Derbyshire Voluntary Action are delighted to share our third Network Newsletter Home Edition. We hope you find it packed full of useful information.
As always, we remain committed to supporting our voluntary sector, and we hope that the information shared in this newsletter allows you to feel connected to what is happening within our communities in Derbyshire.
You can view our Network Home Edition – Issue 3 HERE or download the PDF
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Comedy For Coping
Using stand up comedy to build, maintain & retain good mental health.
In a recent study 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point in the last year they felt overwhelmed/unable to cope (according to Mental Health Foundation). 40% of men say they’re simply unable talk about their mental health (according to Priory Group). This is something Dave understands well.
As a teenager he developed anorexia – it developed rather than began becoming his normality over time. He didn’t realise he had a problem. Eventually when he did, he was so overwhelmed he couldn’t find the words to explain what was going on.
Being a professional comic Dave used the tools at his disposal – humour. His “hilariously entertaining” (Mail On Sunday) approach sensitively used comedy to help him understand, accept and explain his eating disorder while informing, educating & entertaining people about mental health.
Dave now wants to do the same for others. Working with academics from King’s College London, The University Of Nottingham and The University Of Kent he’s designed a 6 week online comedy course aimed at people with experience of mental health problems.
The course is fully funded by Derbyshire County Council so that it’s free to participants and will be delivered through the award-winning Midlands Based Charity First Steps. This is all to help stop the suffering of so many people while also providing some much-needed light relief.
Stand Up to Mental Health Recovery
First Steps are now looking for people to try this innovative, enlightening and exciting new recovery method. This free course starts in January and is recruiting now. Start dates include: Tuesday 19th January at 7pm (and every Tuesday for six weeks) or Wednesday 20th January at 6.30pm (and every Wednesday for six weeks)
So if you want to build confidence, communication and connection and have a history of mental ill health please email info@DaveChawner.co.uk or info@firststepsed.co.uk
Become a Falls Friend in your Coffee Break!
Available FREE to individuals, groups and communities across Derbyshire!
In 20 minutes, this whistle-stop workshop will introduce you to the causes and consequences of falls and will equip you with some strategies to reduce your own falls risk and that of the people you care for.
Falls can have long-term consequences and not just for the person who has fallen…so grab a coffee or tea and a large piece of cake and join Age UK Derby and Derbyshire for an informative session!
You’ll receive a badge and a certificate; all that is asked of you, is that you continue to talk about falls risks with family and friends and help to reduce the incidence of falls in your community.
For more information and to book a session for you or your organisation please email:Sue Sheldon and Lindsey Coombs at: fallsawareness@ageukdd.org.uk
Telephone: 07875 427921 (Sue) or 07745 273333 (Lindsey)
Community groups tackling loneliness to benefit from £4m fund
Local Connections Fund will be open to charities and interest groups that reduce social isolation.
Book clubs, walking groups and other community projects will be able to apply for a £4 million fund designed to help reduce loneliness in the coming months.
The Local Connections Fund – made up of £2 million from the Government and £2 million from The National Lottery Community Fund – will be used for hundreds of small grants worth between £300 and £2,500.
These investments are designed to help local organisations bring people and communities together as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Local Connections Fund will be split into two rounds of funding – each with its own application window, one in January 2021 and one in the summer 2021.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/community-groups-tackling-loneliness-to-benefit-from-4m-fund
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Training & Tea
Here’s the booking link for all these funded courses: http://ow.ly/1GN550CFTeu
Winter Top Tips Advent Calendar
An online advent calendar has been launched, by Joined Up Care Derbyshire, containing winter top tips for Derbyshire residents, and health and social care staff.
The calendar will feature 24 top tips on social media platforms, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook during December. The campaign aims to encourage residents and colleagues to take an active role in staying safe and well this winter against a backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This has been an unprecedented year and we want the people of Derbyshire to be fighting fit this winter, observe the government’s hands, face, space messages and seek help when they need it from the most appropriate NHS service, whether it’s pharmacy, GP, Urgent Treatment Centre, NHS 111 or the Emergency Department (ED).
Residents and health and social colleagues are being encouraged to share the calendar with their friends and family to ‘spread the word in Derbyshire’ and to share their story and tell us how they’re staying safe and well this winter.
Joined Up Care Derbyshire is a partnership of health and social care organisations in Derbyshire working together to improve care and services for Derbyshire residents.
Follow Joined Up Care Derbyshire online at:
www.instagram.com/joinedupcarederbyshire
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Community Response Unit Christmas Opening Times
The CRU is there to help if you have no family, friends or neighbours who can support you.
Or call: 01629 535091
The opening hours of the Derbyshire County Council Community Response (CRU) Unit over the 2020 Christmas period are:
