Ethnicity and Use of the Mental Health act conference
24th May 2010 / London
Friends House
173-177 Euston Road
London NW1 2BJ
This one day event will focus on the exploration of some of the following questions:
• How should we interpret these findings?
• Is racism the main issue behind the fact that some BME groups are over represented in terms of admission and detention rates and also the increased use of certain diagnostic categories such as schizophrenia?
• Should we be focusing on understanding and learning why certain BME groups are not over represented?
• Have the changes to the Mental Health Act been detrimental or helpful? To whom?
Who Should attend?
This conference will be relevant to anyone in the field of mental health and social care. Also, officers from local authorities and NHS trusts across the UK, mental health professionals and practitioners, including Approved Mental Health Professionals, charities, third sector, educational establishments, the legal profession, academics and policy makers. Limited free places are available to service users and carers.
Please contact Ahmed Qureshi (Conference Co-ordinator)
Tel: 07540 356 526 Email:
Correspondence: PO BOX 61129, London E3 9AY, UK.
BREAK THE SILENCE
Friday 4th December 2009 5.00-9.30pm
Vestry Hall, Burngreave Road,Sheffield
The African Peer Education Project invite you to the ‘Break the Silence’event commemorating World AIDS Day with African Communities.Food and drink will be served and there will be a variety of multi-cultural performances.
INFORMATION STALLS, DRAMA, DANCE, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC AND DJ’SGUEST SPEAKERS, FASHION SHOW
For more information please contact:The African Peer Education Project, Centre for HIV & Sexual Health,22 Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield S10 2BATel: 0114 226 1900 e-mail:
www.africaninsheffield.co.uk
Can we make a difference?
A one day conference exploring hate and hidden crime.
The conference aims to provide delegates with the opportunity to hearfrom and question practitioners working on a range of initiatives totackle hate and hidden crime.Hatred is a strong term that goes beyond simply causing offence orhostility. Hate crime is any criminal offence committed against a personor property that is motivated by an offender's hatred of someonebecause of their:• race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or national origins• religion• gender identity• sexual orientation• disability
Places at the event are limited to 100 delegates, so it is advisable toregister your interest early. There is a charge of £50+ VAT per delegate;this includes lunch, refreshments and a delegate pack as well as accessto a range of information from exhibitors at the event.
To make a booking:
Email:
Or telephone the Community Safety Service on: (01226) 774950
Completed booking forms should be returned to:
Community Safety Service
Beevor Court 2
Pontefract Rd
Barnsley
S71 1HG
BARNSLEY Metropolitan Borough CouncilAbout
Hear, Women Poets, Here
St George’s Church,
Mappin Street, S1
Wednesday 8th October 7.15pm -9.00pm
Tickets £4.00/£3.00 (cons).
Elizabeth Barrett, Liz Cashdan, Debjani Chatterjee, Nell Farrell, Sally Goldsmith, Geraldine Monk, Ann Sansom & River Wolton
When Carol Ann Duffy became the first female Poet Laureate she dedicated her appointment to ‘women poets everywhere’. To celebrate this and National Poetry Day come and hear some of this region’s finest women poets
combine their talents to celebrate the passion, energy and intelligence behind women’s poetry now. Free! An anthology of the participating poets’ work is available as a special edition in this quarter’s Inky. Copies are available on request from
Advance booking for the performance can be made by emailing:
or Tel. 0114 253 6722 (ansaphone, please state name of event). This event is co-sponsored by the University of Sheffield School of English - organisers of the New Ground poetry readings featuring Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Ciaran Carson. Organised by Signposts - A literature development project funded by Arts Council England.
MEN’S HEALTH DAY
THURSDAY 1st OCTOBER 10.00am to 3pm
Verdon Recreational Centre, Verdon Street,Burngreave, Sheffield, S3 9QN.
Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Whitfield, Professor of Health Economicsand Management and Director of the Centre for Health and SocialCare Research at Sheffield Hallam University.
Free Hallall LunchTransllatorrs avaiillablle
If you would like further information, please contact Richard Belbinat The-Furnival on 0114 272 7497 or Aziz Muthana at HealthMatters in Burngreave on 0114 292 0464WORKSHOPS· Diabetes· Cancer· Sexual Health· Stress ManagementSTALLS· Healthy Eating· 5 A Day· Stop Smoking· Keep Warm· Free Health Check
FREE 7 week course Community Interpreting
Are you fluent in English and another language spoken in South Yorkshire?Do you want to develop your awareness of community interpreting?Are interested in acting as a voluntary or paid interpreter?If your answer to any of these questions is YES, this course may be for you.
THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THESE MAIN AREAS: Awareness of the work of a community interpreter Awareness of the provision of public services in the local area Awareness of basic terminology relating to public services The course includes case studies, practical work and written assessment tasks.
How to applyFor applications, please contact Refugee Support at Old Coroner’s Court BusinessCentre 14 –38 Nursery street Sheffield S3 8GG or phone 01142675250.Closing date for the return of applications: Friday 9th October.Successful applicants will be invited to our induction/assessment day on Saturday17th October 2009 from 10am-12pm
For further information please contact Marion Boyd on 01142753803This course is funded by the Big Lottery and will be delivered for The Station Foyer by theWorkers’ Educational Association (WEA)
Showing The Wolf Inside Film
On 14th October at 3pm, the St. Thomas’ Lupus Trust will be showing the film ‘The Wolf Inside’. The film is about lupus patient N’Deaye Ba’s struggle with lupus in what was to be the last months of her life, she died aged just 32.
N’Deaye was an actress and regularly appeared on television in programmes such as Trial & Retribution and her final programme, Jericho with Robert Lindsay.
The film is very personal, sad and moving and shows N’Deaye’s battle with no holds barred. It also shows the relationship between N’Deaye and her mother, Christina who at the same time was fighting leukaemia.
If you would like to come along and see the film please contact the St. Thomas’ Lupus Trust fundraising office on 020 7188 3562 ore-mail for tickets. The tickets are free but we will take a collection afterwards to cover the room hire.
On Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th of September 2009, from 11.00am to 6.00pm at Rosehill Park, Rawmarsh will host the One Town, One Community – World Musical Festival for the first time. As part of the Rotherham Show the Brass, Folk and Diversity Festivals will come together to deliver a unique programme of music, food and dance from around the world.
A free park and ride service will be in operation from Herringthorpe Playing Fields and Ryecroft Sports Ground, Rawmarsh. The bus from Herringthorpe will also pick up in the town centre on Wharncliffe Street (next to RCAT). For full details see the Herringthorpe timetable and the Ryecroft timetable.
The event is being organised by the Rotherham Diversity Festival group and Rotherham Arts. This year the group is looking for volunteers, community artists, dancers and musicians to get involved in this years’ festival.
‘The One World Festival is a free event that is open to anybody to come and enjoy workshops, community stalls, arts and craft workshops and an opportunity to meet with and learn about diverse cultures in Rotherham’ (Taiba Yasseen – Chairperson Rotherham Diversity Festival Group)
If you would like to get involved or receive information, please contact Imran and Rachel on 01709 720 744 or email
Support the Sickle Cell Society charity walk on 19th September!
Support the Sickle Cell Society charity walk on 19th September by taking part on the day, or you can donate through the Just Giving fundraising page. http://www.justgiving.com/jenneffer-dennis/
The Dovedale and Bunster Hill walk is 8.5 miles (allow 5 hours). We kick off from Dovedale car park at 12.30. The car park is situated equidistant from Thorpe and IIam, northwest of Ashbourne and 4km west of the A515. Grid Reference 147 508. Izaak Walton Hotel is near the start and finish.
Thanks so very much for whatever you can give, and please check out the Sickle Cell Society site: www.sicklecellsociety.org
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now....and make sure you tick the Gift Aid box so the charity gets the maximum benefit!
“AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE” THERAPY GROUP”
Date: Tuesday 6th October 2009
Time: 9.30am – 2.00pm
Venue: New Life Centre 103 Canklow Road, Rotherham S60 2JF
The event has been organised in a partnership between NHS Rotherham, Yorkshire andHumber Improvement Partnership (YHIP) and Apna Haq, to celebrate and share the goodpractice.
Speakers include Suman Fernando a retired mental health psychiatrist who hadbeen involved in developing mental health and social care services for BME people in UK andKhalida H Ashrafi from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Rani Moorthy, a writerand performer
This is a FREE event and is open to ……………..Anyone who has an interest in mental health care, for example: IAPTS, commissioners,voluntary and community organisations, heads of service, STR workers, crisis assessmentand home treatment teams, clinicians, carer’s organisations, young peoples services, equalityand diversity leads, community cohesion teams, spiritual and pastoral care leads.
To book a place, please contact:Elaine BarnesCommunity Development Worker, NHS RotherhamTel: 01709 308961, Mobile: 07880785067
New bilingual asthma information available from Asthma UK
Asthma UK has developed two bilingual booklets to help South Asian people who have received emergency care for an asthma attack.
‘After your Asthma Attack' and ‘After your Child's Asthma Attack', previously only available in English, are now available in Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu.
The booklets include a section - to be filled in by the healthcare professional with the patient or carer - on what medicines should be taken in the first few days following an attack, and how to keep asthma under control following an attack.
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