Your Voice Matters
Share your views on developing a North Wales Recovery College
A Recovery College will offer free courses aimed at enhancing mental health and wellbeing for everyone, including service users, carers, professionals, and community members. These courses are co-designed and led by individuals with lived experience, promoting hope, empowerment, and meaningful connections.
There is a recovery college in Cardiff, and you can click on the link below to find out more information –
We have scheduled four in-person events in your local area:
- St Paul’s Church Hall, Craig-y-Don – 2nd May, 9.30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Pwllheli Felin Fach – 7th May, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Llangefni Capel Ebeneser – 8th May, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
- Wrexham Wellbeing Hub – 15th May, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
You can book your place by scanning the QR code in the image above or completing our booking form by clicking here
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division, Caniad and Co-Production Network Wales are presently organising multiple engagement events across North Wales in November
We would like to invite people with Lived Experience of Mental Health Services, Learning and disabilities, Carers/Supporters in North Wales to come along and be involved at the events to help look at:
· How can we get better at listening to the people we serve?
· How can we build better community and service user relationships?
· What do we need to do to create honest and safe communications channels and spaces?
Your Voice, Experience and Knowledge are needed to develop and guide a new Service User and Carer Engagement and Involvement Strategy that embraces these questions and more.
The strategy is the plan for how people with lived experience and carers and learning disabilities can contribute, as partners, to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of Mental Health Services in North Wales
This is an ambitious project and needs as many people as possible with lived or living experience of Mental Health Services to be involved in its development.
Please do get in touch as well if you would like to hear more about the events or any other activities.
Please feel free to contact us at caniad@caniad.org.uk or BCU.Ican@wales.nhs.uk
Build a Bench with CoedLleol (SmallWoods) – September 2024
Core training sessions 2024-2025
Registration links for the course are below.
Ar Y Dibyn workshops beginning September 2024!
Ar y Dibyn provides a platform for individuals to connect, express themselves, and find community through the Welsh language, particularly those impacted by addiction and their loved ones. Creative workshops and support sessions are set to commence from 19/09/24 in the Maesgeirchen Youth and Community Centre in Gwynedd. To inquire further, contact niaskyrme@theatr.com.
Caniad catch-ups begin!
Caniad catch-ups have now started in North Wales, with our last one tomorrow in Colwyn Bay. Please come along to the next ones in your area.
Come along to find out what services are in your area. Staff will be there to help with your time banking and new volunteer opportunities.
Caniad catch up table
New! Caniad Catch-ups
We will be switching our Big Chats to monthly Catch-ups. These sessions will take place in the first week of every month and are specifically for those signed up or wanting to sign up to the service and will include:
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Feedback on substance misuse and mental health services
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News updates
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Events and activities in your area
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Involvement opportunities
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Training opportunities
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Expense, time banking forms available for completing and submitting
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The power of stories: share yours!
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Designated area for finding out what support is available locally
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Peer support
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Guest speakers (not at every session)
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‘Question of the month’
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Refreshments
Please contact the coordinator in your area for further details:
Central Coordinator
Matthew Mosely: matthew.moseley@caniad.org.uk 07458017575
East Coordinator
Mel Williams: mel.williams@caniad.org.uk 07970 432987
West Coordinators
Kay Wheeler: Kay.Wheeler@caniad.org.uk 07487271310
Mhairi Allardice: mhairi.allardice@caniad.org.uk 07377886450
We look forward to seeing you at the first Welcome Catch-up!
Caniad catch-ups
Question of the Month: April 2024
We wanted to hear your thoughts on our Question of the month:
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How can public services best meet the needs of autistic people?
The NHS says there is an “avalanche of need” over autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but the system in place to cope with increasing demand for assessments and treatments will not be able to cope.
Moving On In My Recovery (MOIMR) Update: April 2024
Rowley’s Lane –Groups are face to face and for service users already known to Flintshire SMS only. Groups are usually run on a Monday. We do not take referrals for this group; if you have any queries about this group, please contact zoe.aldcroft@wales.nhs.uk.
Penrhyn House (North Wales Recovery Centre) –Groups run on Thursdays from 10am – 12pm at Penrhyn House. They also run an MOIMR group on Anglesey which runs on Thursdays from 2.00 – 4.00pm. Both groups can be accessed face to face and online. The groups run consecutively, and service users can join at any time during the groups run. Penrhyn House asks that service users contact them direct on 01248 352771 if they want to access groups there. More info on the range of activities available at Penrhyn House can be found here – Our Services – North Wales Recovery Communities (northwalesrc.org).
Conwy SMS –Groups run on Wednesdays at the Dawn Centre from 11.00 – 1.00. Their latest group started on Wednesday 14th February. Groups are face to face and primarily for service users already known to Conwy SMS, but they do accept referrals for people living in Conwy who aren’t known to the SMS service.
Online Group –The latest group started on Thursday 15th February. This group runs every Thursday 2pm – 4.30pm and is accessed online via zoom. It is closed to new referrals but we are holding a wait list for the next group. I don’t have dates for this group as yet.
Attendants must be sober when attending meetings. If they are not yet abstinent from alcohol or illicit substances, then they do need to be highly motivated to do so and be able to attend whilst not being under the influence of alcohol or illicit substances.
If possible, it is a huge help if you can give us clients email addresses as well as telephone numbers on the referral forms. This enables us to make contact and signpost service users to some online resources whilst they wait for new groups to start.
For more information on MOIMR and what the groups entail have a look at our website – Home | Moving On In My Recovery (moving-on.uk)
Please submit your referrals for MOIMR to me – louise.pickering@adferiad.org and please specify which group your client is interested in. If you have any queries, feel free to drop me an email.
If you have any referrals for our CAMFA service which offers one to one counselling support for people with substance/alcohol issues or those who are affected by a loved one’s substance misuse issues, please can they be sent to enquiries@adferiad.org
