Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group

Celebrating Carers Week Are you a registered carer? Do you look after someone in your community? This is your invitation to come along and help us celebrate caring! Wednesday 11 th June 2014 10.30am – 3.30pm The Zion Centre 339 Stretford Road, Manchester M15 4ZY www.zioncentre.co.uk Enjoy free activities*: Massage Raffle Tea and cakes Make a hanging basket *On a first come first served basis                           There will also be a carers information stall

We'll be meeting next Wednesday 11th June at the usual time of 6 - 7:45pm at Manchester Carers Centre. Tea, coffee and biscuits served on arrival. Owen Price is coming along to the meeting to share information about his research project ‘aiming to reduce the use of potentially harmful clinical interventions such as physical restraint, seclusion and the use of extra medication for managing agitation/aggression’. Owen is a mental health nurse who has been working in mental health since 2005 and began working at the University in 2010.  We look forward to seeing you. As ever, all are welcome.

Here's some informtion we have received about a research study aimed at carers - there is an online survey: "If you are over 18 years old, and have weekly contact with your relative with mental health difficulties, we'd really like to hear from you. A postgraduate research student at the University of Liverpool is carrying out a study aiming to better understand the emotional experiences of caring for a relative with mental health difficulties. We understand that this can be difficult, so our aim is to help improve service provision for carers. This is a short study containing three questionnaires. One has been especially designed in consultation with carers. "The questionnaires take approximately 30 minutes. You can complete them online via the link below, or you can complete a paper copy. Further information is also included in the link below, but please contact Leanne Messham at  l.s.messham@liverpool.ac.uk   if you have any queries.  Please contact Mary Patel on r