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Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
<strong>Speaking</strong> <strong>Up</strong><br />
The voice of people with emotional and mental health issues<br />
and their carers, across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly<br />
Winter 2015-16
Front cover: Drawing by Rachel Henderson<br />
CRCC’s Health and Wellbeing Service is an independent service,<br />
commissioned by NHS Kernow to be the voice of people and their carers in<br />
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly with emotional and mental health issues.<br />
We help people to have a say about their care, treatment and quality of life when<br />
receiving public-funded health and social care services. We listen to people’s<br />
experiences of these services and use this to influence improvements in service<br />
provision. Much of our work utilises the skills and experiences of our volunteers<br />
to collect this feedback.<br />
In this issue...<br />
<strong>Up</strong>dates on Health and Wellbeing<br />
service work p4-12<br />
Healthwatch Cornwall p14<br />
Time to Change Campaign p16<br />
Health and Wellbeing Volunteer<br />
section p17-19<br />
What is ... ? p20<br />
Services in Cornwall and the Isles<br />
of Scilly p22-33<br />
Support Groups in Cornwall and<br />
the Isles of Scilly p36-45<br />
On the Cover ... p45<br />
Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
Recent Campaigns p46-47<br />
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Editor: Toby Matthews
Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
CRCC<br />
2 Princes Street<br />
Truro<br />
TR1 2ES<br />
Tel: 01872 243532<br />
Email: healthandwellbeing@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
Web: www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/health-wellbeing<br />
Here at CRCC, the Health and<br />
Wellbeing Team we are continually<br />
striving to improve our <strong>Speaking</strong> <strong>Up</strong><br />
Magazine, which we produce twice<br />
yearly.<br />
The magazine however, is your<br />
magazine and we continually try to<br />
adjust and improve it, listening to<br />
feedback from you, our readers, and<br />
changing things according to the<br />
feedback we receive.<br />
Therefore we need your help. If you<br />
have any ideas, would like to write an<br />
article, have an image you would like<br />
us to use or any other feedback we<br />
would really like to hear from you.<br />
Alternatively, if you could spare a<br />
few minutes filling in a feedback<br />
survey online, it would be very much<br />
appreciated. The online survey can<br />
be found by entering the following in<br />
to your browser: www.surveymonkey.<br />
com/r/speakingupmagazine<br />
If you’d like to contribute an article,<br />
photo, story etc for our Summer issue,<br />
please can we have submissions by<br />
May 2016.<br />
Many Thanks<br />
The Health and Wellbeing team<br />
<strong>Speaking</strong> <strong>Up</strong> magazine is produced by CRCC’s Health and Wellbeing<br />
Service and printed by Polpentre Print, Liskeard.<br />
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Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
volunteers and mental health<br />
service user and carer engagement work<br />
Once again it has been a very busy year and our volunteers have managed<br />
to contribute a massive 495 ½ hours of volunteering in the last 6 months! We<br />
are extremely fortunate to have so many dedicated volunteers who are willing<br />
to share their thoughts and experiences openly so that mental health care is<br />
continually reviewed and improved.<br />
Volunteers contribute their expertise<br />
on tasks such as external job interview<br />
and mental health strategy group<br />
panels, inpatient visits, grant panel<br />
meetings, training and conference<br />
events. As ever, a huge, huge thank<br />
you to all our volunteers.<br />
I thought this would be a good<br />
opportunity to look at what we have<br />
achieved over this year and let you<br />
know of some exciting plans for 2016!<br />
We have continued to develop our<br />
mental health awareness training and<br />
volunteers are helping to develop a<br />
training film for GPs as part of the Zero<br />
Suicide Collaborative. We are really<br />
keen to support meaningful mental<br />
health training that is delivered by<br />
service users and carers and hoping<br />
to develop this further.<br />
We are also very fortunate to have<br />
been issued a new contract by NHS<br />
Kernow for ‘Service User and Carer<br />
Involvement and Participation’ and<br />
are taking the opportunity to review<br />
the volunteer service to ensure that<br />
we are delivering the very best for<br />
our volunteers, commissioners, our<br />
partner agencies, ourselves and the<br />
mental health service user and carers<br />
within the county. (see page 6 for more<br />
info and details of how to get involved).<br />
Volunteers have taken part in<br />
training events, including one lead<br />
by Cornwall Partnership Foundation<br />
Trust (CFT). The training looked at<br />
CFT recruitment policies with the aim<br />
of upskilling our volunteers to take<br />
part in more recruitment opportunities.<br />
Ten volunteers attended the certified<br />
training and we are now hoping to take<br />
part in more areas of the recruitment<br />
process.<br />
We were also delighted to organise<br />
some Time to Change training for our<br />
volunteers back in September. It was<br />
run by an initiative between National<br />
Mind and Rethink organisations,<br />
the Time to Change campaign<br />
challenges mental health stigma<br />
and discrimination. The training was<br />
well attended and since September,<br />
eight of our volunteers have gone on<br />
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to register with Time to Change as<br />
individual Mental Health Champions.<br />
As ever we are always looking to recruit<br />
more volunteers to help us to shape the<br />
planning and delivery of mental health<br />
services within the county. The aim<br />
of our Mental Health Representatives<br />
is to listen to the concerns of other<br />
people with emotional and mental<br />
health issues and their carers, and to<br />
provide a perspective on their behalf<br />
on all aspects of service provision.<br />
If you would like to get in touch,<br />
please contact Jane on:<br />
07715 799395 or email<br />
jane.yeomans@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
Alternatively, you can download<br />
a role description<br />
and application form at<br />
www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/volunteer<br />
Our volunteer roles cover a range of<br />
time commitments and we carry out full<br />
induction, training and supervision. We<br />
are also able to reimburse transport<br />
costs.<br />
We particularly welcome volunteers<br />
who have direct experience of mental<br />
health services and their carers.<br />
Jane Yeomans, Volunteer Lead<br />
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Health and Wellbeing Service Review<br />
We are carrying out a review of all our volunteer work at the Health and Wellbeing<br />
Service and we would love your feedback to help us improve our services.<br />
The Health and Wellbeing Service at<br />
CRCC is an independent organisation<br />
working to support, promote and<br />
protect the rights of people with<br />
emotional and mental health issues.<br />
We support people to have a say about<br />
their care, treatment and quality of life<br />
when receiving mental health services<br />
and aim to be the voice of mental<br />
health service users and their carers<br />
across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.<br />
We do this largely through our<br />
volunteers, many (although not<br />
exclusively) of whom have direct or<br />
caring experience of mental health<br />
services. Our volunteers then feedback<br />
concerns through us so that we may<br />
highlight issues to partner agencies,<br />
other mental health service users,<br />
mental health service commissioners<br />
and the general public. We also<br />
collect feedback on mental health<br />
services from members of the public<br />
who contact us via outreach events,<br />
telephone, email and social media.<br />
We are developing a questionnaire<br />
and online survey for feedback and<br />
have held focus groups and reviews<br />
with our current volunteers but we<br />
would really appreciate any additional<br />
feedback that you might have.<br />
As part of the review we need to know<br />
what you think we are doing well and<br />
where we need to develop?<br />
If you would like to know more,<br />
get a copy of the questionnaire,<br />
be involved or have any<br />
thoughts to feedback,<br />
please contact Jane Yeomans<br />
on 01872 273952 or 07715 799395,<br />
email<br />
jane.yeomans@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
or post on our facebook page<br />
www.facebook.com/groups/<br />
healthandwellbeingservice/<br />
Put simply, our aim is to involve the<br />
people who use mental health services<br />
to improve mental health services.<br />
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Hensa: The Peer Support Service<br />
The NHS are looking at ways of altering<br />
how services are commissioned. This<br />
has led to looking for a better way to<br />
commission services on an individual<br />
basis and has resulted in Integrated<br />
Personal Commissioning (IPC) being<br />
piloted.<br />
Cornwall is part of this pilot and at<br />
present CRCC Health and Wellbeing<br />
Service are involved in setting up a<br />
Peer Support Service.<br />
We have named our Peer Support<br />
Service ‘Hensa’ as this is the Cornish<br />
word for Peer. It is hoped that Peer<br />
Support will be adopted as an integral<br />
part of IPC, which truly enables service<br />
users to be in control of their own<br />
health outcomes.<br />
It is very small at the moment with<br />
only a handful of people identified to<br />
be offered an IPC based support plan.<br />
This will enable an individual to identify<br />
what is important to them and then<br />
support them to identify resources<br />
to help them achieve what they want<br />
rather than what others think they<br />
need.<br />
Once the pilot has been completed<br />
and the outcomes assessed then it<br />
will be decided whether this is the way<br />
forward that the NHS will be taking.<br />
If it is then adopted, this approach<br />
towards commissioning services will<br />
eventually be available to all people<br />
accessing health services.<br />
If you’d like to know any more<br />
about IPC or Hensa<br />
please contact Darren Chaplin<br />
at CRCC on 01872 243542 or<br />
mobile 07720955048<br />
or by email at<br />
darren.chaplin@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
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Health and Wellbeing Grants<br />
The Health and Wellbeing Service manage a number of grants on behalf of<br />
NHS Kernow and Cornwall Council.<br />
Grants Available<br />
Mental Health Self-Help<br />
Group Grant<br />
Over the last six months we have<br />
received applications from both<br />
existing and new groups, these groups<br />
enable members with mental health<br />
and/or emotional needs to receive<br />
vital support and build valuable<br />
relationships. The group’s activities<br />
range from arts, walking, crafts and a<br />
bowling club, these groups are a great<br />
way for members to create a support<br />
network and in many circumstances<br />
gives the attendees much needed time<br />
out and a sense of belonging.<br />
Groups can apply for up to £100 to pay<br />
for activities and running costs. The<br />
group must be based in Cornwall have<br />
at least four members, and directly<br />
benefit those with mental health and/<br />
or emotional needs.<br />
