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Today’s Session Update! 🌟

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Today we were joined by Emma and her team from the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities team to learn all about the Community Advocacy Service. 💬 We had an informative presentation about advocacy — what it is, how it helps, and what it means to us. 🧠💚 We also learned about the amazing support that Dewis Advocacy provides, including:

✅ Helping people have their voice heard
✅ Supporting individuals to make their own choices
✅ Standing up for people’s rights
✅ Providing independent advocacy for adults with learning disabilities and those experiencing mental health challenges

A huge thank you to Emma and her team for such a great, engaging session! 🙌💙 Everyone really enjoyed learning more about advocacy and the important work Dewis CIL do in our communities. 💪🌈

Reconnect Through Music

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Wow, what an amazing session! We had over 25 songs, featuring classics from The Fugees, Phil Collins, George Ezra, Robbie Williams, and Ed Sheeran. Our members absolutely loved it! There was plenty of singing, dancing, and a delicious buffet lunch. It was wonderful seeing everyone have so much fun, and we even saw some new singers take the mic!

We also took some great photos to promote World Mental Health Day. Seeing everyone smile and connect through music was truly heartwarming. A massive THANK YOU to all our amazing volunteers – we couldn’t do it without you! See you all in two weeks!

Mental Health with Sad Dog

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This week, Sad Dog, a mental health and wellbeing organisation, came to visit Caerphilly People First to talk about mental health and suicide first-aid. We spoke about different types of mental health, and what is anxiety and what is stress. We also spoke about how people have different coping strategies and how stress isn’t a mental health condition. The feedback we had after the session was that members felt a better understanding of suicide and mental health and feel much more confident to have a conversation with someone. We also spoke about how we can approach friends or family and how to keep an eye on them. Thank you sad dog for taking your time to come and have a chat with us.

Mental Health Awareness Week

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Mental Health Awareness Week took place from Monday 9th May to Sunday 15th May, and this year’s theme was loneliness.  During the pandemic lots of people experienced loneliness, and sadly 1 in 4 adults will be affected by mental health problems during their lives. During Mental Health Awareness week, the CPF Reconnect Focus Group focused on their mental health and wellbeing by connecting with nature and the outdoors.  We spent some time digging, planting and painting; activities which are really good for physical and emotional wellbeing.  The group also took part in a wellbeing game and touched on what makes us sad, happy and angry. We finished off our session with a lovely walk in the sunshine.