Latest Community Development News from Colebrook
Time to Change event to tackle stigma - 28th April 10am-3pm
Colebrook Housing Society and PIPS (Plymouth Involvement and Participation Service) members are challenging the stigma attached to mental health by holding a special event in Plymouth City Centre on Saturday 28th April.
The free event forms part of the national Time to Change campaign to end mental health discrimination. PIPS is a service focussed on improving service user and carer involvement within mental health services and its members have been busy organising the event for months. The event is funded by the Lottery’s Awards for All grants scheme.
There will be an array of therapeutic interventions relating to the mental health of adults, adolescents and children to challenge stigma and promote health and wellbeing. Beauty students from City College Plymouth will be providing small complimentary beauty treatments and Plymouth College of Art and Design students will be offering free face painting for children. Local chef Jacques Marchal will be showcasing his culinary skills with a live cookery demonstration.
There will be performances and entertainment on stage throughout the day including samba band Crooked Tempo, local singer Megan Fellows, Onward Music Group, Plympton St Maurice Gospel Choir, belly dancing from Ameeradance, and street theatre from the Symbiotic Theatre Company.
PIPS member, Georgia says, “We hope to reach those with little or no experience or knowledge of mental health issues other than the negative images often portrayed in the media, and challenge their perception of what it means to suffer from mental ill health.”
Another PIPS member, Dot explains, “The event will promote positive understanding and acceptance, opposing negative discrimination which ultimately encourages better mental health and wellbeing.”
There really is something for everyone so come along. The Time to Change event takes place at the Plymouth Piazza on Saturday 28th April, 10am – 3pm.
For more information contact PIPS on (01752) 202406/7.
Access for All Work Club Comes to Colebrook
Funding was gained from Santander Foundation and The Gibbons Foundation to launch a user led Work Club and this was launched at the end of October and will soon be up and running on a regular basis. The Work Club will help people seeking employment to write CVs, prepare for interviews, search for jobs and build confidence.
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The Work Club has had a great response with up to 14 people attending the Friday afternoon drop-in sessions at Onward House. There is always support on hand to help you search for jobs, produce a CV or write a covering letter.
On Friday 23rd March at 2pm a Next Step Adviser will be visiting the Work Club to facilitate a one hour ‘CV Workshop’ with the option of one to one appointments with an adviser at a later date.
This is an opportunity for anyone seeking employment to brush up on their CV writing with the help of an expert.
Just turn up on the day or contact Katie Ost on 211249 or email kost@colebrookhousing.co.uk
Access for All Work Club will be meeting on a weekly basis and will support members seeking employment to improve their job prospects. The work club will take place every Friday from 1pm – 4pm, at Onward House, 55 Greenbank Road, Plymouth.
The work club has now joined forces with our neighbours Open Doors who already operate a work club from Onward House.
The work club sessions are open to anyone looking to get back into work.
Tea and coffee will be available at the work club sessions.
If you would like more information please call Katie (Community Development Coordinator) on 211249 or email kost@colebrookhousing.co.uk
If you would like to pass on the message about Access for All Work Club please downloaded This Flyer
Awards for All Funding for Colebrook!!!!!
The ‘Partnership Plymouth’ project is now well underway. Five health roadshows have been completed to gather feedback from various groups on health and social care reforms and a progress report has been produced and distributed to key stakeholders.
Healthy living workshops have so far been held in Stonehouse with the homeless community, in Stoke with local residents and in the City Centre with carers. The final healthy living workshops will take place over the next few weeks.
On Thursday 22nd March a healthy living workshop will held at Devonport Welcome Hall, 11am – 2pm. The workshop will include:
- Active for Life – an introduction to their services followed by a guided walk around Devonport Park
- Healthy eating and cookery session – qualified chef, Andrew Davies, from the Oasis Project will be showing participants how to cook a healthy meal on a low budget
- Health MOTs – the British Heart Foundation will be on hand to give cholesterol, blood pressure and BMI checks
All participants will receive a free goodie bag and enjoy a hot lunch.
Local residents in Devonport are encouraged to attend. To book your place or for further information contact Katie Ost on 211249 or email kost@colebrookhousing.co.uk
The final healthy living workshop is for the gypsy and traveller community and will take place on Thursday 28th March at Street Factory Dance Studios. The workshop will feature taster street dance sessions with Romany gypsy Toby Gorniak and traditional food.
The Time to Change event is fast approaching on Saturday 28th April, 10am – 3pm at Plymouth Piazza. The event will tackle the stigma associated with mental health and promote health and well being. There will be stage performances from local singer Megan Fellows, Crooked Tempo, Ameera Dance and the Symbiotic Theatre Company. There will also be cookery demonstrations from local chef Jacques Marchal. Beauty students from City College Plymouth will be offering free pampering treatments including mini manicures and art students from Plymouth College of Art and Design will be providing face painting for children. Alongside all of this there will be countless information stands and stalls all promoting health and well being.
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Hope Credit Union
A credit union is a community based savings and loans organisation. Colebrook Housing society works with Plymouth and District Credit Union. Colebrook promotes membership of the credit union in order to support good money management and as an alternative to more expensive sources of credit. All clients, staff and volunteers may join the credit union. For more details you may contact the Social Inclusion Manager on (01752) 211348 or by having a look at Plymouth and District Credit Union’s website: www.pdcu.co.uk.
Promoting Independence Fund
If you receive Colebrook’s services or are someone who has a carer who is registered with carers Champions, you may be eligible to access this fund. Grants are available to support people in living more independently. If you’d like to find out more, please click here for leaflet.
Colebrook Housing is Host to the Plymouth Local Involvement Network (LINk). To find out more about us, visit our website by clicking here: www.plymouth-link.co.uk