If you have an idea for a support group<br />
or currently run or are involved with<br />
one and you fulfil the criteria, please<br />
feel free to call us for an informal chat<br />
or to request an application form.<br />
Application deadline:<br />
15th January 2016<br />
Carers Time Out Grant<br />
The Carer’s Time Out Grant offers a<br />
grant for groups of informal, unpaid<br />
carers. It can be used to fund a break<br />
for carers for example, a spa day or a<br />
meal out for the group. The grant can<br />
also be used for a carer and their cared<br />
for to go on a short break in Cornwall.<br />
Groups must have a minimum of two<br />
peoples and the activity must take<br />
place in Cornwall.<br />
For a group of ten or more carers you<br />
can apply for a maximum of £750. For<br />
individual applications you can apply<br />
for £70 per person.<br />
Next application deadline:<br />
15th January 2016<br />
Individual Carers Grant<br />
Unpaid carers can apply for a grant<br />
of between £50- £160, the carer can<br />
then use this to take a break from<br />
their caring role. This grant is often<br />
used for a variety of things including<br />
for spa days, meals out and arts and<br />
craft equipment. The amount awarded<br />
varies depending on the level of the<br />
caring role provided<br />
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There is no application deadline,<br />
applications are processed on<br />
an ongoing basis and expected<br />
turnaround is 3-4 weeks.<br />
Memory Café/Dementia Support<br />
Group Grant<br />
This grant enables Memory Cafés or<br />
Dementia Support Groups in Cornwall<br />
to apply for up to £600 to help pay<br />
for running costs, training events or<br />
activities that help promote the health<br />
and wellbeing of people with dementia.<br />
New groups can also apply for an<br />
additional £500 start-up fund.<br />
Next application deadlines:<br />
7 January 2016<br />
19 February 2016<br />
Carers Wellbeing Grant<br />
(Organisations)<br />
Any organisation or community group<br />
that has members or clients who are<br />
unpaid carers can apply for up to<br />
£3000 per application, to pay for an<br />
activity that gives carers a break from<br />
their caring role.<br />
Organisations or community groups<br />
might be, for example, sports clubs,<br />
support or advice organisations or<br />
CICs. The activity must benefit at least<br />
12 carers and take place in Cornwall.<br />
Next application deadline:<br />
15 January 2016<br />
Dementia Provision Grant<br />
(Organisations)<br />
Any organisation that can provide a<br />
service, activity or training event to<br />
at least 10 memory cafés/dementia<br />
support groups can apply for a grant<br />
of up to £3000 to pay for this provision.<br />
The service or activity must help boost<br />
the health and wellbeing of groups of<br />
people with dementia in Cornwall and<br />
organisations must not already be<br />
commissioned to provide this service.<br />
Next application deadlines:<br />
7 January 2016<br />
19 February 2016<br />
For all grants, application forms can be<br />
completed online at www.cornwallrcc.<br />
org.uk/category/grants/<br />
You can also call our Grants<br />
team on 01872 243532 or email<br />
grants@cornwallrcc.org.uk if you need<br />
an application form posted to you.<br />
Individual Empowerment Grant<br />
NEWS<br />
The Individual Empowerment Grant<br />
ran until 30th June 2015 prior to being<br />
decomissioned by NHS Kernow. As<br />
expected, we had many applications<br />
but had to turn down quite a few as the<br />
money was all spent. We had seven<br />
applications from people needing to<br />
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fund Sea Sanctuary sail days; we<br />
had thirteen applications from people<br />
wanting to engage in physical activities,<br />
such as swimming, gym sessions and<br />
disabled riding lessons.<br />
Feedback we have received about the<br />
grant now ending shows that there is a<br />
great deal of unhappiness that it will no<br />
longer be available. In particular, there<br />
is concern about those who would<br />
not be eligible for a Personal Health<br />
Budget but the activities they take part<br />
in that are funded by the grant help<br />
them to stay well and so not need<br />
more acute services. We have fed this<br />
back to our commissioners.<br />
Grant Feedback<br />
“Being a full time carer can be very<br />
isolating so having the grant has<br />
enabled carers to get together without<br />
the extra cost of the occasion.”<br />
Carers Time Out Applicant<br />
“The grant allowed us to deliver our<br />
workshop to people who appreciate it.<br />
Our members got a great sense of well<br />
being, laughter and company. ”<br />
Carers Wellbeing Applicant<br />
“We felt less isolated, and benefitted<br />
from confidence and improved self<br />
esteem”<br />
Mental Health Support Group<br />
Applicant<br />
In the last six months we have awarded the following grants:<br />
Grant: year April - October 2015<br />
No of successful<br />
applications<br />
Total Amount<br />
Awarded<br />
Individual Carers Grant 699 £75,426<br />
Carers Time Out Grant 26 £10,218.15<br />
Carers Wellbeing Grant 13 £24,074.30<br />
Dementia Group Grant 6 £3,600<br />
Dementia Service Grant (Orgs) 2 £4,144<br />
Mental Health Self Help Group Grant 18 £12,400<br />
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Health and Wellbeing Service - Get F+IT<br />
The Digital Champion Framework<br />
Being online and using technology<br />
makes our lives easier. We can save<br />
money, keep in touch with friends and<br />
family, find new opportunities, access<br />
information or research interests.<br />
Many of us already take our online<br />
skills for granted, but did you know that<br />
there are approximately 75,000 people<br />
in Cornwall who have never used the<br />
internet and who therefore miss out on<br />
all the benefits that being online offers.<br />
CRCC’s Get F+IT project funded by<br />
Comic Relief aims to help people make<br />
the most of the digital world we now<br />
live in. We run informal and friendly<br />
workshops in a range of community<br />
venues across Cornwall to help people<br />
become more confident with IT. We<br />
show people how to switch on, stay<br />
safe online, use a search engine, send<br />
emails, shop online, get the best utility<br />
deals and use Skype. Over a much<br />
deserved break, everyone also gets a<br />
chance to meet others over a cuppa!<br />
This work is ongoing and is now part<br />
of a wider Cornwall Rural Community<br />
Charity/ Cornwall Council strategy<br />
known as the Digital Champion<br />
Framework which aims to support<br />
locally led IT initiatives within<br />
communities across Cornwall. The<br />
focus is to support a network of Digital<br />
Champions – volunteers and staff who<br />
are already active in local communities<br />
or organisations who can either share<br />
their digital knowledge with others or<br />
just simply be a point of contact to<br />
encourage people to take their first<br />
steps online.<br />
What we offer…<br />
A Freephone number for general enquiries<br />
on all things related to digital inclusion 0800<br />
0322345. Working with you to identify what to<br />
expect when creating/developing/building your<br />
digital inclusion programme. Practical advice<br />
and support on progressing your digital agenda<br />
eg helping to set up sessions, schemes of work,<br />
lesson plans, learning resources, recording and<br />
monitoring outputs and outcomes. Practical<br />
advice and support in helping you create a<br />
network of digital champions. Access to a free<br />
Train the Trainer programme for people wishing<br />
to be digital champions. Access to free online<br />
resources eg newspapers, magazines, ebooks.<br />
Access to free online learning resources eg<br />
Learn My Way. An opportunity to share ideas,<br />
resources and information going forward.<br />
If you are interested in finding out<br />
more please contact Jay or Jane via<br />
jay.chapman@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
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Health and Wellbeing Service -<br />
Independent Inpatient Visiting Service (IVS)<br />
About the IVS Service<br />
The Independent Inpatient Visitors<br />
Scheme (IVS) acts as a confidential<br />
and independent listening ear and to<br />
support patients in having a collective<br />
say about their care, treatment and<br />
quality of life during their stay in<br />
hospital. It is not there to problem solve,<br />
but to give people time and support to<br />
help raise issues and signpost people<br />
to other helpful services.<br />
Visitors attend both Longreach and<br />
Bodmin Hospitals psychiatric inpatient<br />
units to meet with patients to hear about<br />
their experiences of ward life. We can<br />
support people to talk to ward staff with<br />
any queries or concerns, if they want<br />
to or we can raise collective issues at<br />
a higher level where they affect the<br />
inpatient service as a whole. Visitors<br />
are often volunteers, some of whom<br />
have experience of mental distress<br />
themselves or have been carers, but<br />
all are committed to ensuring that<br />
people in hospital have a voice.<br />
Inpatient Services are run by Cornwall<br />
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust<br />
(CFT) and in September 2015 the Care<br />
Quality Commission (CQC) carried out<br />
an inspection of all CFTs services.<br />
The CQC is the independent body that<br />
inspects and regulates care services<br />
in England. We have summarised<br />
their findings on the next page.<br />
If you would like to comment on the<br />
report, comment on any health service<br />
you have recently accessed or have<br />
any concerns regarding the content of<br />
the report or any health services, you<br />
can contact Healthwatch Cornwall on<br />
08000 381281 the people’s champion<br />
for health and social care in the County.<br />
(See page 14 for more details.)<br />
CRCC’s Health & Wellbeing Service<br />
are the mental health champions for<br />
Healthwatch Cornwall.<br />
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CQC Report<br />
of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT)<br />
In September the Care Quality Commission carried out an inspection of Cornwall<br />
Partnership Foundation Trusts Mental Health Services and the result was that<br />
overall they are considered to be ‘Good’.<br />
Below are the headlines of the report,<br />
but for those who are not aware of how<br />
CQC grades services we have also<br />
given a brief explanation so it makes<br />
some sense.<br />
CQC visit a service and carry out an<br />
inspection, this may happen over<br />
several days but during that time<br />
they will ask to see files including<br />
service users files and staff files and<br />
they will scrutinise the records kept<br />
by the service. They will also spend<br />
time talking to relevant parties such<br />
as service users, staff, management,<br />
commissioners and relatives of service<br />
users to get a better understanding of<br />
how the service runs on a day to day<br />
basis.<br />
Inspectors will look at five specific<br />
areas of whether a service is:<br />
1. Safe<br />
2. Effective<br />
3. Responsive<br />
4. Caring<br />
5. Well led<br />
These areas are then graded as either:<br />
• Outstanding - the service is<br />
performing exceptionally well<br />
• Good - the service is performing<br />
meeting expectations<br />
• Requires improvement - the service<br />
isn’t performing as well as it should<br />
and CQC have told the service how<br />
it must improve<br />
• Inadequate - the service is<br />
performing badly and CQC have<br />
taken enforcement action against<br />
the provider of the service<br />
The overall summary and rating<br />
for CFT was ‘Good’, however on<br />
