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Open Day at ARCH Recovery College

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MAIN attended ARCH Recovery’s Open Day

ARCH Recovery College opened their doors to professionals this morning and we attended to find out more about their services.

ARCH Recovery offer courses based on recovery principles and are co-produced by people with lived experience of mental health-related issues. This is open to any resident of County Durham and no diagnosis is needed. You can get in touch by calling 0191 4510890 or email TEWV.recoverycollege@nhs.net 

Courses are group discussions on student’s recovery journey’s and cover Mindfulness for Stress, Recovery- The New Me, Walking for Wellbeing and more.

ARCH Recovery Online is available to anyone in the world and is free. They have a large platform of e-learning courses which include strategies towards wellbeing www.recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/

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Fundraising Night: Drag Night 28th September 2024

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Jovial Monk hosted a Drag Night to help raise money for MAIN

Jovial Monk has nominated MAIN as their charity of the year and held a new event for everyone to join in. Jovial Monk put on a drag night on 28th September and raised a total of £693.62 !!

Thank you so much for supporting our charity

 

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Mental Health Workshops

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Here to Help: Emotional Recognition & Management Sessions

MAIN are working in collaboration with St John of God to offer workshops to promote understanding of self and learning strategies.

MAIN will be delivering some sessions in October 

Monday 7th October 11am-1pm : Understanding Sadness

Friday 18th October 1am-12pm: Promoting Joy

Monday 21st October 10am-12pm: Understanding Anger

Drop in Sessions 

Friday 4th October 12:30pm-2:30pm: Understanding Yourself

Friday 11th October 12pm-2pm: Accessing Mental Health Support

Monday 14th October 12pm-2pm: Promoting Joy

Monday 30th October 10am-12pm: Increasing Hope (Online via Microsoft Teams)

All sessions are suitable for anyone aged 14+ years.

Location: MAIN, The Finlay Cooper Centre, Elizabeth Terrace, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6EN

You can access more information, resources and support here

Please contact us if you would like more information and to book on

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Mental Health Awareness Day-10th October 2024

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Join MAIN for our Mental Health Walk

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Update 11.10.24 – MAIN’s staff went on a shorter walk around North Ormesby due to the bad weather

We would love to see parents/carers join us for our Mental Health lunch walk for Mental Health Awareness Day.  We will be leaving at 11:30am, TS3 6EN, to Albert Park and back. Let’s get walking and chatting!

Refreshments on return.

 

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MAIN – DIY SOS

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The Teesside Family Foundation and MAIN Finlay Cooper Centre DIY SOS

We are aiming to help bring the Finlay Cooper centre in North Ormesby to completion, this will be used by thousands of Children and young adults with Autism for many many years to come.

The building is currently 60% complete, funds have dried up and it needs A LOT of work.

With your help we hope to make this amazing building 100% complete.

Together we can make a difference.

 

Read the full article on the Teesside Family Foundation website

 

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