late 19th Century.
The Together Our Space Gallery is owned by Together, and all artists participating in the show are part of Studio Upstairs, a registered charity which runs therapeutic arts communities in London and Bristol.
Venue: Together Our Space Gallery, 12 Old Street, London EC1V 9BE
Contact: Claire Helman on 0207 780 7448E-mail: claire-helman@together-uk.org
Link to: 58
THIS IS IT! Time to plan for a change
One day event
This new interactive one day event will bring together like-minded organisations ready to work together to make the changes needed to put people in control of their support and their lives.
Cost per delegate: £195.00 + VAT
Venue: Chester
Contact: Tel. 01904 341175E-mail: info@selfdirect.org
Link to: Time.To.Plan.Change.pdf | What.People.Say.pdf | This.Is.It.Booking.Form.doc
DAY SERVICES, BROKERAGE AND PERSONALISATION
The next Day Services Modernisation Network meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 17th August in York, and will look at the relationship between Day Services and Personalisation, with a particular focus on the role of brokerage.
There will be an opportunity to learn from people with expertise in this area and to share your ideas, issues, problems and solutions.
The Network is aimed at Managers and Senior Managers involved in the development and modernisation of mental health day services. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, with the following spaces available:
Network Co-ordinating Organisations: 12
Other Voluntary Sector Providers: 8
Statutory Sector Providers: 3
Commissioners: 3
Venue: York
Contact: Nick BowlesE-mail: nick.bowles@richmondfellowship.org.uk
Link to: www.richmondfellowship.org.uk
THIS IS IT! Time to plan for a change
One day event
This new interactive one day event will bring together like-minded organisations ready to work together to make the changes needed to put people in control of their support and their lives.
Cost per delegate: £195.00 + VAT
Venue: Bath
Contact: Tel. 01904 341175E-mail: info@selfdirect.org
Link to: Time.To.Plan.Change.pdf | What.People.Say.pdf | This.Is.It.Booking.Form.doc
BASE Annual Conference 2010
The conference will focus on supporting those most excluded from the labour market. With a renewed fous on addressing social exclusion issues, the conference looks at policy initiatives and best practice to improve employment rates.
This includes the potential impact of individualised budgets, public service agreements and the new employment strategies for learning disability, autism and mental health.
Venue: Brighton Holiday Inn
Contact: Tel: 01204 880733E-mail: admin@base-uk.org
Link to: conference10
How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better?
A one day masterclass
How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better? Is there room for culture within the the local authority improvement agenda? How can creativity help to engage people? In lean times, what is the argument for embedding culture within renewal work? Is the role of the arts in public realm bigger than public art?
This one day conference, supported by Arts Council England, will draw upon a successful and nationally unique three year programme called ‘Creative Places’ in Sheffield.
Creative Places provides opportunities for the arts to be embedded within large-scale housing/community building programmes and improved cultural provision in the places experiencing housing renewal and growth. The programme has been successful in: giving housing staff the confidence to use the arts to deliver their core priorities | Getting more people and more different sorts of people engaged in local changes | Challenging thinking about design and landscaping in neighbourhoods.
The conference will bring together nationally acclaimed experts with a wealth of experience in culture, regeneration, placemaking, meanwhile opportunities, and wellbeing. Participants will be given tools and evidence to help embed cultural policy within their work and to take a persuasive & practical argument to their organisations and the event will launch a brand new brand new visioning document.
Speakers include…
- Richard Russell – Director, Strategic Partnerships, Arts Council England
- David Barrie – Urban renewal and real estate creative and TV Producer of Castleford Project
- Emily Berwyn – Director, Meanwhile Project
- Paul Squires – new economics foundation
- Miranda Plowden – Director, ADF North Sheffield Council
- Andrew Skelton – Public Art officer Sheffield City Council
Who should attend?
Local authority planning, housing, regeneration, economic development and arts officers | staff from registered social landlords, housing associations and HMR pathfinders | developers | consultants | artists and creatives.
Venue: Sheffield Community Enterprise Development Unit, 53 Mowbray Street, Sheffield S3 8EN
Contact: Jamie Veitch on 0114 281 6130E-mail: jamie@newstartmag.co.uk
Link to: creativeplaces2010.wordpress.com
Leading into the Future (Paradigm)
Leading the Future’ Programme which is a 5 day programme for people eager to take forward and lead change as we move to Self Directed Support, taking place in Birmingham between September and December. The Personalisation agenda poses a great challenge to the provision of social care. Putting People First is clear about the work that needs to be done to make personalisation a reality for people entitled to services.
This 5 day workshop will focus on the key aspects of leadership and support those taking part to think through and develop their leadership style; to action plan for change; and to develop strategies to maintain strong leadership when the going gets tough!
Price £760 plus VAT
Venue: Birmingham
Contact: Jeanette Gill on 0151 647 1055E-mail: jeanetteg@paradigm-uk.org
Link to: Leading.the.Future.Flyer.pdf
The Gathering - The Learning Community for Person Centred Practices
Delivering the Guidance on Person Centred Planning - what are we learning?
The Gathering will launch a new website - ‘Think and Plan’ - in the UK. This is a way to use person centred thinking tools on-line, and is a collaboration between the Learning Community for Person Centred Practices, HSA and Dimensions.
Venue: Worsley Marriott, Manchester
Contact: Helen Sanderson on 0161 442 8271E-mail: info@helensandersonassociates.co.uk
Link to: The.Gathering.2010.pdf | annualgatheringfortrainers
National Support Planning and Reviews Event
This practical, creative two-day event from Helen Sanderson Associates will share learning and best practice in support planning and outcome focused reviews.
The event is aimed at Transformation leads, Person centred planning co-ordinators,
and everyone with responsibility for providing and delivering support planning,
and reviews (care managers, ULOs, brokers, peer mentors, provider managers) or
involved in the ‘Getting a Life’ Programme.
Venue: Marriott Worsley, Manchester
Contact: Helen Sanderson on 0161 442 8271E-mail: info@helensandersonassociates.co.uk
Link to: National.Support.Planning.2010.pdf | annualgatheringfortrainers
Welfare to Work
Now in its third successful year, Welfare to Work 2010 is the UK’s premier forum for facilitating a national discussion about the drive for world-class public services, delivered by a highly skilled workforce.
This conference will bring together over 400 key decision makers from across the UK together with high calibre speakers and service providers to analyse the latest strategies for achieving long-term employment.
Venue: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London
Contact: Laura Evans on 0161 211 3031E-mail: laura.evans@govnet.co.uk
Link to: welfare
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