Healthy Minds Calderdale
Staying Well attended the Healthy Minds “New Year New Us”
Some of the staff at Staying Well attended the Healthy Minds New Year New Us event on Friday 27th January where they spoke to staff, met with volunteers, networked with a range of other services and found out lots of new information on what Healthy Minds now offer!
New Year New Us – Healthy Minds Winter Taster Fayre – January 27th
Healthy Minds Calderdale are excited to invite you in their open day, where they want to introduce you to all their amazing services!
Come chat with our volunteers and staff about what our NEW Warm Space Drop Ins, Volunteer-Led groups and Befriending Service can offer you or the people you work with.Enjoy some warming food and drink and take part in yoga, mindfulness, allotment and arts & crafts taster sessions.
You can also learn about our other fabulous projects, like:
- Safespace – One-to-one support for anyone in distress (Ages 16+)
- Link – Intensive support for people ‘stuck’ in a crisis loop
- & Welfare Rights
Drop in anytime from 10am – 1pm on Friday, 27 January.
Yoga sessions will start at 10:30am and 11:30am; Welfare Rights service information talk at 12:30pm.
The event will be held at our main office: 1 King Street, Halifax, HX1 1SR
This is a unique opportunity for professionals to gain first-hand insight into our holistic mental health provision, services and activities so that you understand what patients and service users experience when referred to Healthy Minds.
In particular, you can learn about:
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Our new, volunteer-led Peer Support programme
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Warm space drop-ins
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Like Minds befriending service
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Safespace – One-to-one support for anyone in distress (Ages 16+)
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Link – Intensive support for people ‘stuck’ in a crisis loop
- Welfare Rights
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& more!
Free Singing Workshop and Christmas Party with Time Out December 22
November/December News from Healthy Minds! 🌛
Comfort and Joy carol concert at the minster, volunteering options within Healthy Minds, social gatherings at central office and Todmorden, AGM and Winter warmer, their all new Radio Show and employment opportunities!
Time Out free Christmas holiday workshops open for bookings!
Comfort and Joy : An evening of Carols with local musicians supporting Healthy Minds
We invite you to joins us for a fabulous Christmas ‘Comfort & Joy’ concert at the Halifax Minster on Saturday 10th December.All proceeds will go to Healthy Minds! We’re so lucky to be involved in this wonderful event.Everyone is welcome. This promises to be a glorious and uplifting evening of festive music and carols.
Enjoy the sounds of Christmas performed by talented local performers of all ages. The inspirational Elland Silver Youth Band will be there along with the award-winning Bradshaw School Choir.Young choristers from the Minster choir will also be making an appearance, filling the Minster with their good cheer. Supporting these young performers will be the joyful and amazing performances from other musical locals.
This heartwarming ‘Comfort & Joy’ concert is organised by Rotary Club of Halifax and they have chosen to support Healthy Minds.
Come along with the family, this is a concert for all ages.Saturday 10th December 7pm – 9.30pmTickets are £5, entry FREE for under 16 years.Tickets are available on the door or online.See accessibility information for the Minster here.
September/October News from Healthy Minds! 🍁
” As we begin October, we leave behind an important service that has been at the heart of Healthy Minds for a long time. We know Recovery & Support has meant a great deal to many of you, and so we want to pay tribute to this amazing service and team.But although we say goodbye to Recovery & Support, we know there is still so much in our future at Healthy Minds, and we will continue to work towards our mission to improve the wellbeing for everyone in Calderdale. ”
August News from Healthy Minds!
” We hope you are keeping well and have had a nice summer! We have so much to share with you about all the wonderful things happening at Healthy Minds.
Join us for Suicide Prevention Day this Saturday at Morrisons Elland, for our celebration of Recovery & Support in the Upper Valley on Saturday 25 Sept, or for our Marathon finish line party at Woolshops on Sunday 2 October.”
Healthy Minds are hiring this September
Applications are now open for all our current job vacancies at Healthy Minds!To find out more about the posts and how to apply, please visit www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/jobsCommunity Health & Wellbeing Service ManagerFull-time (37.5 hours), fixed-term to 31st March 2024Rate of Pay: (2021-22): £28,574 per annum + 5% pensionDeadline to apply: 9.00am Wednesday 14th September 2022We anticipate that interviews will be held on 21st September.Membership & Engagement CoordinatorFull-time (37.5 hours per week), fixed-term for 12 monthsRate of Pay: (2021-22): £26,245 per annum + 5% pensionDeadline to apply: 9.00am Monday 19th September 2022We anticipate that interviews will be held week beginning 26th September.Link Project Worker22.5 hours per week, fixed-term to 30th June 2024More details coming soon…Safespace Relief Project WorkersRate of pay: £13.46 per hour/£80.76 per 6-hour shiftDeadline to apply: Relief worker applications are taken on a rolling basis. You can submit your application any time. We will review all applications received every three months so please be aware that you might not get an immediate response.To find out more about the posts and how to apply, please visit www.healthymindscalderdale.co.uk/jobs
Children’s Meditation Course at The Outback Community Garden August 14th
A one-day course in Anapana Meditation for 8 – 15 year olds is coming up at The Outback Community Garden during the summer holidays.
Meditation can help improve focus and concentration, help with making good decisions, manage stress and emotions and provide a tool for life to help live more happily and peacefully. As well as learning to meditate, there will be fun and creative nature-based activities and games in the lovely environment of the Outback garden and education space.
The Outback Community Kitchen and Garden is situated behind the Jubilee Children’s Centre at Lightowler Rd, Halifax HX1 5NB.
The course will run from 9.30am – 4pm.
Booking is essential and to register a child for the course, you can apply on the UK course schedule under ‘Children and Teenagers’ courses: Vipassana Meditation Course (dhamma.org)
There is no fee for the sessions but donations are welcome.
For any enquiries, please contact: kate.edwards@dhamma.org
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