Here's the Oldham edition of our wellbeing column for the months of December and January, going into the new year!
This edition we're talking about our Festive Appeal for The Big 40, the benefits of Volunteering, and giving some advice on staying warm and well during the winter season!
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Here's the Tameside edition of our wellbeing column for the months of December and January, going into the new year!
This edition we're discussing great ways to keep yourself well during these tough and cold winter months, talking about our Big 40 Festive Appeal, and the benefits of volunteering!
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For the month of December, the Picture of Health is Christmas! There are loads of ways to stay well this winter!
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For more information visit www.tameside.gov.uk/health, email publichealth.enquiries [at] tameside.gov.uk or visit Facebook Healthy Tameside.
For the month of November, the Picture of Health is Men's Health! There are loads of ways to get active, take a look at some below!
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For more information visit www.tameside.gov.uk/health, email publichealth.enquiries [at] tameside.gov.uk or visit Facebook Healthy Tameside.
For World Mental Health Day we introduced our new and upcoming #TOGZineClub that will be coming soon to the Topaz Café!
What are Zines?
Zines are small magaZINES that people of all ages can make to voice thoughts and feelings, describing personal experiences whilst offering comfort, support and inclusion to others who may be experiencing the same. Zines are a great way to visualise your thoughts and feelings through drawing!
Creative workshops for young people are being planned to be held in Topaz Café, we held a taster on World Mental Health Day with some lovely Zines that had been kindly donated by established Zine makers, we also had people have a go at making ones themselves to help grow our library and they were fantastic!
If you're interested in coming up with your very own zines we'd love if you would be able to donate them so we can add them to our gallery! If you'd like to donate anything you could come by our Ashton Wellbeing Centre or you could send us an email at deborahparkinson [at] togmind.org (subject: %23TOGZineClub%20-%20) .
Take a look at some of our fantastic Zines below:
Please come and join us in the Topaz Café on Wednesday October 10th and give yourself a gift of 20 minutes on World Mental Health Day.
Temple Spa Taster
Enjoy a 20 minute spa experience from Temple Spa including a luxury guided spa facial or hand massage. You’ll be transported to the Mediterranean with the aromas and textures of our spa and aromatherapy inspired, results-driven skincare. Giving you the perfect tool to “spa wherever you are” and most importantly to live, breathe and love who you are.
To guarantee a place, please click on the time slot that you would like to attend:
Mindfulness Taster
Enjoy a 20 minute mindfulness taster session with Liz. If you have never tried this before, take some time to come and give it a go!
Mindfulness helps to increase our self-awareness by teaching us how to live in the present moment by connecting with our senses. It helps us to approach our daily lives with curiosity and patience, whilst practicing non-judgement. This can help to reduce feelings of stress and anxiety and can increase our emotional wellbeing.
To guarantee a place, please click on the time slot of when you would like to attend:
Fabulous Food!
Enjoy one of two fabulous meals in the café with a complimentary hot drink or juice for just £2.50.
(And there's no need to book!)
And finally...
Introducing #TOGZineClub
Zines are coming soon to our café!
Zines are small magaZINES that people of all ages can make to voice thoughts and feelings, describing personal experiences whilst offering comfort, support and inclusion to others who may be experiencing the same.
Creative workshops for young people are being planned to be held in Topaz Café but in the mean time come along on WMHD and have a look at some of the lovely Zines that have been kindly donated by established Zine makers and have a go at making one yourself to help grow our library!
World Mental Health Day - Thank You
Thank you to everyone who joined in on the day and helped make the day as fantastic as it was. Our Mindfulness and Spa sessions went great and we hope everyone enjoyed taking part. A big thank you to everyone who took part in our #TOGZineClub, either reading through the library we have, or even making your own amazing zines!
Here are a few great pictures from the day:
Here's the Oldham edition of our wellbeing column for the months of October & November!
This edition we're talking World Mental Health Day, International Men's Day, Self-care week, and Young People & Mental Health in an ever changing world!
Here's the Tameside & Glossop edition of our wellbeing column for the months of October & November!
This edition we're talking World Mental Health Day, International Men's Day, Self-care week, and Young People & Mental Health in an ever changing world!
Oldham Photographers Opens Shutters on Mental Health.
Oldham Photographer Lisa Marie Gee (47), proprietor of Studio G Photography, is set to open her first exhibition in the community space at Gallery Oldham in September.
The exhibition, entitled Open Shutters, is a series of photographic portraits of men and women who live with a range mental health issues. As well as summoning up the confidence to talk about their mental health, the subject of every portrait says that they have turned their illness into a positive.
We are very proud to be supporting the Open Shutter’s project and can’t wait to attend a brilliant community day on World Mental Health Day at the gallery as well – on the 10th October. We’ll be there with information about our services, engaging and interactive workshops, as well as answering your questions, and being there to see the powerful images.
The idea for the project came from Lisa’s own experience of a breakdown and her ongoing battle with depression and anxiety. Lisa said:
“I think the changing climate, in which talking about mental illness is becoming more and more acceptable, is fantastic, and I’d like to pay tribute to the leadership shown by Princes William and Harry in this area. However, I wanted to take it even further, and show that from the undeniable sadness and challenges of mental illness can come new strength, changes in direction, and greater empathy for the suffering of others.”
The portrait subjects say they found taking part and knowing they are not alone beneficial. Acoustic Consultant Susan Witterick, from Dobcross, said:
“This is great. I think even just being able to talk about mental illness is a huge step forward but being able to say it’s been a positive in our lives - that’s huge. It could offer hope to so many who are struggling.”
And Sarah Wait from Royton, a barrister currently seeking pupillage, added:
“I feel like I’m in a gang for the first time in my life.”
Lisa is currently looking for more volunteers to take part in the project.
“We want the project to represent all parts of society. So far, we don’t have any portraits of people from the Asian community and we’d like to be able to put that right.”
Anyone interested in Open Shutters can contact Studio G Photography at openshutters [at] studiog-oldham.co.uk or ring 0161 300 6224.
The project also has a website at - www.openshutters.org.uk and the event on Facebook has now launched, check it out here.
For more information about TOG Mind and the services that we offer you can visit our website www.togmind.org or you can call 0161 330 9223 where we will be happy to help.
This is the Oldham edition of our wellbeing column for the months of August & September!
This edition we're talking about the Café, Schools, and Training!
