Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group

One of our group members, Irene Harris, is going to lead presentation at our meeting on Wednesday 13 th July . Its subject is how people who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia want to be treated by other people and how the recovery approach can improve the lives of people with psychosis.  It’s about love, hope, the right treatment and support and what we can all do to help. It’s mainly in DVD form with people, service users & carers, speaking for themselves. The presentation will follow with an open discussion so we can share our thoughts. Come and join us from 6 – 7:45pm at Manchester Carers Centre . A ‘walking bus’ leaves from by the taxi rank at Manchester Piccadilly station at 5:30pm.

On Wednesday 8 th June our Rethink Carers group held a ‘Celebration of Self Help’ at The Manchester Carers Centre. Our aim was to invite anyone interested or affected by mental illness to drop in and find out about what we and other groups have to offer in the Manchester area. There was a fantastic turnout and it appeared that those who came along got something out of it – from accessing information, having a free therapy massage or confidence coaching session, or some of the sumptuous food on offer. We even had a ‘sticky wall’ where people wrote on little notes about what it is that makes them feel good and stuck them onto the ‘wall’ For my part, I had amazing day! I gave 1-1 confidence coaching sessions to a number of service users and carers.  What struck me most was how each person’s uniqueness shone through. And even more, how each one of them had shown an incredible inner strength in finding ways to deal with life’s adversities. For example, one person was coming to t...