specific services, ratings also included<br />
three services rated as requiring<br />
improvement (mental health crisis<br />
services and health based places<br />
of safety; acute wards of adults of<br />
working age and psychiatric intensive<br />
care units and specialist community<br />
mental health services for children<br />
and young people). One service<br />
rated as Outstanding (Long stay/<br />
rehabilitation mental health wards for<br />
working age adults).<br />
The full report can be accessed on line<br />
at http://www.cqc.org.uk/provider/RJ8/<br />
inspection-summary<br />
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It works in partnership with Age UK<br />
Cornwall, Cornwall Rural Community<br />
Charity Health and Wellbeing Service,<br />
Disability Cornwall and Young People<br />
Cornwall and can also commission<br />
research around specific topics, such<br />
as social inclusion, when identified as<br />
necessary. It is supported by volunteers<br />
including a board of directors, steering<br />
group members, enter and view<br />
visitors and community champions.<br />
Who are Healthwatch Cornwall?<br />
Healthwatch Cornwall is the people’s<br />
champion of health and social care, in<br />
the County. Healthwatch Cornwall has<br />
been created in response to the Health<br />
and Social Care Act 2012. It is part of<br />
the 152 local Healthwatch collective<br />
that feeds into Healthwatch England,<br />
potentially influencing national policy,<br />
advice and guidance. Although<br />
funded by the Department of Health<br />
and commissioned through Cornwall<br />
Council it has complete independence<br />
in its work.<br />
Healthwatch Cornwall has been<br />
developed and set up by people in<br />
Cornwall for people in Cornwall. It has<br />
Community Interest Company status.<br />
It will work with those who plan and<br />
run health and social care services<br />
to reflect local issues, ask questions<br />
about the way services are provided<br />
and suggest ways for things to change<br />
for the better.<br />
An update on what we’ve been up to<br />
over the last few months:<br />
Since the summer months, Healthwatch<br />
Cornwall has been busy meeting<br />
and talking to people about their<br />
experiences of health and social care.<br />
We have attended numerous events<br />
such as the Big Beach Day, Fresher’s<br />
Fairs, library and hospital pop-ins, and<br />
the Communication Charter singing<br />
and signing celebration.<br />
As well as our outreach, we have<br />
been active in the media and via our<br />
social media too, which all helps to<br />
gather feedback about services in<br />
Cornwall, so that we can determine<br />
where improvements may be needed.<br />
You can follow us on Twitter @<br />
HWCornwall and like us on Facebook<br />
at Healthwatch Cornwall CIC.<br />
Our work since August has focussed<br />
on black and minority ethnic people<br />
and their views on services, improving<br />
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accessibility for people with hearing<br />
loss at Treliske Hospital, research<br />
into differing GP appointment booking<br />
systems, orthotic services, how people<br />
use their pharmacy, support for people<br />
discharged from hospital following<br />
attempted suicide or self-injury and<br />
gender identity services. You can find<br />
out more on our website.<br />
In addition to attending meetings,<br />
such as the Health and Social Care<br />
Overview and Scrutiny Committee,<br />
Chief Executive Debbie Pritchard also<br />
visited St Austell Healthcare’s open<br />
day as we had received some negative<br />
comments about the new service. You<br />
can find out all about this on the You<br />
Said - We Did page online, along with<br />
much more.<br />
as a GP, hospital department or care<br />
home or by calling our freephone<br />
number 0800 0381 281.<br />
Visit www.healthwatchcornwall.co.uk<br />
to keep up-to-date with Healthwatch<br />
Cornwall’s achievements, on-going<br />
work, volunteering opportunities and<br />
to sign-up to our monthly newsletter.<br />
We need you to join in to help to make<br />
a positive difference.<br />
Call 0800 0381 281 or visit<br />
www.healthwatchcornwall.co.uk to<br />
have your say, read the full Urgent<br />
Care report and find out more.<br />
Although Healthwatch Cornwall often<br />
has to react to negative issues and try<br />
to bring about positive changes where<br />
needed, it also likes to celebrate good<br />
practice. This December, we will<br />
be running a 12 Days of Christmas<br />
campaign to celebrate the top 12<br />
service teams as determined from all<br />
of the feedback we have received in<br />
the past 12 months.<br />
People can share their experiences of<br />
health and social care in Cornwall with<br />
us via our Have Your Say online form<br />
for complex/multi-service feedback,<br />
through our Review a Service online<br />
form to rate a specific service such<br />
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“ At the end of September Time to<br />
Change - the mental health anti stigma<br />
and discrimination organisation - held<br />
it’s first meeting in Truro.<br />
The day was well attended with 13<br />
people coming along from all over<br />
Cornwall.<br />
We spent time together looking at<br />
<strong>Speaking</strong> Out - telling our own personal<br />
stories in a way that empowered us,<br />
helped us get the point across and<br />
kept us safe.<br />
We enjoyed a day of sharing, learning<br />
and practising by each taking part in a<br />
two minute presentation.<br />
Personally, I found the day very moving<br />
and enjoyable and I would like to thank<br />
all those who took part for their warm<br />
welcome, openness and willingness to<br />
share.<br />
We discussed who we would like to<br />
have <strong>Speaking</strong> Out discussion with -<br />
some of us thought of employers, local<br />
services, relatives and friends or larger<br />
public audiences, but the message for<br />
all of us was the same - what you are<br />
saying does matter and fighting mental<br />
health discrimination is vital to enable<br />
people to seek help early for mental<br />
health issues, stay in work or apply<br />
for jobs, access physical healthcare,<br />
get on in education and feel accepted<br />
by their families and friends in their<br />
local community.<br />
The day finished with plans to launch<br />
a peer mentoring group in Cornwall<br />
for Time to Change Champions so<br />
local activities and events could be<br />
planned and skills and experience<br />
shared to make then happen. The<br />
group will eventually be led by a<br />
peer leader and members will decide<br />
on what they would like to do to get<br />
people talking about mental health<br />
locally.<br />
Several people who attended the<br />
training signed up as Time to Change<br />
Champions and anybody with lived<br />
experience of mental health issues<br />
can do the same via our website.<br />
I really look forward to getting to meet<br />
more of you in Cornwall and working<br />
together. “<br />
Angela Etherington<br />
Please do get in touch with<br />
Angela Etherington<br />
if you would like more information<br />
07796 937758<br />
a.etherington@<br />
time-to-change.org.uk<br />
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Health & Wellbeing Service: Volunteer’s Section<br />
Hello and welcome to the first of what is hoped will become a regular feature<br />
in Health and Wellbeing’s <strong>Speaking</strong> <strong>Up</strong> Magazine. It is hoped that this will be a<br />
section for all, written by our health and wellbeing service volunteers.<br />
We want our volunteers to let others know anything they have been involved<br />
with or, anything interesting they might enjoy learning about. It could be a<br />
favourite recipe of yours, comments on a film or television programme or a<br />
piece of artwork you’ve created. You may like to share some feedback about<br />
services.<br />
What I’m Involved in...<br />
As a CRCC Health and Wellbeing<br />
Service Volunteer, I sit as a mental<br />
health representative on two external<br />
panels, ‘The Provider Forum’ and the<br />
‘Expert Reference Group’. This year<br />
there has been a lot of cancellations<br />
with these panel meetings and this<br />
is something that the Health and<br />
Wellbeing Service are looking into.<br />
However, two things that have been<br />
happening and what I have enjoyed,<br />
is the making of a training video to<br />
show why mental health service<br />
users and carers need to be involved<br />
in developing and designing mental<br />
health services and also a training<br />
session for young people at Banham<br />
House looking at mental health stigma<br />
and education. I also sit on two CRCC<br />
grant funding panels, which at times<br />
can be hard work, especially when we<br />
have a lot of requests to look at.<br />
I also volunteer with Healthwatch<br />
Cornwall where I input data into their<br />
database. Although I enjoy this work,<br />
nothing gives me greater pleasure<br />
than my duties as a volunteer on the<br />
Bodmin and Wenford Steam Railway.<br />
This I have been doing for about 15<br />
years and at present, I hold the rank<br />
of Senior Ticket Inspector. As I write<br />
the main season is over and boy<br />
what a busy season it has been. We<br />
are currently taking a break during<br />
November getting ourselves ready for<br />
the Santa Specials during December.<br />
Well that’s enough about me, next<br />
time it could be you. So send your<br />
contributions in.<br />
Graham,<br />
Health & Wellbeing Service Volunteer<br />
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An Alternative Lemon Drizzle Cake ...<br />
Ingredients:<br />
100grams plain couscous<br />
2 eggs<br />
5tbs granular sweetener<br />
Juice & Zest of 2 Lemons<br />
1 Tub Quark (type of cream cheese)<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
Method:<br />
Place Couscous in a bowl. Pour boiling water<br />
(to cover) over the couscous, cover and leave<br />
to stand. Now beat the eggs and add the juice<br />
and zest of the lemons. Beat in the Quark and<br />
baking powder. Finally mix in the couscous.<br />
Place in a lined baking tin and cook at 180<br />
degrees / Gas mark 5 for approx. 45 minutes.<br />
Decorate by making a topping using icing<br />
sugar, lemon juice and yellow food colouring.<br />
Poem: Sweet Dreams<br />
Some Thoughts<br />
to Ponder Over ...<br />
Being a born worrier there<br />
are some things in the<br />
world which I ponder over<br />
and to which I’ve yet to find<br />
a solution to. For example:<br />
If nothing sticks to Teflon,<br />
why does it stick to pans?<br />
Why is abbreviation such a<br />
long word?<br />
Seen on hoardings - Bill<br />
Posters will be prosecuted.<br />
Why, what’s he done?<br />
Heard in many a movie -<br />
Fire at Will, why not Peter,<br />
or David?<br />
So ponder away. See if<br />
you can come up with the<br />
answers!<br />
For all the times, minutes,<br />
hours, days and months<br />
I wasted your time for all<br />
the wrong reason that felt<br />
so right I wanted you to be<br />
mine<br />
But this is how we love like<br />
it was or is forever.<br />
One last time, I’ll say<br />
goodnight, but I will never<br />
say Goodbye.<br />
Farewell perhaps.<br />
Etching of Bryan Wynter’s Fishing boats painting.<br />
By Irene, Health and Wellbeing Service Volunteer<br />
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Graham’s Giggle<br />
A man walked into a bar and went<br />
“Aaaagh”. It was an iron bar.<br />
Did you hear about the man who lost<br />
his left arm and leg in a car accident?<br />
He’s all right now.<br />
Why do Polar Bears have fur coats?<br />
Because they would look silly in<br />
anoraks.<br />
Did You Know ...<br />
Some strange facts about the<br />
hippopotamus...<br />
Its name is Greek for water or river<br />
