Advocacy In Wirral

First Annual APEx 4 Mile Road Race

Advocacy in Wirral have announced the inaugural annual 4 Mile Road Race to celebrate World Mental Health Day on 10 October, 2010.


Full details, plus an enrolment form, can be found here.  The race takes place along the coast at Leasowe, and offers a great way to celebrate World Mental Health Day 2010.

 

Food4GoodMood Cafe Now Open!

Following a successful trial earlier this summer, Advocacy in Wirral's Food4GoodMood Cafe has re-opened it's doors to happy customers in Victoria Central Hospital, Wallasey.

The cafe offers a wide range of food and drink designed around the idea that what we eat can affect our mood.  There's plenty of science to back this up, and as a mental health charity we're pleased to be providing a new service that we're sure will be popular with visitors to the community hospital.

Cafe manager Lisa Shaw is looking forward to developing the range of soups, sandwiches, cakes and pastries on offer.

Pictured here (from left to right) are cafe assistants Tracey Wallace and Helen Gore, together with Lisa.

The cafe will be part of AiW's social enterprise, Building Bridges, and the hope is that it will create jobs at the same time as providing extra income to our charity.

Feedback after the earlier trial has been taken on board, and the cafe now offers a full range of speciality coffees, including cappucino, espresso and latte, which is sure to be a hit with visitors.

So, why not pop by and sample the fare?  The cafe can be found on the first floor at VCH in Mill Lane, Wallasey and is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 3pm.  Follow the smell of freshly-baked cakes and you won't go far wrong!

 

AiW Launches Building Bridges

Building Bridges is a new Social Enterprise set up by Advocacy in Wirral to develop a new range of services built around the theme of mental health recovery.

Thanks to a grant from the Social Enterprise Investment Fund, we've been able to consult on the future work of Building Bridges, and are currently finalising a business plan.  As part of the consultation, we've commissioned four short adverts, (based around the Ways to Mental Well-being promoted by the New Economics Foundation).

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Fundraising Event for AiW

Tickets are now on sale for the first of a series of fund-raising events organised to support the work of Advocacy in Wirral.

Former lead singer and songwriter for The Icicle Works, Ian McNabb will be performing on Saturday 11 September 2010 at Tallulah's Late Lounge in New Brighton, Wirral.

Tickets are available from Ant Keilty at Advocacy in Wirral - telephone 0151 650 1530 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - priced at £10 each, or you can pay onthe door (subject to capacity) for £12.

Don't miss what promises to be an exciting night - get your tickets now, before they sell out!

 

Eating Disorder Support Group

Reflect, the eating disorder support group, has been running for 7 weeks now and has already proven its success.

There are 7 people attending on a regular basis, all of whom have a variety of issues ranging from self-starvation to overeating and self-purging. As part of a monitoring exercise, attendees completed questionnaires after 6 weeks. Some positive comments have included:

“The group is amazing and provides inspiration”

“It’s fantastic – lovely to speak to other people in a similar position”

“The weekly meetings are very supportive”

Reflect meets every Tuesday at 4.30pm at Unit 66, Woodside Business Park, Shore Road, Birkenhead, CH41 1El

For more details, contact Michelle Paton on 0151 650 1530 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it