Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group

The Public Mental Health Team  (which is part of the Manchester Health and Wellbeing Service) works to improve the mental health of Manchester people  and prevent mental ill-health.  Their  main strategy is to equip a wide range of organisations with a greater ability to support the mental health of the people with whom they work. This is done mainly through  their provision of training, resources, information and collaborative working. Cat herine  Parsons, Public Health Project Worker  from the Wellbeing Service  will be coming  along from  6.45 – 7.45pm  to give us a one hour  session about ‘Mood and Food’  -  how what  we eat affects  our mood + healthy eating .  Catherine is  willing to come along to present other sessions (below)  at other times  so if you have a preference do let us know! These courses are about how to look after your mental health and can cover a range of topics in...

  There will be no  meeting on Wednesday August 13 th .  Instead,  some  of our  group members  have suggested an afternoon trip out   to visit Lancashire and the trail of the witches of Pendle . We will be meeting at Piccadilly train station at 10.45am then off to Chorlton St bus  station to catch the X43  bus. The bus journey should take about an hour. If you would like to come along on that day contact Lindsey on  07797 082976 .  Put your walking shoes on, the trail is around  3 to  4 miles and if you have mobility problems this might not be the event for you.  

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 co...

We had our AGM yesterday evening and we are so pleased to welcome our new Group Co-ordinator. Vics says: "Hi my name is Vics Fitzsimmons and I’ll be RMCIA Group Coordinator from September. I’m really looking forward to becoming more involved with the group, I know how important it is to feel supported and gain relevant information about what’s going on in the mental health world and how best we can support each other.  "I have a strong interest in fairness and know from personal experience (my brother has a diagnosis of Schizophrenia) that people with mental health problems can often feel they don’t have a voice and even when they do they aren’t heard, and one day I would love to work in mental health. "I’m currently Divisional Operations Manager with Capital Education Resourcing. I live in Winton (near Eccles) and have 3 cats, Ruby, Beryl and Chica who are sisters. I’m getting married in August and my new surname will be Rimmer." Vics was voted in una...

May We’ll be meeting on Wednesday 14 th May from 6 – 7.45pm at Manchester Carers Centre. After some refreshments, we’ll start the meeting with our Annual General Meeting which will run from 6.15 – 7pm. From 7pm, Patrick Cahoon will be giving us an update on Manchester Mental Heath and Social Care Trust. There will be time for questions. June We’ll be meeting on Wednesday 11 th June from 6 – 7.45pm at Manchester Carers Centre. We have not invited a speaker so the session will be a relaxed affair to give us a chance to catch up with one another and discuss any issues we might have individually. Getting to Manchester Carers Centre If you are travelling by public transport, Manchester Carers Centre is a two minute walk from the New Islington Metrolink stop (Droylsden Line). Some of us meet at Piccadilly Station by the taxi rank at 5.30 and head up together. Text Lindsey on 07757 082 976 so we know to wait for you. If you are travelling by car, free parking is ava...