horse, even though there is no<br />
relation.<br />
That in a straight race it can outrun<br />
a man.<br />
That it is responsible for more deaths<br />
in Africa than any other animal.<br />
It cannot float, therefore it cannot<br />
swim, but walks along the river bed.<br />
It can hold its breath for 5 minutes or<br />
more when submerged. It can even<br />
sleep underwater.<br />
Its eyes have built in “goggles” so it<br />
can see clearly underwater.<br />
Make new friends using Citizen<br />
Band (CB) Radio<br />
CB Radio has made a come-back after<br />
the 1970/80s boom. In November 2015<br />
it celebrates 34 years of becoming<br />
legal in the United Kingdom. One of<br />
our volunteers who suffers with PTSD,<br />
Agoraphobia, Dyslexia and Asperger<br />
Syndrome has found CB radio a great<br />
help in his feelings of loneliness and<br />
isolation.<br />
Maplin Electronics in Threemilestone,<br />
Truro is the only known stockist of<br />
CBs in Cornwall and sells everything<br />
you will need to get started. If you<br />
are mobile, in a car or home-based<br />
prices vary from about £95 to £150+ if<br />
you can afford the initial cost it would<br />
be great to have some fellow people<br />
who have mental health problems on<br />
the air? I forgot to say you no longer<br />
need a license to run a CB Radio. The<br />
Channel I talk on is UK FM Channel<br />
38.<br />
A warning - never give your full name<br />
and address on the air to anybody you<br />
talk to, it’s advisable to make a name<br />
up like Rubber Duck, King of the Road,<br />
Ladybird or Biker Chick it is totally up<br />
to you what name you use? I look<br />
forward to maybe chatting to you one<br />
day x<br />
Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
Volunteer<br />
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What is ... ?<br />
Anxiety<br />
Anxiety is a word we use to describe<br />
feelings of unease, worry and fear. It<br />
incorporates both the emotions and<br />
the physical sensations we might<br />
experience when we are worried or<br />
nervous about something. Although<br />
we usually find it unpleasant, anxiety is<br />
related to the ‘fight or flight’ response<br />
– our normal biological reaction to<br />
feeling threatened.<br />
We all know what it’s like to feel anxious<br />
from time to time. It’s common to feel<br />
tense, nervous and perhaps fearful<br />
at the thought of a stressful event or<br />
decision you’re facing – especially if it<br />
could have a big impact on your life.<br />
For example: sitting an exam; going<br />
into hospital; attending an interview;<br />
starting a new job; moving away from<br />
home; having a baby; being diagnosed<br />
with an illness; deciding to get married<br />
or divorced<br />
In situations like these it’s<br />
understandable to have worries about<br />
how you will perform, or what the<br />
outcome will be. For a short time you<br />
might even find it hard to sleep, eat<br />
or concentrate. Then usually, after a<br />
short while or when the situation has<br />
passed, the feelings of worry stop.<br />
What is the ‘fight or flight’ response?<br />
Like all other animals, human beings<br />
have evolved ways to help us protect<br />
ourselves from dangerous, lifethreatening<br />
situations. When you<br />
feel under threat your body releases<br />
hormones, such as adrenalin and<br />
cortisol, which help physically prepare<br />
you to either fight the danger or run<br />
away from it.<br />
This is commonly called the ‘fight<br />
or flight’ response – it’s something<br />
that happens automatically in our<br />
bodies, and we have no control over<br />
it. In modern society we don’t usually<br />
face situations where we need to<br />
physically fight or flee from danger,<br />
but our biological response to feeling<br />
threatened is still the same.<br />
When does anxiety become a mental<br />
health problem?<br />
Because anxiety is a normal human<br />
experience, it’s sometimes hard to<br />
know when it’s becoming a problem<br />
for you – but if your feelings of anxiety<br />
are very strong, or last for a long time,<br />
it can be overwhelming.<br />
Taken from www.mind.org.uk ‘Types<br />
of Mental Health Problems’<br />
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World Suicide Prevention Day Event<br />
Below is a report from one of our Health and Wellbeing Volunteers who<br />
attended and spoke on the day.<br />
On 10 September 2015, the World Suicide Prevention Day event took place<br />
at New County Hall. It was hosted by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly region of<br />
the South West Zero Suicide Collaborative, which has been working tirelessly<br />
to reduce the rate of suicide in this area.<br />
A number of people from both<br />
statutory and voluntary services<br />
gave a series of short presentations<br />
to inform the large event audience<br />
about particular aspects of the work<br />
taking place. This included progress<br />
to date on the poster campaign<br />
planned for men’s toilets in a number<br />
of public houses across Cornwall.<br />
This has been made possible by the<br />
cooperation of St Austell brewery and<br />
a representative from the company<br />
was present in order to talk about<br />
their reasons for getting involved in<br />
the campaign and where the pubs<br />
are based.<br />
Other presentations focused on the<br />
need for the media to change their<br />
reporting style in regard to stories<br />
about suicide and on approaches<br />
to raising the difficult subject with<br />
those at risk. User involvement was<br />
particularly high profile on the day. I<br />
spoke about the effects my brother’s<br />
suicide had on my family whilst<br />
another speaker focused on the<br />
need to engage with those with lived<br />
experience.<br />
A very useful part of the event<br />
were the market stalls which gave<br />
attendees an opportunity to gather<br />
information on those statutory and<br />
voluntary services working in suicide<br />
prevention and bereavement.<br />
This was a highly successful event<br />
which gained useful coverage in the<br />
media and which rolls on to achieve<br />
as many of its aims as possible.<br />
Ian McAllister, Health and Wellbeing<br />
Service Volunteer<br />
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Suicide Liaison Service<br />
For those who are left behind<br />
This is a specialist service developed<br />
to support people who have been<br />
bereaved by suicide. The NHS in<br />
Cornwall has commissioned us to<br />
provide it across the county.<br />
We have trained professionals<br />
with expert knowledge, skills and<br />
experience in helping those who have<br />
been bereaved in this way. The type<br />
of support they provide includes:<br />
face-to-face contact with those who<br />
are left behind (family, loved ones or<br />
friends), information, practical support<br />
and guidance about the sorting out of<br />
personal affairs, as well as liaison with<br />
the Coroner's Office, the Police, media<br />
or faith groups where necessary.<br />
The service also runs eight week<br />
bereavement by suicide courses/<br />
groups across Cornwall.<br />
It is open to anyone who has been<br />
affected by suicide. If you or someone<br />
you know would like to access this free<br />
service you can call us direct on 01208<br />
871905 or referrals can be made by<br />
your GP/health professional.<br />
Help is at Hand booklet:<br />
www.outlooksw.co.uk/suicide-liaisonservice<br />
Cornwall<br />
Carers Service<br />
If you are a carer, Cornwall Carers’<br />
Service is here for you. Simply contact<br />
us on 01872 266383 or via our website<br />
www.cornwallcarers.org.uk.<br />
Our helpline is open from 8am to 6pm,<br />
Monday to Friday (excluding bank<br />
holidays) and one of our operators can<br />
give you helpful friendly information<br />
and support and can tell you how we<br />
can help you carry on caring.<br />
All our services are free and we will<br />
make sure you get the right help,<br />
advice and support to make caring a<br />
little easier.<br />
Do you<br />
look after<br />
someone?<br />
If you look after someone,<br />
we are here for you.<br />
helpline<br />
01872 266383<br />
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to be on our mailing list, please contact<br />
us at: CDW@pentreath.co.uk<br />
General Support:<br />
Who are the Community<br />
Development Worker team?<br />
Pentreath (mental health<br />
Charity)<br />
The Community Development Worker<br />
team are part of Pentreath Ltd and<br />
we offer support to Black and Minority<br />
Ethnic (BME) communities across<br />
Cornwall. All our projects aim to<br />
reduce fear around using mental<br />
health services and to help BME<br />
communities’ access appropriate<br />
support with the aim of achieving<br />
equality of service and outcomes. We<br />
accept referrals from other services/<br />
organisations and self-referrals. More<br />
info and referral forms can be found at<br />
our website: www.pentreath.co.uk<br />
Did you know…?<br />
We have a website: www.<br />
bamementalhealthcornwall.co.uk,<br />
which is still being developed…if you<br />
have any feedback on this please<br />
contact: emily@pentreath.co.uk We<br />
also produce a quarterly newsletter and<br />
welcome your stories of mental health<br />
services and suggestions of what you<br />
would like included…..if you would like<br />
We offer one to one support to BME<br />
clients in the community, as well as<br />
general advice and guidance to staff,<br />
families and carers. Support given<br />
may be anything from a few sessions<br />
to ongoing support for more complex<br />
needs.<br />
Inpatient Support:<br />
CDWs provide support to all BME<br />
patients admitted to hospital because<br />
of mental health difficulties and will also<br />
offer support to their families, carers<br />
and staff. We will help support people<br />
throughout their stay in hospital and<br />
our services continue after discharge.<br />
Our help can range from making sure<br />
cultural or religious requirements<br />
are being met to supporting people<br />
find suitable accommodation after<br />
discharge. Contact: 24hour@<br />
pentreath.co.uk<br />
Bridging Languages:<br />
Effective, sympathetic and culturally<br />
sensitive interpretation and translation.<br />
Please contact: interpretation@<br />
pentreath.co.uk<br />
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Hate Crime:<br />
Pentreath are one of five third party<br />
reporting and support centres for hate<br />
crime across Cornwall. We recognise<br />
the impact hate incidents and crimes<br />
can have on mental health (including<br />
isolation and anxiety) and will support<br />
people facing these issues. Contact:<br />
hatecrime@pentreath.co.uk<br />
New Projects:<br />
Penzance Lithuanian Drop-In Clinics<br />
This is a new group which will based<br />
in Richmond House, Tolver Road,<br />
Penzance, TR18 2AB. These will<br />
happen every Wednesday (excluding<br />
23 and 30 December) from 6pm – 7pm.<br />
The first session will be on Wednesday<br />
4 November 2015. This group is to<br />
offer information, advice and guidance<br />
around emotional wellbeing and<br />
accessing services and an interpreter<br />
will be available at every session. No<br />
booking required, just turn up.<br />
Please contact us at CDW@pentreath.<br />
co.uk if you have any questions.<br />
Mothers in Mind - Support service for<br />
BME women struggling to cope with<br />
their emotions during pregnancy or<br />
after birth.<br />
women to the right services and groups<br />
as well as ensuring their cultural needs<br />
are being met.<br />
We are also planning to run community<br />
groups focussing on emotional wellbeing<br />
tools, creative therapeutic<br />
tools, discussions on culture and birth<br />
including adding any cultural needs<br />
