World Mental Health Day
10 October 2008
World Mental Health Week will be celebrated in over 100 countries across the globe. Activities will range from campaigns to stop discrimination against the mentally ill to the effects of human rights abuses on mental health.
World Mental Health Day Hackney event
The Hackney event will showcase advocacy, advice and information services which support mental health service users, their families and local communities. Hackney’s new advocacy guide will be launched at the event. The guide is full of useful information to inform people of their rights at home, at work and in the community, and how to access the right help and support.
Venue
SPACe Gym
Hackney Community College
Shoreditch Campus
Falkirk Street N1 6HQ
Programme
9.30am
- Event Opens
- Storytelling Tables (Studio Upstairs)
10.15am
- Welcome and introductions:
Sylvan Dewing (Assistant Director of Student Services) - Guest speakers:
Jules Pipe (Mayor of Hackney), Meg Hillier MP, Baroness Molly Meacher (Chair, East London NHS Foundation Trust), Paul Sherman (Associate Director People Participation)
10.45am
- Introduction to the ‘Hearts & Sounds’, Uganda Project (by Butabika)
- Mindfulness Workshop (City and Hackney MIND in partnership with the London Buddhist Centre)
11am
- The Light Sleepers (Lee House)
- Playback Theatre Performances
- Hearts and Sounds (Butabika Project)
- Live Podcasts (Butabika Project)
11.30am
- Therapy, life skills and relaxation: taster group sessions
12.30-1.15pm
Buffet lunch and refreshments
1.30pm
- Forum Theatre performance
- Folk Wisdom Workshop (Shoreditch Spa)
- Short Films (IRIE Mind)
- Potter Display (IRIE Mind)
All day activities include -
- Mental Health Project Evaluation Launch (Hackney Community College)
- Advocacy Services Directory (City and Hackney Mind/PALS)
- Art and Photography Exhibition (Hearts & Sounds)
- Hearing Voices
- Healthwise Scheme
- Employment Advice
- Medication Workshop
- Health Checks
- Aromatherapy Sessions
- Henna Hand Painting
- Information Stalls
3pm
Event closes
Page updated: 8 Oct 2008