News News Archive 2010 Latest developments from SRN's roadshows
Latest developments from SRN's roadshows |
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| Thursday, 06 May 2010 |
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The final SRN roadshow in the ‘The Making Recovery Real’ series took place on in Stranraer on March 24th 2010. 84 people from across Dumfries and Galloway, as well as Ayrshire and Arran joined SRN on the day and, similar to the previous events in Oban and Thurso, the day focused on raising awareness of recovery but also featured lots of participation and discussion. Overall, feedback from the people who attended the event was positive: “Chance to meet others in similar situation. Talk about recovery etc. Atmosphere created mood for people to open up, to talk freely” “Meeting new people and hearing their experiences” “All of the day has been informative - especially WRAP and looking at self directive process” At the end of the event, many of the participants expressed an interest in attending a follow up meeting to discuss further recovery related developments in Dumfries and Galloway. This event complemented ongoing work in Dumfries and Galloway to establish a local recovery network. Representatives from the developing network attended the event and encouraged people who were interested to get involved. A meeting about the developing Dumfries and Galloway network was held at the end of April and over 20 people attended the meeting, many of whom had been at the event in Stranraer. Currently discussions are underway about establishing a network steering group and another meeting has been arranged for June. SRN are in the process of compiling a report about this event and it should be available in the near future. Developments from the Thurso eventSRN returned to Cathness in April and hosted a meeting in Wick to encourage further discussions around recovery and support future developments. 22 people joined us at the meeting, where there was much discussion and debate. There is still a strong commitment to supporting recovery related work in Caithness and Sutherland and SRN have agreed to return to host another meeting to help continue the discussions.Developments from the Oban eventThe report from this event is now available (see below) and in an effort to support recovery related work in Argyll and Bute SRN have agreed to host and facilitate a follow up meeting. This meeting is open to anyone with an interest in supporting recovery related developments, including: people with their own experience of mental health problems, service providers, family members and carers.Taking into consideration the size of Argyll and Bute and in an effort to be inclusive, we have arranged this meeting to take place on 29th June 2010 at the Loch Fyne Hotel in Inverary from 12.00pm – 15.30pm and a sandwich lunch will be provided. If you are interested in attending, please contact Taryn Carlton on 0141 240 7790 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Inverary is approximately one hours driving distance from Oban, Helensburgh, Dunoon, and Lochgilphead, although we recognise that not everyone has access to a vehicle. If you are interested in attending and transportation is an issue please contact Taryn to discuss.  Making Recovery Real - Oban report (292.74 kB) |
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| Black women, recovery and resilience |
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| What mental health practitioners talk about, when they talk about SRI 2 |
16 May Having recently facilitated Learning Networks on the use of the updated Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI 2), SRN’s John McCormack was keen to hear from practitioners about their use of the tool and how it affects practice in the field. Here John shares his discussions with Lindsay Kerr and Jan Thomson who both work in NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Mental Health Services. |
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