to the birthing plan. We will also look<br />
at issues such as attachment and the<br />
services and groups available.<br />
The groups are planned to start later in<br />
2016, however, we can take referrals<br />
or self-referrals for the one-to-one<br />
work straight away. Please contact<br />
Emily (emily@pentreath.co.uk) or<br />
Sarah (sarah@pentreath.co.uk) for<br />
more information.<br />
Also planned for 2016, creative<br />
art and wellbeing group for the<br />
BME Community – check out our<br />
website for further updates: www.<br />
bamementalhealthcornwall.co.uk<br />
The CDW Team are: Dean Harvey,<br />
Sarah Sejahtera, Emily Apple, Octavio<br />
Leon and Vicki Horner.<br />
CDWs will offer BME women six<br />
sessions of targeted support which<br />
can be extended if needed. These<br />
sessions will focus on connecting<br />
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Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles<br />
of Scilly (AFHC) has announced its<br />
closure from the end of December for<br />
financial reasons. Trustees cited the<br />
‘increasingly challenging economic<br />
climate for small charities’ as the<br />
context within which this difficult<br />
decision was taken.<br />
AFHC has been at the forefront of<br />
developing arts and health practice<br />
in the county and nationwide, and<br />
over 10,000 people have benefitted<br />
from the projects and activities it has<br />
offered over its 14 years of operation.<br />
The charity hopes that the work it has<br />
stimulated will be taken forward by<br />
other organisations and individuals<br />
so that the benefits of arts on health<br />
and wellbeing can continue to be<br />
demonstrated. The charity’s website<br />
www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk will<br />
remain up and running for the next six<br />
months, so that people can continue<br />
to get information, advice and support<br />
as well as details of any existing<br />
groups that will be continuing.<br />
The doors close on 18 December, and<br />
the charity’s Director, Jayne Howard,<br />
is available until that date – email<br />
jayne@artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk<br />
or phone 01326 377772.<br />
Cultural Threads is a creative arts<br />
organisation that celebrates cultural<br />
diversity in Cornwall. We are a<br />
community interest company which<br />
works in partnership with other<br />
organisations to provide creativity,<br />
heritage and learning projects. Cultural<br />
Threads works with all children and<br />
adults in a creative way to offer support,<br />
learning and start conversations about<br />
culture and diversity.<br />
Cultural Threads has received Big<br />
Lottery Funding to provide a new<br />
website for diverse communities<br />
living in Cornwall. We hope this will<br />
be a valuable resource for everyone,<br />
a place for people to connect via the<br />
community forum to share ideas and<br />
recommendations for each other and<br />
to learn.<br />
If you have any questions, suggestions,<br />
recommendations or comments they<br />
would be gratefully received either<br />
direct to info@culturalthreads.co.uk<br />
or via the community forum or contact<br />
page on the website.<br />
Also check out our Black History Month<br />
Challenge film on the website.<br />
www.culturalthreads.co.uk<br />
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services for those unable to ask<br />
for help where either debt issues<br />
are not supported by mental health<br />
services, or mental health issues are<br />
not referred on by mainstream debt<br />
agencies.<br />
Cornwall Befriending Services (CBS)<br />
provides accessibility to debt, welfare<br />
benefit and counselling support<br />
services to those who through personal<br />
circumstances are unable to manage<br />
their finances or whose financial<br />
circumstances have exacerbated or<br />
led to personal and health problems.<br />
CBS currently offers this service at<br />
Transformation CPR (Camborne),<br />
Lander GP practise (Truro) and<br />
Highway Community Centre (Penryn).<br />
We are currently discussing our<br />
services with St Petroc’s (Truro) and<br />
are always looking for other centres<br />
where we can offer our services.<br />
CBS addresses the lack of ‘joined<br />
up’ services in Cornwall for debtvulnerable<br />
beneficiaries who also<br />
suffer, either due to or exacerbated<br />
by financial problems, from mental<br />
capacity problems ranging from stress<br />
to prescription controlled bipolar<br />
requiring cross specialist services of<br />
counselling and debt advice.<br />
The lack of accessibility in Cornwall of<br />
counselling and debt related support<br />
This goes from the beneficiary being<br />
afraid of opening post to deal with<br />
bills, answer a telephone or door<br />
through to a student facing his first<br />
perceived unmanageable debt and<br />
an inability to organise meetings with<br />
support agencies.<br />
The problems faced by those<br />
adversely affected by financial<br />
circumstances, enabling individuals<br />
to gain better control of their lives<br />
and engage more in their local<br />
communities.<br />
Should you require help, or wish<br />
to discuss the possibility of CBS<br />
offering our services at your<br />
support centre please contact<br />
Rowena Koning on 01872 243547<br />
/ 07522 607648 or by e-mail:<br />
cornwallbefriending@gmail.com<br />
www.cbscic.co.uk<br />
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Making a positive difference to the<br />
mental health and wellbeing of people in Cornwall.<br />
Making a positive difference to the<br />
mental health and wellbeing of people in Cornwall.<br />
Socialising<br />
Socialising<br />
with<br />
with<br />
others in<br />
a<br />
a<br />
safe<br />
safe environment<br />
can help people feel less stressed and more valued.<br />
can help people feel less stressed and more valued.<br />
Why not join our<br />
Social Support Group in Perranporth<br />
on a Wednesday afternoon.<br />
Making a positive difference to the<br />
mental health and wellbeing on of a people Wednesday in Cornwall. afternoon.<br />
Making a positive difference to the<br />
mental health and wellbeing of people in Cornwall.<br />
Everyone has their low points in life.<br />
Socialising with others in a safe environment<br />
A referral form is required prior to attending the group.<br />
Socialising with others can in a help safe people<br />
Please environment feel less stressed and more valued.<br />
call us 01209 714550 for further information<br />
or visit our website<br />
can help people feel less stressed<br />
www.pentahealthandwellbeing.com<br />
and more valued.<br />
01209 714550<br />
Penta provides an opportunity to take positive steps to achieve<br />
good mental health and wellbeing.<br />
Social Support Registered Charity No.1148097 Registered Group in England and Wales in Company Registration Perranporth<br />
No.8053259<br />
A referral form is required prior to Social attending Support Volunteers the group. & Outdoor Activity Volunteers<br />
Please on call a us Wednesday on 01209 714550 for afternoon.<br />
further information<br />
needed in Cornwall!<br />
or visit our website<br />
Penta staff and volunteers provide others with support and<br />
www.pentahealthandwellbeing.com<br />
encouragement, promoting the five ways to wellbeing:<br />
Why not join our<br />
Social Support Group<br />
in Newquay<br />
on a Monday afternoon.<br />
Why not join our<br />
Social Support Group in Perranporth<br />
Why not join our<br />
01209 714550<br />
o Connecting people within social environments and activities<br />
o Being active with exercise, indoors and outdoors<br />
o Encouraging others to take notice of their surrounds<br />
and savouring experiences<br />
o Providing opportunities to keep learning and try something new<br />
o Giving by helping others and the local community<br />
Registered Charity No.1148097 Registered in England and Wales Company Registration No.8053259<br />
VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO YOU<br />
A referral form is required prior to attending the group.<br />
Please call us on 01209 714550 A referral for further form information is required prior to attending the group.<br />
or visit our website Please call us on 01209 714550 for further information<br />
or visit our website<br />
www.pentahealthandwellbeing.com<br />
www.pentahealthandwellbeing.com<br />
www.pentahealthandwellbeing.com<br />
01209 714550<br />
01209 714550<br />
01209 714550<br />
Registered Charity No.1148097 Registered in England and Wales Company Registration No.8053259<br />
Registered Charity No.1148097 Registered in England and Wales Company Registration No.8053259<br />
Registered Charity No.1148097 Registered in England and Wales Company Registration No.8053259<br />
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The Willow Centre Sexual Assault<br />
Referral Centre (SARC) is a specialist,<br />
safe and discrete centre in Truro<br />
for people who have been raped or<br />
sexually assaulted.<br />
We acknowledge all forms of sexual<br />
violence including; rape, sexual<br />
assault, sexual harassment, domestic<br />
sexual violence, childhood or historic<br />
abuse, trafficking, sexual exploitation,<br />
female genital mutilation and ritual<br />
abuse. Sexual assaults can be<br />
reported to us regardless of when it<br />
happened or if the perpetrators are<br />
known or unknown to you.<br />
All SARC staff are trained in dealing<br />
with victims of sexual assaults. You<br />
can call during office hours between<br />
9am and 5pm Monday to Friday and<br />
a member of staff will be on hand<br />
to answer your questions. Out of<br />
hours you can call the police, who if<br />
appropriate will make contact with a<br />
member of SARC staff on your behalf<br />
or you can wait until office hours to self<br />
refer, without police involvement.<br />
The Willow Centre has a dedicated<br />
forensic examination suite with<br />
consultation rooms and shower<br />
facilities, as well as clean new clothes<br />
and toiletries, for clients undergoing a<br />
forensic medical examination following<br />
a recent sexual assault. The Centre<br />
also has a discreet entrance and exit<br />
as well as facilities for children and<br />
people with disabilities.<br />
At the Willow centre no judgements<br />
will be made on you. We do not make<br />
assumptions based on your alcohol or<br />
drug consumption, sexual orientation,<br />
relationship status, age, gender, race,<br />
ethnicity or actions taken. The centre<br />
is a place that works on the basis of<br />
honesty and trust and you can expect<br />
to be believed and be treated with<br />
dignity and respect.<br />
We are here to help you to recover<br />
physically and emotionally from<br />
your ordeal. Our staff are experts<br />
in advising, supporting and treating<br />
those who have experienced sexual<br />
violence.<br />
At The Willow Centre we help men<br />
and women, regardless of sexual<br />
orientation from the age of 13 upwards<br />
with our forensic service, crisis support<br />
and our Independent Sexual Violence<br />
Advisor (ISVA) Service.<br />
Please contact us on 01872<br />
272059 or visit our website<br />
skoodhya.org.uk/willow-centre/<br />
services-2/<br />
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Protecting yourself, your family and your neighbours<br />
As if life isn’t difficult enough at the moment, Cornwall Council’s Trading<br />
Standards team is now warning householders to be on their guard against the<br />
con-men, scammers and criminals who are out to make things a lot worse.<br />
Loan Sharks<br />
illegal money lender….no matter how<br />
desperate you are.<br />
The chances are it will be someone you<br />
know or have seen around, a friend of<br />
a friend or someone introduced by a<br />
work colleague…..and they will offer<br />
