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<strong>October</strong> <strong>is</strong><br />
Mental Health Month<br />
Your guide to Mental Health Month at the Trust
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust <strong>is</strong> leading<br />
on celebrations for World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10 <strong>October</strong><br />
with a host of activities throughout the month of <strong>October</strong>!<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> year’s World Mental Health Day theme <strong>is</strong> dignity, and through our<br />
programme of events our aim <strong>is</strong> to challenge stigma and d<strong>is</strong>crimination<br />
and ra<strong>is</strong>e awareness of mental health <strong>is</strong>sues.<br />
We have over 50 events across our sites in south west London, including:<br />
››<br />
Celebrating Black H<strong>is</strong>tory Month with poetry, music and storytelling in our Springfield<br />
University Hospital and Tolworth Hospital canteens<br />
››<br />
A World Mental Health Day Balloon Release event on 9 <strong>October</strong> at Springfield<br />
University Hospital with workshops in mindfulness and journaling<br />
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Open days at Springfield University Hospital and Kingston All Saints Church on<br />
10 <strong>October</strong><br />
››<br />
Sutton Uplift Mental Health event on 13 <strong>October</strong> at Sutton Asda with interactive<br />
activities around the five ways to wellbeing<br />
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Pop Up Libraries<br />
››<br />
The Heart of Mindfulness Conference<br />
››<br />
Recovery College courses for staff and patients, their carers and families<br />
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Free staff welfare therapies and mindfulness drop in sessions<br />
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Plant and cake sales<br />
››<br />
Annual Heal Our Broken Village Conference on 28 <strong>October</strong><br />
››<br />
Information stalls at Clapham Junction station with Trust staff talking about<br />
mental health<br />
#Uplifting<br />
Image<br />
Digital photography<br />
competition 2015<br />
What makes you smile?<br />
We have also launched a digital photography<br />
competition - #upliftingimage – where local primary<br />
schools, staff and members of the public can send<br />
in an image that makes them smile or uplifts their<br />
mood. Closing date for entries <strong>is</strong> 10 <strong>October</strong>.<br />
More details are available on our website.
Thurs 1 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall in Mitcham:<br />
Understanding a Diagnos<strong>is</strong> of Psychos<strong>is</strong><br />
& Schizophrenia Thursday<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at King Charles Centre Tolworth:<br />
Coping with Stress<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10am to 12.30pm<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Wallington Library: Introduction to<br />
Recovery<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1pm to 4pm<br />
Fri 2 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at the Recovery College in<br />
Wandsworth: Toolkits & Routines for<br />
Recovery<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10am to 1pm<br />
Sat 3 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at King Charles Centre, Tolworth:<br />
Returning to Work & Study<br />
(no session 30th Oct)<br />
External Event: ‘Love and Loss – Why<br />
Grief Matters’. Special screening of<br />
‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’ and speakers to<br />
include two eminent psychoanalysts,<br />
Ronald Britton and David Bell, Giles<br />
Fraser, priest and journal<strong>is</strong>t, and the<br />
actor Juliet Stevenson.<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 8 sessions<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event -<br />
To book call<br />
0207 284 6558<br />
or see details<br />
and tickets<br />
online:<br />
www.cpulovean<br />
dloss.eventbrite.<br />
co.uk<br />
10am to 12.30pm<br />
9am to 6pm<br />
Institute of Child<br />
Health, 30 Guilford<br />
Street, London WC1N<br />
1EH
Sun 4 Oct<br />
Mon 5 Oct<br />
Tues 6 Oct<br />
External Event in Richmond: Full of<br />
Life Week 4-10 th <strong>October</strong> Full of Life<br />
Week. Richmond Council celebrates the<br />
contribution older residents bring to the<br />
borough. On Sunday they are holding an<br />
Afternoon Tea - Ritz Style<br />
External Event in Richmond: Full of<br />
Life Week 4-10 th <strong>October</strong>: Events include<br />
Digital Champions, Circular Walk in<br />
Bushy Park, ‘Get Connected’ Technology<br />
Event<br />
Trust Event at Springfield and<br />
