Scoop November 2009
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*Thursday 26 November 2009, Clive Stafford Smith, Torture and the Secret Prisons | *Thursday 26 November 2009, Clive Stafford Smith, Torture and the Secret Prisons | ||
+ | ==Learn to be a Mental Health First Aider - FREE 2-DAY TRAINING COURSES IN NORWICH== | ||
+ | One in four of us experiences a serious mental health problem at some point in our lives. Anxiety, depression, extreme mood-swings, addictions, eating disorders, and sometimes frightening-sounding labels like ‘schizophrenia’ or bi-polar’… | ||
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+ | These aren’t things that anonymous “other people” go through; these are the experiences of people we know, work with, live with. | ||
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+ | The biggest difference we can make – for others and for ourselves – is not to remain in ignorance of such everyday mental and emotional distress. | ||
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+ | MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID courses teach you the basic skills necessary to support others (and yourself) at times of crisis. | ||
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+ | *25 - 26 NOVEMBER……MILE CROSS | ||
+ | *8 - 9 DECEMBER……….BOWTHORPE | ||
+ | *15 - 16 DECEMBER…….CITY CENTRE | ||
+ | *12 - 13 JANUARY………HEARTSEASE | ||
+ | *26 – 27 JANUARY……...LAKENHAM | ||
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+ | EACH COURSE RUNS OVER TWO DAYS, IS FREE OF CHARGE AND LEADS TO A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CERTIFICATE | ||
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+ | MIND FIRST AID is a programme of Norwich Mind | ||
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+ | Further details from Simon Barker or Sarah Ingram, 01603 496388 mindfirstaid@norwichmind.org.uk | ||
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