you money to help you out of a tricky<br />
situation, bills you can’t pay, a child’s<br />
birthday, car repairs, broken washing<br />
machine…..and with no-one else to<br />
turn to what else can you do? But the<br />
moment you accept that ‘gift’ or ‘loan’<br />
your life will never be the same again.<br />
Illegal money lenders regularly add<br />
interest charges and penalty payments<br />
that you had no idea about – that small<br />
loan will spiral into a massive debt<br />
from which you will struggle to escape,<br />
but, they won’t threaten to take you<br />
to court to recover the debt, instead<br />
they will threaten you with violence,<br />
threaten your family, take control of<br />
your benefits book and worse. Don’t<br />
accept help from a loan shark or other<br />
If you or someone you know needs<br />
help contact the Illegal Money-Lending<br />
team on 0300 555 2222. They will take<br />
your call 24 hours a day, 7 days a<br />
week.<br />
Scam Mail<br />
We all dream of winning the lottery…..<br />
it’s the answer to all of our money<br />
worries, but, of course, genuine<br />
lotteries and competitions don’t give<br />
away prizes to people who haven’t<br />
actually entered! So, personally<br />
addressed or not, every foreign lottery<br />
prize notification you receive through<br />
the post is bogus. Every clairvoyant<br />
letter warning you of trouble ahead or<br />
of news affecting your family is bogus.<br />
You will never have to order goods<br />
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from a catalogue or send a ‘handling’<br />
fee to claim your winnings from a<br />
genuine competition.<br />
And be warned, if you do make the<br />
mistake of responding to any of these<br />
bogus letters your name and address<br />
will be added to a ‘suckers’ list, to be<br />
sold and shared between organised<br />
crime gangs and scammers around<br />
the world!<br />
So don’t be tempted – if it seems too<br />
good to be true put it straight in the bin!<br />
And if you notice piles of letters<br />
with “Congratulations” or “Respond<br />
Immediately” in the home of a friend,<br />
neighbour or family member contact<br />
Trading Standards on 0300 1234<br />
191. We might be able to prevent them<br />
from wasting £1000s.<br />
Doorstep Con-men<br />
door and talk to you about replacement<br />
windows, urgent repairs to the roof<br />
or guttering or a replacement tarmac<br />
driveway. These Doorstep Criminals<br />
will claim to be working in the area,<br />
or will claim to have been sent by one<br />
of your neighbours or will try any one<br />
of a range of tales to trick you into<br />
having some work done, usually for<br />
a bargain price. Don’t be fooled and<br />
don’t be tempted – not even if you<br />
do need some work on your house or<br />
garden - take your time to get several<br />
quotes from local businesses and ask<br />
for recommendations from your friends<br />
and family.<br />
NEVER deal with anyone who turns up<br />
at your door without an invitation.<br />
And if you notice doorstep callers<br />
at the home of your neighbours or<br />
friends and suspect they may be up to<br />
no good contact Trading Standards<br />
on 0300 1234 191 or call the Police<br />
straight way.<br />
Bogus builders, dodgy driveway firms<br />
and cowboy gardeners have been<br />
learning their scams from a very<br />
early age. They will sound incredibly<br />
believable when they knock at your<br />
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from art, craft and therapeutic writing<br />
to Chi Kung and mindfulness.<br />
Sea Sanctuary is a well established<br />
and innovative mental health charity,<br />
providing a therapeutic intervention<br />
combined with the exhilarating activity<br />
of Sailing, within the stunning waters<br />
of Cornwall, available to anyone within<br />
the UK (subject to an assessment) and<br />
are professionally accredited through<br />
the ILCM.<br />
Sea Sanctuary seeks to address the<br />
very real issue of mental health wellbeing<br />
for those who most need it and<br />
has just had its busiest year yet with<br />
further growth and projects for 2016<br />
planned.<br />
The Water’s Edge Studio in Penryn,<br />
literally a few feet away from the sea<br />
has been an exciting new addition<br />
to Sea Sanctuary, providing regular<br />
inspiration and ongoing support byan<br />
appealing array of creative and<br />
therapeutic workshops,<br />
On The Wind<br />
On the wind, The flags are dancing,<br />
On the wind, The halliards march,<br />
On the wind, The tell tales quiver.<br />
On the wind, The gaff rises high,<br />
On the wind, The port tack is strong,<br />
On the wind, The gust-ripples chase.<br />
On the wind, The bow sprit is tuned,<br />
On the wind, The main sail is full,<br />
On the wind, My fears blow away.<br />
On the wind, My heart rises high,<br />
On the wind, The little bird flies.<br />
Fun<br />
For more details please see<br />
www.seasanctuary.org.uk<br />
call 01326 378919 or email<br />
admin@seasanctuary.org.uk<br />
It’s fun to be sailing on Grace,<br />
It puts a smile on your face,<br />
You can sail, fish or chill<br />
Chi Kung is just brill<br />
And everything at your own pace.<br />
Participants poems inspired by the<br />
Sail into Life Programme 2015.<br />
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If a perpetrator of anti-social<br />
behaviour also has vulnerabilities<br />
then we will try our best to work with<br />
them to address that vulnerability and<br />
make referrals for appropriate help<br />
where necessary.<br />
Ocean Housing is a major provider<br />
of social housing in Cornwall. As part<br />
of our commitment to tenants Ocean<br />
has a Tenancy Sustainment Service.<br />
The post brings together two main<br />
strands: dealing with high level antisocial<br />
behaviour (ASB) which needs a<br />
formal (sometimes legal) intervention<br />
and also people’s vulnerabilities.<br />
Our housing officers deal day to<br />
day with low level ASB and low risk<br />
vulnerable tenant cases and the<br />
Tenancy Sustainment Co-ordinator,<br />
Stephen Williams, oversees cases<br />
which already are, or are likely to be,<br />
involved in a formal legal framework.<br />
At the core of all Ocean’s work in<br />
these areas is a person-centred<br />
approach; that is, if people have a<br />
vulnerability or have an issue with antisocial<br />
behaviour, we will listen, take<br />
them seriously and devise a strategy<br />
with them to try and help resolve the<br />
situation if we can and make referrals<br />
to other agencies, if this is also<br />
appropriate and is needed. Indeed,<br />
multi-agency working is also at the<br />
heart of the way we approach things.<br />
At the same time, we are not afraid<br />
to take formal enforcement action<br />
,if necessary. In most cases we can<br />
resolve issues and make appropriate<br />
referrals for support without the need<br />
to recourse to formal enforcement. In<br />
a small minority of cases, however,<br />
we will take action if the needs and<br />
wellbeing of the majority are being<br />
impeded by the actions of the few.<br />
In addition. where we have identified<br />
that a customer has a vulnerability, we<br />
will try and work with that customer to<br />
try and get the help they may need<br />
working with partner agencies to try<br />
and achieve this.<br />
Ocean Housing takes the wellbeing<br />
of all its customers seriously.<br />
Ocean tenants and others who are<br />
concerned about our tenants can<br />
contact us at our offices in St Austell.<br />
Contact Stephen Williams on<br />
01726 874450 or email<br />
s.williams@oceanhousing.com<br />
www.oceanhousing.com<br />
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Bodmin Moor Butterfly<br />
Project Gathers Pace<br />
Plans for an exciting new butterfly<br />
project on Bodmin Moor are<br />
progressing well, announces the<br />
charity Butterfly Conservation. Back<br />
in the summer, Butterfly Conservation<br />
received a grant from the Heritage<br />
Lottery Fund, as well as further<br />
support from the Bodmin Moor AONB,<br />
Natural England, Dartmoor National<br />
Park Authority and Exmoor National<br />
Park Authority, to develop their new<br />
landscape scale conservation project.<br />
The ‘All the Moor Butterflies’ project<br />
will work on Exmoor, Dartmoor and<br />
Bodmin Moor, focusing on conserving<br />
the threatened fritillary butterfly (plus<br />
the narrow-bordered bee hawkmoth)<br />
species that are found on these<br />
wonderful upland landscapes. Plans<br />
are currently being put together for the<br />
project, which if successful in securing<br />
the funding it needs, will begin around<br />
September 2016 and last for three<br />
years.<br />
Butterfly Conservation are keen<br />
to work in partnership with other<br />
organisations, to ensure that the<br />
project reaches as many different<br />
people as possible. They also want to<br />
work with volunteers, keen individuals<br />
who might want to get more involved<br />
with the project and help save these<br />
wonderful species. They are working<br />
in close partnership with the Cornwall<br />
Butterfly Conservation branch, who<br />
have a fantastic group of existing<br />
dedicated volunteers. The project will<br />
provide further training and educational<br />
opportunities for volunteers, to help<br />
them learn and develop their skills.<br />
Work is also ongoing in contacting new<br />
community groups to see if they would<br />
like to become part of the project.<br />
To find out more about the project<br />
or to see how you can get involved,<br />
please contact Simon Phelps at<br />
sphelps@butterfly-conservation.org<br />
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Sunshine and Showers -<br />
Truro peer support activity<br />
group for adults<br />
Sunshine and Showers is a bowling<br />
group in Truro for adults with long term<br />
conditions. They meet every other<br />
Thursday 1.30pm to 3.30pm at Truro<br />
Bowl and are a great example of how<br />
self-help groups can enable people<br />
to join in with things, helping to make<br />
such a difference to a persons life.<br />
Here’s what someone who attends<br />
had to say:<br />
“I started going to Sunshine and<br />
Showers about 2-3 years ago and<br />
it has provided me with a focus, an<br />
affordable day out, with people in<br />
similar situations to myself.<br />
Sunshine and Showers TRURO 10 Pin Bowling<br />
Sunshine and Showers TRURO 10 Pin Bowling<br />
Community talk and to support each other.<br />
Community<br />
Group<br />
Group<br />
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The focus that it gave me was<br />
something to look forward to, a bit of<br />
fun and light relief from constant pain<br />
and strange thoughts. To find that I<br />
fitted in, rather than being an outsider<br />
makes a difference. I have made new<br />
friends and I have grown in confidence<br />
which is invaluable. It’s provided me<br />
with a personal strength in coping,<br />
managing and overcoming problems<br />
which were previously insurmountable.<br />
There is also the trust in knowing that<br />
the organisers have experience in<br />
dealing with mental health and they<br />
are also studying subjects such as life<br />
coaching and counselling. We know<br />
we are in safe hands.”<br />
The Sunshine and Showers bowling<br />
club is 100% vital, allowing people<br />
who have experienced mental health<br />
difficulties a chance to get together, to<br />
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Support Groups in Cornwall<br />
and the Isles of Scilly<br />
EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL<br />
HEALTH SUPPORT GROUPS<br />
Bodmin Area<br />
Bodmin Fishing Group<br />
For more information call Rethink on<br />
01208 815676<br />
Cornwall has a network of groups<br />
supporting people with emotional and<br />