Tolworth: Black H<strong>is</strong>tory Month at<br />
Tolworth and Springfield: as part of Black<br />
H<strong>is</strong>tory Month there will be exhibition at<br />
Tolworth Hospital canteen and<br />
Springfield University Hospital canteen<br />
with poetry, storytelling, and music.<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event<br />
– Places are<br />
limited. To book<br />
call 020 8892<br />
4772. or see<br />
details online:<br />
www.barchester.<br />
com<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event -<br />
see details<br />
online:<br />
www.richmond.g<br />
ov.uk/full_of_life<br />
Open to all – in<br />
the Springfield<br />
and Tolworth<br />
canteen<br />
2pm to 4pm<br />
Lynde House Care<br />
Home,<br />
28 Cambridge Park,<br />
TW1 2JB<br />
12 to 2pm<br />
Wed 7 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Recovery College, Wandsworth:<br />
Pursuing your Dreams & Ambitions<br />
External Event in Richmond: Full of<br />
Life Week 4-10th <strong>October</strong>: Love Later<br />
Life, AGE UK Richmond invites you to<br />
enjoy a day of free events, activities and<br />
advice.<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 3 Session.<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event -<br />
see details<br />
online and<br />
reg<strong>is</strong>ter in<br />
advance:<br />
www.ageukrich<br />
mond.org.uk<br />
10 to 1pm<br />
11am to 4pm<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at King Charles Centre, Tolworth:<br />
Hopes & Fears<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session.<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1.15pm to 4pm<br />
Thurs 8 Oct<br />
External Event: Wimbledon BookFest<br />
2015: L<strong>is</strong>a Genova, author of Still Alice<br />
talks about Alzheimer's<br />
External event<br />
– starts at<br />
7.45pm<br />
Book at:<br />
www.WimbledonBook<br />
fest.org<br />
External Event in Richmond: Full of<br />
Life Week 4-10th <strong>October</strong>: Mayor’s Tea<br />
with a Tw<strong>is</strong>t<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event -<br />
see details<br />
online and<br />
reg<strong>is</strong>ter in<br />
advance:<br />
www.richmond.g<br />
ov.uk/mayor<br />
2.30 to 4.30 pm
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Wallington Library: Taking Back<br />
Control<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 8<br />
Sessions. For<br />
more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at King Charles Centre, Tolworth:<br />
Introduction to Relaxation & Mediation<br />
(no session 29th Oct)<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 6<br />
Sessions. For<br />
more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10.30am to 12.30pm<br />
Fri 9 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Recovery College, Wandsworth:<br />
Learning to be Assertive<br />
Trust Event at Springfield: Recovery<br />
College Balloon Release and workshops<br />
–celebrating World Mental Health Day by<br />
releasing balloons with messages of<br />
hope and inspiration designed to help<br />
stamp out stigma and d<strong>is</strong>crimination.<br />
Also includes Taster sessions on<br />
journaling and mindfulness, a Buffet<br />
lunch and the Share Garden will be with<br />
us too!<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 8<br />
Sessions. For<br />
more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Open to all - for<br />
more<br />
information<br />
contact the<br />
Recovery<br />
College on: 020<br />
3513 5818 /<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10am to 1pm<br />
10am to 2pm<br />
External Event in Richmond: Full of<br />
Life Week 4-10th <strong>October</strong>: Digital<br />
Champions<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event -<br />
see details<br />
online and<br />
reg<strong>is</strong>ter in<br />
advance:<br />
www.rhp.org.uk<br />
10am to 1pm<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at the Recovery College in<br />
Wandsworth: Dealing with Setbacks &<br />
Cr<strong>is</strong><strong>is</strong><br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session.<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10am to1pm
External event in Sutton: World Mental<br />
Health Day Wellbeing Day. Sutton<br />
Mental Health Foundation are organ<strong>is</strong>ing<br />
a well-being day, with Yoga, Relaxation,<br />
Drama, Head Massage, Reflexology and<br />
a Nail Spa. LiveWell Sutton and Merton<br />
will be providing mini health checks.<br />
External and Trust Event: Jubilee<br />
Health Centre, East - World Mental<br />
Health Day Celebration 2015 -<br />
Meet the teams including the Sutton<br />
Uplift team, have a physical health check<br />
and attend a ‘mindfulness/5 ways to<br />
