Mental Health Support & Friendship
Trowbridge Service Users Group
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust is looking to recruit 10 Service User Expert By Experience to the newly forming Trustwide Service User Expert By Experience Group. “Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) aspires to achieve a Continue reading Service User Expert By Experience Group
Today Grace from Creative Minds brought in loads of watercolour resources for us to make sealife pictures with. There were large photos of different creatures, a variety of different watercolour media and a selection of papers to paint on. Everyone Continue reading Watercolours with Grace
Today we had fun making prints using the natural pigments of leaves. We folded pieces of unbleached cotton in half, sandwiching the leaves between the two layers of fabric. Then we laid the fabric on a wooden block and hit Continue reading Leaf printing
This week we recycled empty cereal boxes into positive postcards to keep for ourselves, send to someone or swap with another group member. Positive postcards involve decorating one side of the postcard and writing a positive message on the other Continue reading Positive Postcards
On Thursday we had our first open session at the Community Hub in the Shires which was a huge success on so many levels. Firstly, I would like to say a big thank you to those group members that turned Continue reading From the Hub to Pride
So, we are at the Community Hub in the Shires to talk to those that walk in about Trowbridge Service Users Group and as a meeting point for Group members to meet for social engagements Continue reading Community and Mental Health
Today Mark brought in a selection of yarn, instructions for Scandinavian yarn dolls and God’s eyes, crochet hooks and pom pom makers for our monthly full day drop-in of creativity and chat. God’s eyes were the most popular activity, with Continue reading Woolly Fun!
For June 2019 and hopefully beyond Trowbridge Service Users Group will be in the Hub from 12:30pm till 2:30pm every Thursday. During this Session you can drop in and ask questions about Trowbridge Users Group unlike the main session which Continue reading Taking Over Trowbridge Community Hub
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Soundwell Music Therapy Trust. If you would know to know a bit more about what music therapy is, Soundwell have some great information just here. Hannah and Ellie arrived and Continue reading Music Therapy
Today we had lots of fun playing and experimenting with watercolours. There was no need to be able to draw, paint or have any particular artistic skills, it was all about trying out new (to us) materials, tools and techniques Continue reading Playing with Watercolours