mental health support needs across<br />
the county. Please see individual<br />
listings for more information:<br />
Breakaway<br />
Support for people wanting to reduce<br />
or come off Benzodiazepines<br />
Call 07788 572908<br />
Freedom OCD Group<br />
Every last Thursday of the month,<br />
10.30am - 1pm, Truro<br />
Call Penny on 07831 295007<br />
pennyhayward@re-gain.org.uk<br />
Pink Umbrella LGBT Group<br />
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans support<br />
Every 3rd Friday of the month, 1-3pm,<br />
2 Princes St, Truro<br />
Call Fran on 07542 477302 or email<br />
pinkbrolly3@aol.com<br />
Suicide Bereavement Support<br />
Group (SOBS)<br />
Last Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm<br />
in Truro. Call Kath 07952 410637<br />
email: Kate@sbsg-cornwall.uk<br />
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Countywide<br />
Camel Club<br />
Fridays 9.30-1.00pm<br />
Trelil Court, Bodmin<br />
Call 07788 572908<br />
Hearing Voices Group<br />
Wednesdays 2.00-4.00pm<br />
Bodmin<br />
Call Jain Ritchie 07807 813996<br />
Soil to Soup Wellbeing Garden<br />
Wednesdays, 10am-12.30pm<br />
Bodmin. Call Mary 07407 785520<br />
or the office 01208 892855<br />
Restormel Mind groups:<br />
• Innate Health and Wellbeing<br />
• Art for Wellbeing<br />
• Knit and Natter Plus<br />
• Yoga for Wellbeing<br />
• Yoga for Wellbeing Beginners<br />
All meet at The Wellbeing Centre,<br />
2A Hamley Court, Dennison Road,<br />
Bodmin.<br />
Fitness to Wellbeing<br />
Dragon Leisure Centre, Bodmin.<br />
For more info on all these groups, call<br />
Restormel Mind on 01208 892855
Bude Area<br />
Bude Women’s Group<br />
Thursdays 10am-12pm<br />
Bude Tourist Info Centre<br />
Call Anne on 07918 727 031<br />
CAMEO (Come and Meet Each<br />
Other)<br />
Every other Tuesday afternoon, Bude<br />
British Legion<br />
Email: cameoselfhelp@gmail.com<br />
Bude Mental Health Carers Group<br />
3rd Wednesday of every month, 2-4pm<br />
Bude Tourist Information Centre<br />
Call Kirsty on 07720 680 619<br />
Camborne & Redruth Area<br />
All Saints Church Community<br />
Centre - Self Help Groups:<br />
• Rendezvous Social Club:<br />
Thursdays 3pm-5pm, Saturdays<br />
6pm-8pm<br />
• Go Forward Social Club: Fridays<br />
2pm-4pm<br />
All Saints Church Community Centre,<br />
Church View Road, Camborne<br />
Tel: 01209 610937 - Gill or Treve<br />
Falmouth Area<br />
Falmouth Coffee Corner (Carrick<br />
Mind)<br />
Thursdays 10.30am-12.30pm,<br />
St Mary’s Church Hall, Killigrew Street.<br />
For more information please call Ruth<br />
Morris on 07889 725 679 or 01872<br />
222469<br />
Falmouth Recovery Support Group<br />
Peer support group for people<br />
in recovery from mental health<br />
problems. Mondays, 3-5pm, Killigrew<br />
Street, Falmouth.<br />
Call Jon on 07551 202269<br />
Falmouth & Penryn Bipolar Group<br />
1st Weds of every month 7.30-9pm<br />
Falmouth Recovery Centre<br />
enquiries@falmouthrecoverysupport.<br />
co.uk<br />
Falmouth Mindful Arts<br />
Dracaena Centre, Mondays 2-4pm<br />
info@falmouthmindfulart.org.uk<br />
Call 01872 222 469<br />
Olive Branch Community Cafe<br />
Community cafe with workshops and<br />
activities. Mondays, 10am-2pm<br />
St Gluvias Parish Hall, West Street,<br />
Penryn. Call Jane 07903 073440 or<br />
Liz 07407 699180<br />
email: olivebranchpenryn@gmail.com<br />
Wellness Recovery and Action Plan<br />
Group [WRAP]<br />
For more information call Rethink on<br />
01208 815 676<br />
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Helston Area<br />
Helston We Can Yoga<br />
Fridays 10am-12pm<br />
St Michael’s Church<br />
Contact Pam 01736 364454<br />
Liskeard Area<br />
The Old Coach House Gardening<br />
Group<br />
Weds 11am-1pm<br />
Trevillis House, Liskeard<br />
Call: Richard on 07957 537776<br />
Liskeard Bipolar UK Support Group<br />
4th Tuesday of the month 1.00 – 3.00 pm<br />
Stuart House, Barras Street, Liskeard.<br />
Please contact 01270 230260 for<br />
details or visit www.bipolaruk.org.uk<br />
Liskeard OCD Group, Cafe Chat<br />
group<br />
For more information call Rethink on<br />
01208 815676<br />
Newquay Area<br />
Newquay Coffee Corner<br />
Wednesdays 10am-12.30pm<br />
The Newquay Centre<br />
Call 01637 851155<br />
Newquay SHE Group<br />
Women’s social and activity group<br />
Mondays 10am-1pm, Newquay<br />
Centre, St Michael’s Road<br />
Call 01637 851155<br />
Patchwork Group<br />
Mondays 9.30am-12pm, The Pavilion<br />
Workshop, Mount Wise Car Park,<br />
Newquay. Call 01637 851155<br />
Roswyth Men’s Group<br />
Fridays 11.30am-1.30pm<br />
Roswyth Mental Health Resource<br />
Centre Call 01637 873122<br />
Penzance & St Just Area<br />
Penzance Bipolar UK Support<br />
Group<br />
3rd Wednesday of every month<br />
2.00pm - 4.00pm at The Healing Star,<br />
Causewayhead<br />
Please contact 01270 230260 for<br />
details or visit Bipolar UK website<br />
www.bipolaruk.org.uk<br />
West Cornwall Hearing Voices<br />
Group<br />
Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm<br />
The Healing Star, Causewayhead,<br />
Penzance<br />
Call Lesley on 07570 103595<br />
St Just Swings and Roundabouts<br />
1st Weds of the month, times vary<br />
Held at the Knut.<br />
St Austell Area<br />
Craft Coffee and Chat Group<br />
Weds 10am-12.30 pm<br />
Methodist Chapel, St Dennis<br />
Call Margaret on 01726 890512<br />
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St Austell Cafe Chat Groups<br />
For more information call Rethink on<br />
01208 815676<br />
St Austell Coffee Corner<br />
Fridays 10am-1pm, St John’s<br />
Methodist Church, Bodmin Road<br />
Call 01637 851155<br />
St Columb Minor Coffee Corner<br />
Thursdays 10am-12.30pm,<br />
The Memorial Hall<br />
Call 01637 851155<br />
The Friday Group<br />
Every Friday 10am-12.30pm<br />
Penwithick Community Hall<br />
Take-a-Craft Break - St Stephen<br />
Tuesdays 1-4pm<br />
Brannel Rooms, St Stephen<br />
Take-a-Craft Break - Nanpean<br />
Mondays 1-4pm<br />
Nanpean AFC Social Club<br />
For both Take-a-Craft Break groups,<br />
call Marie High 01637 872145<br />
or email Mariehigh@tiscali.co.uk<br />
Truro & Perranporth Area<br />
Perranporth Art and Wellbeing<br />
Every Weds 8am till 1pm<br />
Perranporth Memorial Hall - WI annexe<br />
Karen 07867 648409 or email<br />
k44gun@googlemail.com<br />
Perranporth Coffee Corner<br />
Wednesdays 10.30am - 1pm<br />
<strong>Up</strong>stairs in the Conservative Club, St<br />
Piran’s Road. Call Betty 01872 572546<br />
or Carolyn 01872 273500<br />
St Agnes Self Help Group<br />
Mondays 10.30am-12pm<br />
Coffee Lounge, St Agnes Methodist<br />
Church, British Road<br />
Call 07969 175316<br />
Sunshine and Showers<br />
Bowling group<br />
Every other Thursday, 1.30-3.30pm<br />
Email: claire@sunshineandshowers.<br />
co.uk<br />
Truro Coffee Corner (Carrick Mind)<br />
Tuesdays 10am-12pm, Carrick<br />
Sports & Recreation Hall For more<br />
information please call Ruth Morris on<br />
07889 725 679 or 01872 222469<br />
18-30 Social Support & Wellbeing<br />
Group (Carrick Mind)<br />
Wednesdays 10.30 am -12.30 pm,<br />
Different locations (specifically for<br />
those aged 18-30). Call Ruth Morris<br />
on 07889 725 679 or 01872 222469<br />
Wadebridge Area<br />
Fibromyalgia/ME/CFS Support<br />
Group<br />
Alternate Mondays 2-3.30pm<br />
Betty Fisher Centre, Wadebridge<br />
Call 01208 815676<br />
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Email marianna.curtis@rethink.org<br />
Wadebridge - Cornwall College<br />
courses, Friday morning group,<br />
nature/photography group (Camel<br />
Trail), Cafe Chat group. Call Rethink<br />
on 01208 815676 for more info.<br />
Carers Groups<br />
Cornwall has a network of groups<br />
across the county providing support<br />
to carers. Some of these groups<br />
specialise in supporting specific care<br />
needs.<br />
Bodmin Area<br />
Bodmin Carers Support Group<br />
(for family members of people with<br />
memory problems)<br />
2-4.30pm, 4th Thursday of month<br />
Bodmin Christian Fellowship Church<br />
Contact Brenda Keen 01208 77586<br />
Email brendakeen44@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Bodmin - Cornwall Downs Syndrome<br />
Support Group<br />
10am-12pm, last Thurs of month<br />
Email info@cdssg.org.uk<br />
Bude Area<br />
Bude Carers Group (for all Carers)<br />
2-4pm, 1st Wednesday of the month<br />
Neetside Community Centre<br />
Contact Kirsty Luxton 07720 680619<br />
Bude Carers Group (Mental Health)<br />
3rd Wednesday of the month<br />
Bude Tourist Information Centre<br />
Contact Kirsty Luxton 07720 680619<br />
Camborne & Redruth Area<br />
Camborne - Cornwall Down<br />
Syndrome Support Group<br />
10am-12pm, 2nd Friday of month<br />
Email info@cdssg.org.uk<br />
Camborne and District Mental<br />
Health Carers<br />
Every 1st Weds of month<br />
Boundervean Day Centre, Pendarves<br />
Rd. Call Rita 07732 458390<br />
Parents and Friends of Murdoch<br />
Trevithick Centre - Carers Group<br />
4 times a year at Murdoch & Trevithick<br />
Centre, Redruth<br />
Call Joy on 01209 719483<br />
Treloweth Dads<br />
(for dads of children with disabilities)<br />
Redruth<br />
New group, please call ‘Treloweth<br />
Dads’ on 01209 210597 or email<br />
dkinsman@freeuk.com<br />
Troon Carers Group<br />
(parents of disabled children)<br />
Tuesdays 1-2.30pm<br />
Troon Children’s Centre<br />
Call Leanne on 07929 354169 or<br />
01209 697794<br />
or email codyjaxon1@gmail.com<br />
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Liskeard Area<br />
Stoke Climsland Carers Group<br />
2pm, 3rd Friday of the month<br />
Old School, Stoke Climsland<br />
Caroline & Peter 01579 370474<br />
updowncott@btinternet.com<br />
Newquay Area<br />
Newquay Carers Group<br />
10.30am - 12.30pm<br />
3rd Monday of the month<br />
Roswyth, Cheltenham Place<br />
Contact Pauline Ruddlesden on<br />
01637 876405<br />
Penzance Area<br />
Penzance Carers Group<br />
3rd Friday of the month<br />
Hanover Court, Penzance<br />
Contact Wendy Gauntlett 01736<br />
366699 or email<br />
wendy.gauntlett@yahoo.co.uk<br />
St Ives Carers Group<br />
10am-12pm, last Thurs of the month<br />
Carbis Bay.<br />
Contact Dinky on 07814 574438 or<br />
Jeremy on 07836 606464<br />
or email dinkykennedy@hotmail.com<br />
St Austell Area<br />
St Austell Carers Group<br />
4th Tuesday of month<br />
Mount Charles Social Club<br />
Contact Alison May 07968 605326 or<br />
email mail@sonilam.plus.com<br />
St Blazey - Cornwall Down<br />
Syndrome Support Group<br />
1.30-3.30pm 3rd Friday of month<br />
Email info@cdssg.org.uk<br />
Truro & Perranporth Area<br />
Carnon Carers<br />
3rd Tuesday every month at Falmouth<br />
Hotel. Call Sandra 01326 376208<br />
Email stregidgo123@btinternet.com<br />
Dementia Carers Support Group<br />
2nd Thursday of the month<br />
Kea Community Centre, Playing Place<br />
Contact Marie McDermott<br />
on 01872 862370<br />
or email mariemacdee@msn.com<br />
Friends of Pencalenick School<br />
(for family of children who attend<br />
Pencalenick School)<br />
Meets monthly. Contact Marie Griffin<br />
01872 510126 or email bhindbikinis@<br />
hotmail.com<br />
Malabar Carers Group<br />
(for family of disabled children)<br />
3rd Wednesday of the month<br />
Malabar Children’s Centre, Truro<br />
Contact Marie Hewitt on 01872 262121<br />
or email leehewitt5@aol.com<br />
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National Autistic Society-West<br />
Cornwall<br />
6.30-9.00pm, 3rd Weds in every month<br />
Contact NAS on 07901 103351 or<br />
email westcornwall@nas.org.uk<br />
Young Adult Carers<br />
(for carers aged 17+ who care for a<br />
parent or sibling)<br />
Meets once a month, various venues<br />
Contact Anne Phillips 07968 605324<br />
Cornwall Memory<br />
Cafe Network<br />
Memory Cafes are for those<br />
experiencing early stage dementia,<br />
mild memory loss or cognitive<br />
impairment and their carers. Memory<br />
Cafes are safe places to have fun,<br />
