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Townhead Surgery, Settle, will be hosting another Women's Health talk on Thursday September 12th from 6.30pm - 7.30pm
As part of the NHS Mental Health Transformation Programme that WACA have been involved with, the support for people experiencing difficulties with their Mental Health in Wharfedale has increased as Mental Health Connect are now delivering additional sessions for those with more specific mental health issues.
‘Fresh’ peer support group sessions, which run on Wednesdays 11.00 – 1.00pm at Christchurch in Ilkley, are specifically for those using alcohol or unprescribed drugs regularly in everyday life. In Fresh sessions (which are facilitated by Missing Peace), participants are encouraged to share, listen and support other members in similar situations in a relaxed and informal environment.
Mental Health Connect also delivers a weekly support group at Christchurch on Thursdays 10.00-12.00pm, which forms part of the Wharfedale Wellness Together initiative. This mental health support group provides assistance for anyone living with anxiety, stress or depression.
Looking ahead to September, Missing Peace will also be leading on a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) programme for Mental Health Connect. This 12-week course helps participants to discover simple, safe and effective tools to create and maintain wellness with a daily plan and wellness goals, as well as developing a plan to keep moving forward should plans get disrupted.
For more information on the support available and to be referred, visit https://mentalhealthconnect.org.uk/
Dr Rebecca Ormonroyd will be focussing on Lifestyle Medicine and women's health at the Menopause health talk at Townhead Surgery on Thursday 18th July 6.30pm - 7.30pm.
Places are free but limited and can be reserved by visiting:
On May 8th at Central Hall Keighley, the Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven Mental Health Transformation Programme held a event to showcase '1 Year of Innovation' which saw partner organisations get together to listen to how the programme had evolved over the last twelve months and to spend some time discussing what was working well with the programme, what could be improved and how they would like to see the programme develop.
Emma Taylor from WACA and Bil Graham and Claire-Marie Jackson from AWC Modality introduced the event and presented how Primary Care was working with the VCS to transform the way mental health care and support is delivered.
Candy Squires-Watts from Keighley Healthy Living and Leon Fijalkowski from Pioneer Projects highlighted what the programme offered in Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven and how this had evolved to meet local demand over the past year.