wellbeing’ session from 11.30am to 12pm<br />
(limited spaces available)<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event<br />
– email Sutton<br />
Mental Health<br />
Foundation for<br />
more details:<br />
admin@smhf.or<br />
g.uk<br />
Open to all<br />
venue - Jubilee<br />
Health Centre,<br />
East, 6 Stanley<br />
Park Road<br />
Wallington<br />
Surrey, SM6<br />
OEX<br />
10am to 3pm<br />
11am to 2pm<br />
Sat 10 Oct<br />
World Mental Health Day<br />
Open day at Springfield University Hospital in the main canteen between 11 to 2pm<br />
with information stalls, fun activities and snacks!<br />
Open day in Kingston at the All Saints Church in<br />
Kingston upon Thames<br />
KT1 1JP between 11am to 3pm<br />
with information stalls, fun activities and snacks!<br />
Kingston MIND will also be holding their annual Art & Music Festival at the church with artworks,<br />
drama and music by individuals with mental health <strong>is</strong>sues.<br />
Tue 13 Oct Trust Event at Clapham Junction:<br />
Pharmacy Services stall at Clapham<br />
Junction Station to speak to people about<br />
mental health and mental health<br />
medicines<br />
Open to all 7 to10am<br />
Trust Event at Springfield and<br />
Tolworth: Black H<strong>is</strong>tory Month at<br />
Tolworth and Springfield: as part of Black<br />
H<strong>is</strong>tory Month there will be exhibition at<br />
Tolworth Hospital canteen and<br />
Springfield University Hospital canteen<br />
with poetry, storytelling, and music.<br />
Open to all - just<br />
come along to<br />
Springfield and<br />
Tolworth<br />
canteen!<br />
12 to 2pm<br />
Trust and partners event in Sutton:<br />
Sutton Uplift will be holding their World<br />
Mental Health Month event at Asda, on<br />
the high street in Sutton. The theme <strong>is</strong> 5<br />
ways to Wellbeing with fun, interactive<br />
activities.<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall, Mitcham: Taking Back<br />
Control<br />
Open to all – for<br />
more<br />
information<br />
email:<br />
Alexandra.Roge<br />
r@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 8 Sessions<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstg-tr.nhs.<br />
12 to 6pm<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm
Wed 14 Oct<br />
External Awards Event: Positive<br />
Practice in Mental Health Awards<br />
Ceremony in Newcastle. SWLSTG are<br />
nominated for 2 awards: Older People’s<br />
Mental Health (Behaviour and<br />
Communication Support Service Team)<br />
and Innovation in Mental Health and<br />
Primary Care( Mothers like Me).<br />
Location: The Hilton Hotel, Bottle Bank,<br />
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE8 2AR<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event:<br />
For tickets<br />
please contact<br />
Positive Practice<br />
in Mental Health<br />
through their<br />
website.<br />
6.30pm to 11.30pm<br />
Thu 15 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at King Charles Centre, Tolworth:<br />
Journaling for Self Development<br />
(no session 28th Oct)<br />
External Event: Miles Rinaldi<br />
presentation at ‘What makes a good<br />
cr<strong>is</strong><strong>is</strong> plan?’ at the Improving Mental<br />
Health Cr<strong>is</strong><strong>is</strong> Care Conference. Hallam<br />
Conference Centre, London<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 6 Sessions<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event.<br />
For tickets<br />
please call:<br />
01932 429933<br />
1.30pm to 3.30pm<br />
10 am to 5pm<br />
Fri 16 Oct<br />
Trust Event at Clapham Junction:<br />
Pharmacy Services stall at Clapham<br />
Junction Station to speak to people about<br />
mental health and mental health<br />
medicines<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at the Recovery College in<br />
Wandsworth: Staying Connected<br />
Open to all<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session.<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
07 to10am<br />
10am to 1pm<br />
Mon 19 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall, Mitcham: Money<br />
Management<br />
Trust Event at Springfield: The Heart of<br />
Mindfulness Conference<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session.<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
For more details<br />
and tickets<br />
please contact:<br />
Jale.Cilasun@s<br />
wlstg-tr.nhs.uk<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
09.30am - 4.30pm
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall, Mitcham: Living with a<br />
Diagnos<strong>is</strong> of Psychos<strong>is</strong> & Schizophrenia<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 7<br />
Sessions. For<br />
more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