be creative, sit and chat, cake and<br />
refreshments, information and support.<br />
Isles of Scilly Memory Café<br />
Carn Gwaval, St. Mary’s.<br />
Wednesdays & Fridays 2.00-4.30pm<br />
Contact Jenny on 01720 422663<br />
Mullion Memory Café<br />
Mullion Methodist Chapel<br />
Every 1st and 3rd Friday from 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Lillian Watson on 01326<br />
240709<br />
Penzance Memory Café<br />
Committee Room 1, The One Stop<br />
Shop, St Clare, Penzance<br />
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday from 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Margaret on 07974 728435<br />
Redruth Memory Café<br />
Community Centre, Foundry Row<br />
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 1.30 -<br />
3.30 pm<br />
Contact Alzheimer’s Society on 01872<br />
277963<br />
Camborne Memory Café<br />
All Saints Church Community Centre<br />
Church View Road, Tuckingmill<br />
Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday 1.30-3.30<br />
Contact Alzheimer’s Society on 01872<br />
277963<br />
Helston Memory Café<br />
Hens Horn Court, Station Road,<br />
Helston. 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Margaret on 07974 728435<br />
or Chris on 07851 111496<br />
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West Cornwall Memory Cafe<br />
St Ives Memory Café<br />
Memorial Hall, Trencrom Lane, Carbis<br />
Bay<br />
Every 1st and 3rd Thursday from<br />
2-4pm<br />
Contact Margaret on 07974 728435 or<br />
Chris on 07851 111496<br />
St Just Memory Café<br />
Royal British Legion<br />
1st and 3rd Friday from 2 - 4 pm<br />
Contact Dawn 01736 786043 or Joyce<br />
01736 786067 or Chris 07851 111496
Mid Cornwall Memory Cafe<br />
Carnon Downs Memory Café<br />
Carnon Downs Village hall, Carnon<br />
Downs, TR3 6JQ<br />
1st and 3rd Thursday, from 2-4pm<br />
Contact Teresa Sampson on 07795<br />
590305<br />
Crantock Memory Café<br />
Crantock Village Hall, Crantock<br />
1st Monday of month 2.00-4.00 pm<br />
Contact Joan on 01637 831347<br />
crantockmemorycafe.org.uk<br />
Falmouth Memory Café<br />
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Western<br />
Terrace, Falmouth<br />
2nd and 4th Tuesday, 2-4pm<br />
Contact Bob/Toops on 01326 373830/<br />
07570 808677<br />
Fowey Memory Café<br />
Fowey One Stop Shop, Fowey Library<br />
Every other Thursday<br />
Contact Fowey Library 0300 1234111<br />
or Averil Sutton 01726 832846<br />
Newquay Memory Café<br />
St. Columb Minor Church Hall<br />
2nd and 4th Thursday, 2-4pm<br />
Contact Keith Dynan on 07968<br />
960694<br />
Newquay St Michael’s Memory Café<br />
St Michael’s Church Hall, Newquay<br />
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Eileen on 01637 873463<br />
Perranporth Memory Café<br />
St Michael’s Church Hall,<br />
Boscawen Road, Perranporth<br />
Every 2nd Monday, from 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Alan on 01872 572050 or Ron<br />
on 01872 573386<br />
Perranwell Memory Café<br />
Perranwell Village Hall, Perranwell,<br />
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday<br />
from 2 - 4pm<br />
Contact Sue Short on 01872 864726<br />
Probus Memory Café<br />
Village Hall. Every 2nd and 4th<br />
Wednesday, 2.30 - 4.30 pm<br />
Contact Mike Durose 01726 884598<br />
or via promem@btinternet.com<br />
St Agnes Memory Cafe<br />
Miners and Mechanics Institute,<br />
Vicarage Road, St Agnes<br />
1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month<br />
2-4pm, starting from January 7th 2016<br />
Contact Annabel Dunn on 01872<br />
552689<br />
St Austell Memory Café<br />
Cuddra WI Hall, Bucklers Lane<br />
Every 1st and 3rd Monday, 2-4pm.<br />
Contact Mike 01726 64734<br />
St Day Memory Café<br />
Parkhenver, West End, Redruth<br />
Every other Tuesday, 6.30-8.30 pm<br />
Contact Angela Downing on 01209<br />
215790<br />
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Truro Memory Café<br />
All Saints Church Hall, Highertown<br />
Every 2nd & 4th Friday, 1.30–3.30pm<br />
Contact Lin Reeson on 01872 552634<br />
or email lizabianchi@hotmail.co.uk<br />
Wheal Martyn Memory Cafe<br />
Wheal Martyn, Museum and Country<br />
Park, Cathew, St Austell.<br />
2nd Monday of every month<br />
Contact Sue Ford on 01726 850362<br />
East Cornwall Memory Cafe<br />
Bodmin Memory Café<br />
Berdekesa Court, Robartes Road<br />
Alternate Mondays, 10am-12pm<br />
Contact Kerry Banbury 07855 305577<br />
Bude Memory Café<br />
Parkhouse Centre, Bude<br />
Every 1st & 3rd Friday from 2-4pm<br />
Contact Jane Moore on 01840 212780<br />
or Colin Cook on 01288 354906<br />
Callington Memory Café<br />
Callington Town Hall<br />
Every other Saturday, 2-4 pm<br />
Contact Bob on 01579 208284<br />
bwade@talktalk.net or<br />
Dorothy on 01579 351348<br />
d.willett@aol.com<br />
Camelford Memory Café<br />
Anvil Court, Anvil Court Road<br />
Every 2nd & 4th Monday 2-4pm.<br />
Contact Margaret Lovell on 07867<br />
783728<br />
Downderry Memory Café<br />
The Zone, Downderry, nr Looe<br />
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday, 2-4 pm<br />
Contact Penny on 01752 849236<br />
or Heather 01503 250381<br />
Launceston Memory Café<br />
Launceston Methodist Church<br />
Every other Saturday from 2-4pm<br />
Contact Cym Downing on 01566<br />
774425<br />
Liskeard Memory Café<br />
Liskeard Methodist Church,<br />
Wesley House, Bay Tree Hill<br />
First Friday of every month, 2-4pm<br />
Call 07787 096482<br />
Lostwithiel Memory Café<br />
Lostwithiel Community Centre,<br />
Liddicoat Road, Lostwithiel<br />
Every alternate Thursday, 2-4 pm<br />
Contact Geoffrey Phipps on<br />
01208 871470 or 07768 866949<br />
Padstow Memory Café<br />
St John’s Church, Padstow<br />
Alternate Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm<br />
Call 01841 540373<br />
Pensilva Memory Café<br />
St John’s Church, Pensilva<br />
4th Thursday every month, 2-4pm<br />
Contact Carolyn 01579 362698 or<br />
Jenny on 01579 363458<br />
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Polperro Memory Café<br />
The Methodist Church, Fore Street,<br />
Polperro. 3rd Friday from 2 - 4pm.<br />
Contact Pauline 01503 272473<br />
Saltash Memory Café<br />
Burraton Methodist Church, Liskeard<br />
Road, Saltash.<br />
2nd and 4th Wednesday 2-4pm<br />
Contact Alzheimers 01872 277963<br />
Wadebridge Memory Café<br />
St. Breock School, Tremarren Road<br />
2nd and 4th Saturday from 2-4pm<br />
Contact Margaret on 07917 195372<br />
On The Cover...<br />
Rachel Henderson<br />
Artwork entitled ‘Court Jester - Don’t<br />
Court Jester with Our World’.<br />
Rachel Henderson - Casan Self Taught<br />
Artist is a Celt with flair that Cares. I<br />
would just love the opportunity to get<br />
my artwork noticed and make a living<br />
at my craft.<br />
Rachel has also written and Illustrated<br />
a Wonderful Celtic Magical Children’s<br />
Picture Book, entitled ‘The Moon,<br />
The Moles and The Moon Hare’, a<br />
delightful Magical tale from Cornwall.<br />
This is the link to the Youtube video:<br />
youtube.com/watch?v=DvkdsHNzbk8<br />
To find out more go to www.outsidein.<br />
org.uk/rachel henderson<br />
If you would like to see your artwork<br />
featured on the cover, we’d love to<br />
hear from you. To submit an artwork<br />
cover for a future edition, whether<br />
it’s a drawing, painting, collage or<br />
photograph that you have done,<br />
you can send it to CRCC, 2 Princes<br />
Street, Truro, TR1 2ES or email to<br />
healthandwellbeing<br />
@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
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Health & Wellbeing Service Recent Campaigns<br />
Free energy saving sessions<br />
available in Cornwall<br />
Energy bills are a top financial concern<br />
for households, and for the last three<br />
years CRCC has been supporting<br />
Big Energy Saving Week to highlight<br />
positive, practical actions that help<br />
people take control of bills and save<br />
energy.<br />
During the week of 26 October, CRCC<br />
had energy champions available<br />
across Cornwall giving information<br />
on a range of energy issues and<br />
demonstrating how easy it is to<br />
check, switch and save. There were<br />
many other information events across<br />
Cornwall during the week at regular<br />
community/support group meetings.<br />
The sessions enable and encourage<br />
residents of Cornwall to look at their<br />
energy bills to see if they can save<br />
themselves some money. In the three<br />
years we have run this project we’ve<br />
had many individuals saving money<br />
from £40 to £700.<br />
The sessions are available to:<br />
• Consumers – delivering to residents<br />
of Cornwall and encouraging them<br />
to bring along their bills and we can<br />
do a comparison search during the<br />
workshop.<br />
• Front Line Workers – information<br />
session for volunteers or members<br />
of staff who deliver services or<br />
provide support to people who live<br />
in Cornwall, who may be paying too<br />
much for their energy bills.<br />
Please contact us on 01872<br />
243530 or at healthandwellbeing@<br />
cornwallrcc.org.uk for more details.<br />
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The Health & Wellbeing Service Great Cornish Bake Off<br />
in Aid of World Mental Health Day<br />
On 15 October 2015, the Health<br />
and Wellbeing team celebrated<br />
World Mental Health Day at our<br />
offices in Princes Street with our<br />
‘Great Cornish Bake Off’. James<br />
Churchfield, presenter from Radio<br />
Cornwall came in to judge, alongside<br />
our Chief Executive, Peter Jefferson.<br />
We had a mouthwatering 22 cakes<br />
entered and we managed to Raise an<br />
amazing £77.50 for the Mental Health<br />
Foundation.<br />
The winning entry was a fabulous<br />
Halloween inspired cake, but we<br />
would like to say a HUGE thank you<br />
to all those who took the time to enter<br />
and come along on the day.<br />
As the event was such a success this<br />
is something we would like to build<br />
upon next year so watch this space!<br />
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Useful Telephone Numbers<br />
Health and Wellbeing Service<br />
Main Office no - 01872 243532<br />
Get F+IT team: 01872 243557<br />
email: healthandwellbeing@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/health-wellbeing/<br />
Health and Wellbeing Grants<br />
email: grants@cornwallrcc.org.uk<br />
www.cornwallrcc.org.uk/category/grants/<br />
Nightlink - 0808 8000 306<br />
Nightlink Emotional Support Text Service - 07717 989021<br />
Samaritans - 01872 277277<br />
Carers Helpline - 01872 266383<br />
GP Out of Hours Service - 0845 2000 227 (6.30pm-8.00am Mon - Fri. Weekends<br />
& Bank Holidays - 24 hours)<br />
Shelter - 01209 314844<br />
Cornwall Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre - 01872 262100<br />
SEAP Mental Health Advocacy (Mainland) - 0300 343 5706<br />
SEAP Mental Health Advocacy (IoS) - 0330 343 5713<br />
Disability Cornwall - 01736 756655<br />
Healthwatch Cornwall - 0800 0381 281<br />
Community Mental Health Teams<br />
East Cornwall (Trevillis House, Liskeard) - 01579 373737<br />
North Cornwall (Banham House, Bodmin) - 01208 834300<br />
Restormel (Alexandra House, St Austell) - 01726 873377<br />
Carrick (Pydar Street, Truro) - 01872 221000<br />
Kerrier (Trengweath, Redruth) - 01209 318300<br />
Penwith (Bolitho House, Penzance) - 01736 571000<br />
Out of Hours (Bodmin Hospital switchboard) - 01208 251300<br />
Single Point of Access (self-referrals) - 0845 207 7711<br />
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this magazine and the services described are not<br />
necessarily shared or endorsed by the Health and Wellbeing Service or CRCC<br />
Cornwall Rural Community Charity (registered as Cornwall Community Development Ltd.) Charity no: 1087550,<br />
Company no: 4144745, VAT no: 557448996. Main office: 2 Princes Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2ES