Our community colleagues at Project Dare have spaces available on their upcoming body confidence course.  Please see the information below for details.  Please note that this is not a Recovery College course and we are unable to answer questions or emails regarding the course. 

The course is not free, but see below for information about funding.

Project DARE! Be Body Confident

What is it?
The course, designed by Ursula, is called 'The Dare Sessions: Dare your way to confidence, self-compassion, and a positive body image'.  It is a 12-week course (3 hours per week 1.30pm-4.30pm) on Tuesday afternoons beginning on September 18th in Elephant & Castle. Each week explores a different area of body confidence in a creative way utilising theatre and the arts.  A session typically comprises of a warm-up, learning, a team mission, and reflection. The workshops tap away at insecurities, bring out confidence and inspire love for the body in a celebratory, innovative and fun way.  All the sessions work with both the mind and body - you will move around! If you would like more details please visit the Project Dare website. 

Who is it for?
It is specifically designed for students who would like to work on nurturing a positive body image and increase both their self-esteem and confidence. The sessions are designed for all fitness levels, shapes and sizes and no prior skill set is required. However, students must be willing to work as a team. This is because the course is all-practical group work with a wide variety of tasks to undertake including acting and various performance styles. 

How do I book?
A place on Project Dare costs £420.  If you receive care and support from a Community Mental Health Team, you may be eligible for funding available through a personal budget application.  Please speak to your care-coordinator or key worker for further information.  Students may also be able to access the course via personal health budgets by getting in touch with the Lambeth Living Well Network Hub (0203 691 5080) or Southwark Wellbeing Hub (020 3752 9684)  - we advise speaking to your support worker.   We are sorry but we are unable to assist in making funding applications. 

Further Information
If you would like further information on the course you can e-mail info@projectdare.co.uk or ursula@projectdare.co.uk directly.

Testimonials from previous 'Darers'
"The best bit for me was overcoming an intense inner fear, meeting the other participants and being so out of my comfort zone. Dare is really friendly, trusting and inspiring"
“I laughed A-LOT! “
"At Project Dare, you meet and get close to people in a way that wouldn't normally ever be possible"
"Another highlight of the course was being able to express myself openly and honestly without fear of judgement"
"My body is beautiful" 
 
Daring Wishes..
Ursula Joy (07507 530 929)
Project Dare. Body Adoration
Visit www.projectdare.co.uk
Find me on Facebook
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Book on a Project DARE! Be Body Confident 2-Hour taster Workshop HERE!

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the Recovery College, the ‘Making Changes Day One’ workshop tomorrow has been cancelled. All students have been contacted by email, text message or voicemail this evening. The workshop will be rescheduled. Please contact the college office on 020 3228 3643 for further information.

As you can see, this project isn't open to Croydon residents. But the Career Management Service have told us this

"Here is a link that students can follow if they wish to self-refer into the Croydon IAPT service: https://slam-iapt.nhs.uk/croydon/welcome-to-croydon-iapt/. We are currently in the process of recruiting a new Career Coach for the team – so once they have been assessed by the service, clients can ask to speak to the Career Coach for employment support. Croydon IAPT do have some temporary employment support cover from a local employment project so there is currently some provision, although this is limited."

In conjunction with SLaM Partners, Renatus Consulting and SLaM’s Experience, Participation and Involvement Department, SLaM Recovery College is offering an exciting new nine week evening course to support service users and carers interested in becoming leaders within SLaM NHS Foundation Trust.
This course aims to help participants to understand the role and expecations, the organisational context, their own leadership style and the pathways into service user and carer leadership.  By the end of the course, participants will have developed  knowledge , skills and attitudes to empower them to explore or become involved in leadership opportunities such as within Service User and Carer Advisory Groups (SUCAGs) or as a Council of Governors member.
This course is being co-produced and delivered by people with lived experience of mental ill-health or distress as service users or carers and staff members from SLaM’s clinical and corporate services.

Workshop topics will include:

• What is Leadership and why do we need it?
• Understanding Your Own Approach to Leadership
• Organisational Culture and Context

• Coaching Skills
• Coproduction Principles
• Effective Communication
• Chairing Meetings
• Quality Improvement and Change Management

COURSE INFORMATION
When:   Tuesday Evenings for 8 weeks from 24thth October until 12th December 2017 plus a graduation and celebration event at a later date in the new year.              
Where:  6:00pm-8:30pm, Ortus Learning and Events Centre, Grove Lane, Camberwell
Who:    Service users and Carers connected to SLaM NHS Foundation Trust. (Priority will be given to people who are new to leadership roles within the       organisation. If demand for course places exceeds capacity, applicants may be asked to submit a statement about their reasons for participating.)
Cost:   Free to all participants

To enrol:  Please complete this enrolment form (you can fill it out on your PC, then save it) and return to:
SLaM Recovery College
Attn: Kirsty Giles
1st Floor Administration Building
Maudsley Hospital
Denmark Hill SE5 8AZ    or email to Kirsty.Giles@slam.nhs.uk
 
For Further information please contact:
Kirsty Giles, SLaM Recovery College Manager on
Kirsty.Giles@slam.nhs.uk
or
Kathryn Hill, Head of Experience, Participation and Involvement on
Kathryn.Hill@slam.nhs.uk or Tel: 07968 247 886 

We couldn't confirm this in time for our autumn timetable, but we are delighted to welcome our friends over at the Comedy School back for not only another seven-week Improv course, but also a brand new Stand Up Comedy one!

If you wish to take part in the seven-week course you will first have to enrol on one of the two taster sessions. Following these, 16 students will be offered places on the full course. ​

​​Here's a film about the course and the night when students from the very first term we run it performed an evening of improvisation at the Ritzy in Brixton:

Sessions are run by sensitive professionals from the comedy circuit. The course culminates with an informal sharing, in which you perform a comedy routine to a warm and friendly audience.
 
The seven-week course has funding from Comic Relief and is also supported by The London Community Foundation. No previous experience of Stand Up Comedy performing is required.
 
If you wish to take part in the seven-week course you will first have to enrol on one of the two taster sessions. Following these, 16 students will be offered places on the full course. 

To get an idea of what’s in store, take a look at this short film

The Centre for Implementation Science (CIS) and King’s Improvement Science (KIS) from King’s College London are holding a Patient and Public Involvement workshop on Wednesday 27th September at Cambridge House in Camberwell, South London. The workshop is from 9:00am-1:30pm and lunch will be provided at the end of the workshop.

The organisers say:

"The workshop will be attended by patients and the public who live, or use health services, in South London, and CIS and KIS researchers. The aim of the workshop is to explore the best ways that we can work together to implement health research evidence into practice and improve health services in South London. Because of this, we are looking for individuals to join us who have experience or interest in health service improvement and delivery. We hope to establish a working relationship between our local community in South London and our research organisation. The workshop will be facilitated by Mary Robson, an external creative facilitator.

There are currently around 10 places available at this workshop. To register your interest to attend, please contact either Louise Hull (louise.hull@kcl.ac.uk) or Sophie Wilson (sophie.wilson@kcl.ac.uk). Please include your name, email address and/or phone number, and which organisation you heard from us through.

Due to limited spaces, we may not be able to offer a place at the workshop for everybody who registers. However, we strongly encourage people to register their interest so that we can create a list of people who are interested in upcoming projects and events.

Please note that you will be financially reimbursed for your time and lunch as well as refreshments will be provided.

We will make every effort to accommodate everyone that wants to attend. If you have any concerns about not being able, for any reason, to participate in the workshop, but would like to, please let us know and we will work together to try and find a solution."