Talking Mental Health Day 13th May

Good networking today at the 'Talking Mental Health' Day run by Solent NHS Trust (hosted by Oasis Centre, Arundel St). Very well attended by lots of different groups in Portsmouth, very encouraged to see delegates acknowledging the need is for getting information out there. It's still a difficult thing to talk about but raising awareness is the first step.

I was there as part of the GMHC with Carolyn Barber, and I spoke about Beating the Blues, community sing at Eastney CC on Wednesday mornings. Well, I spoke more about the benefits of singing and mental health, getting all the delegates to be aware of their breathing, listen to their own voice and then to each other, combining voice and movement (body)... they rocked!
I did actually forget to talk about the group and the fact that we do taster sessions and outreach... however, managed to get DIVERSITY, MINDFULLNESS, LIFEMUSIC precepts (Everyone is Musical and the are No Wrong Notes!), and most importantly got everyone to experience what I was talking about by having a go.
Solent NHS Trust will cover it in their press release, a few people expressed interest in coming along to BTB and a guy was interested learning how to do vocal work in the community, which is all good.

http://goodmentalhealth.org.uk/human-library-events/