Tue 20 Oct<br />
Trust Event at Springfield and<br />
Tolworth: Black H<strong>is</strong>tory Month at<br />
Tolworth and Springfield: as part of Black<br />
H<strong>is</strong>tory Month there will be exhibition at<br />
Tolworth Hospital canteen and<br />
Springfield University Hospital canteen<br />
with poetry, storytelling, and music.<br />
Open to all - just<br />
come along to<br />
Springfield and<br />
Tolworth<br />
canteen!<br />
12 to 2pm<br />
Wed 21 Oct<br />
External Event: DIDLAW Mental Health<br />
D<strong>is</strong>abilities at Work 2015 Conference,<br />
London, Microsoft UK, Cardinal Place,<br />
80-100 Victoria Street, London, SW1E<br />
5JL<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event:<br />
For tickets<br />
please call: 020<br />
7099 7508<br />
08.30 to 5.30pm<br />
Fri 23 Oct<br />
Trust Event at Springfield: Sale of<br />
Indoor Plants at bargain prices!<br />
Cheer up your homes and offices!<br />
Improve your environment and mental<br />
health! Grown by our gardeners in the<br />
Deaf Community and Forensic Services.<br />
Trust Event at Springfield:<br />
#UpliftingImage digital photography<br />
Competition prize giving. Springfield<br />
University Hospital Conference Rooms A<br />
& B. Please email Alia.carter@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
for details.<br />
Open to all -<br />
come along to<br />
the Springfield<br />
canteen<br />
12 to 2pm<br />
2 to 4pm<br />
Mon 26 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall, Mitcham: Coping with<br />
Stress<br />
Trust Event in Tooting: Wandsworth<br />
IAPT information stall at St George’s<br />
Hospital<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Open to all<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
10am - to 4pm<br />
at St George’s<br />
Hospital Blackshaw<br />
Road<br />
Tooting<br />
SW17 0QT<br />
Tue 27 Oct<br />
Trust Event at Springfield and<br />
Tolworth: Black H<strong>is</strong>tory Month at<br />
Tolworth and Springfield: as part of Black<br />
H<strong>is</strong>tory Month there will be exhibition at<br />
Tolworth Hospital canteen and<br />
Springfield University Hospital canteen<br />
with poetry, storytelling, and music.<br />
Open to all<br />
12 to 2pm
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at the Recovery College in<br />
Wandsworth: Understanding Self Harm<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm<br />
Wed 28 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at the Recovery College in<br />
Wandsworth: Introduction to Relaxation<br />
& Mediation<br />
Trust Event: Annual Healing Our Broken<br />
Village Conference<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 6 Sessions<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Open to all. For<br />
more<br />
information and<br />
to reg<strong>is</strong>ter<br />
please v<strong>is</strong>it:<br />
https://hobv7.ev<br />
entbrite.com<br />
10am to 1pm<br />
New Testament<br />
Assembly Church<br />
Beechcroft Road<br />
Tooting 2.30-7pm<br />
Thurs 29<br />
Oct<br />
Fri 30 Oct<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Recovery College, Wandsworth:<br />
Introduction to Mindfulness<br />
Trust Event at Stratford- Deaf Black<br />
H<strong>is</strong>tory Event - Deaf BAME social group<br />
in partnership with the BDA<br />
presents...DEAF BLACK HISTORY<br />
EVENT with Kevin Buckle SWLSGT<br />
Community Support Worker, Deaf<br />
Community Team<br />
Trust Event: Recovery College course<br />
at Vestry Hall, Mitcham: Creating<br />
Confidence & Motivation<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 6 Sessions<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> an<br />
external event:<br />
Stratford East<br />
Picturehouse,<br />
Stratford Centre,<br />
Salway Road.<br />
London E15<br />
1BX Contact<br />
888filmclub@g<br />
mail.com for<br />
details and<br />
tickets<br />
Open to<br />
patients, family<br />
and carers and<br />
staff: 1 Session<br />
For more details<br />
call: 020 3513<br />
5818 or email:<br />
recoverycollege<br />
@swlstgtr.nhs.uk<br />
10am to 12pm<br />
5:00pm to 11:00pm<br />
1.30pm to 4.30pm
<strong>October</strong> <strong>is</strong><br />
Mental Health Month<br />
Your guide to Mental Health Month at the Trust<br />
For more information contact us:<br />
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust,<br />
Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ<br />
Telephone: 020 3513 5000<br />
Website: www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk<br />
Email: Communications@swlstg-tr.nhs.uk<br />
Copyright © 2015 South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust<br />
Publ<strong>is</strong>hed by: Communications Department<br />
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