Game Changers West Sussex is a lively interactive workshop, written and delivered by people with lived experience of mental health issues, which encourages the audience to think about their own mental wellbeing and talk openly about an issue which affects us all.

The workshop includes games, quizzes, personal testimony and group work. The lively, sporty approach makes it suitable for any audience including community groups, workplaces and sports teams.

The programme is being run through a partnership between Coastal West Sussex Mind and Albion in the Community and has been started with funding which has been raised in memory of Ryan Chapman.

The launch of this new programme will take place on Thursday 22 January from 6 to 8.30 at the Gateway, 8-10 Durrington Lane, Worthing. We would really like you to come to the launch so you can find out about what it will do and how you may be able to support this important work. Click here for more details on the invitation for Game Changers launch.

If you would like the Game Changers West Sussex to offer their unique workshop to your group free of charge, please contact: Caroline Orsola, Mental Health Project Coordinator on:

tel: 01273 878275 or 07880 195514

email: caroline.orsola@albioninthecommunity.org.uk

Remember if you’re struggling over the Christmas period, want to talk to somebody and cannot get hold of us, please ring:

Sussex Mental Healthline – 0300 5000 101

or

Samaritans -08457 909090

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The Gateway – Worthing

Monday 22 December  – 10am to 12 midday

Tuesday 23 December – 5pm to 7pm

Wednesday 24 December – 1pm to 3pm

Thursday 25 December – CHRISTMAS DAY – 10.30am to 3.30pm

Friday 26 December – BOXING DAY – CLOSED

Monday 29 December  – 10am to 12 midday

Tuesday 30 December – 5pm to 7pm

Wednesday 31 December – NEW YEAR’S EVE – 1pm to 3pm

Thursday 1^st January – NEW YEAR’S DAY – CLOSED

Community Services – Littlehampton

Monday 22^nd December – 1pm to 3pm

Tuesday 23rd December – 10am to 12 midday

Wednesday 24^th December – 1pm to 3pm

Thursday 25^th December – CHRISTMAS DAY – 10.30 to 3.30pm

Friday 26^th December – BOXING DAY – CLOSED

Monday 29^th December – 1pm to 3pm

Tuesday 30th December – 10am to 12 midday

Wednesday 31^st December – NEW YEAR’S EVE – 1pm to 3pm

Thursday 1^st January – NEW YEAR’S DAY – CLOSED

Friday 2^nd January – 10am to 12pm

Tea & Chat – Chichester

Monday 22^nd December – Normal 11.45 am until 4 pm

Wednesday 24^th December  – 10 am until 1 pm

Friday 26^th December – BOXING DAY – CLOSED

Monday 29th December – Normal 11.45 am until 4 pm

Wednesday 31st December – NEW YEAR’S EVE – 10 am until 1 pm

Friday 2^nd January  – Normal 11.45 am until 1 pm

Midhurst Group

Tuesday 23 December – normal opening hours

Thursday 25 December – CHRISTMAS DAY – CLOSED

Tuesday 30 December – normal opening hours

Our Cafe

Thursday 25 December – CHRISTMAS DAY – CLOSED

Friday 26 December – - BOXING DAY – CLOSED

Thursday 1 January – NEW YEAR’S DAY – CLOSED

Friday 2 January – CLOSED

JAC CLUB

Saturday 27 December – CLOSED

Saturday 3 January – Open as normal

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To be held on Monday evenings, 6pm to 8pm, for four consecutive weeks; 23rd February, 2nd March, 9th March, 16th March 2015 at St. Paul’s Centre, 55 Chapel Road, in Worthing’s Town Centre.

Places are FREE thanks to funding from West Sussex County Council’s Prevention and Wellbeing fund.

To find out more and book your place please contact Pat Hannigan on 01903 277011
pat.hannigan@coastalwestsussexmind.org

In the interview Jonny also talks about what a psychotic episode feels like and answers questions from readers. Here’s part of his advice: “It gets better. For a long time I felt like I would not recover, especially in those early weeks and months after my diagnosis. With the right medication and therapy I was able to get better. Writing was a great help to me during this time. It’s important to find an outlet, especially if you’re struggling to talk as I was. I also remember putting pressure on myself to recover quickly and to return to the normality I once knew; but neither of these are helpful at all. Everyone’s recovery is so individual and should be taken at their own pace. My motto was and still is, “fall down seven times, stand up eight” – it’s a Japanese proverb. Remember that you will eventually begin to feel well again.”

Read more in the full Guardian article

Game Changers West Sussex is a lively interactive workshop, written and delivered by people with lived experience of mental health issues, which encourages the audience to think about their own mental wellbeing and talk openly about an issue which affects us all.

The workshop includes games, quizzes, personal testimony and group work. The lively, sporty approach makes it suitable for any audience including community groups, workplaces and sports teams.

If you would like the Game Changers West Sussex to offer their unique workshop to your group free of charge, please contact:

Caroline Orsola, Mental Health Project Coordinator on 01273 878275 or 07880 195514 email: caroline.orsola@albioninthecommunity.org.uk

Managing Stressful Lives – Give yourself some ‘you’ time in preparation of the festive season by attending this workshop on Saturday 20 December from 11.00 to 3.30 pm.

Coping with the Winter Blues - This workshop offers a chance to look at ways you can beat those winter blues on Saturday 17 January from 11.00 to 3.00 pm.

Both workshops will take place in Central Brighton. For more information please Email info@mindout.org.uk or call Simon Campbell on 01273 234839.

Tuesday 13 January 1-4pm Crawley Library

Wednesday 14 January 1-4pm Regis Centre, Bognor Regis

Thursday 22 January 1-4pm, Gordon Room, Worthing Town Hall

For more details see the poster:

Participants had to sculpt the expression on to clay heads.   All involved had great fun working in pairs!  The heads will be on display at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester on 13 December. Pallant House Gallery