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Mapping Out & Supporting Hearing Voices Groups during the Pandemic

Mapping Out & Supporting Hearing Voices Groups during the Pandemic

January 4, 2021 | News | Share your views

Facilitating a peer support group during a pandemic isn’t easy. Whether or not you’ve found a way of meeting (online or in person) or keeping in touch with members, we want to hear how things are going and find out what we can do to be of use. As part of this project, funded by […]

Tags: Covid-19, Group Facilitation, Hearing Voices Groups, Peer Support

Online Hearing Voices Groups & Support

Online Hearing Voices Groups & Support

June 2, 2020 | News | Share your views

Despite the easing of lockdown, in-person Hearing Voice Groups remain suspended and no-one is sure when they will be able to open again. Whilst moving your group online, or beginning a new group online, can be a daunting process – there are now a handful of groups in the UK that we know about that […]

Tags: Hearing Voices Groups, Hearing Voices Network, Online Support, Peer Support

HVN Online Film Screening - 24 April, 6.30pm BST

HVN Online Film Screening – 24 April, 6.30pm BST

April 21, 2020 | Events | 2 Comments

Details of an online film evening, taking place on Friday 24 April at 18:30 BST. In these strange and difficult times, where isolation is the norm, examples of the power of community and connections can be powerful beacons of hope.

Tags: Community, Hearing Voices Groups, Online Event, Peer Support, Social Change

Covid-19: How can we support each other (and ourselves)?

Covid-19: How can we support each other (and ourselves)?

April 9, 2020 | News | Share your views

We are living in strange and difficult times, with the partial lockdown of our society and many struggling with the illness named Covid-19 (and loved ones lost). I don’t know about you, but for me the last few weeks have been a blur. The words Covid-19 have gone from being a worrying feature of news […]

Tags: Coping Strategies, Covid-19, Hearing Voices, Mutual Support, Peer Support, Trauma

Hearing Voices Group Facilitation Training in Birmingham

February 1, 2015 | Events | Share your views

With Jacqui Dillon Dates: 15th/22nd/ 29th April 2015 Venue: Rowan’s Court, 192 Herbert Road, Small Heath, B10 0PR. An experiential workshop for mental health staff and people with lived experience who want to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to facilitate a Hearing Voices Group.

Tags: Birmingham, Facilitation, Hearing Voices Groups, Peer Support, Training

Hearing Voices/Paranoia Group Facilitation Training in Preston

Hearing Voices/Paranoia Group Facilitation Training in Preston

January 9, 2015 | Events | 2 Comments

Would you like to facilitate a peer support group for people who hear voices, see visions, have unusual beliefs or paranoia?  Lancashire Care’s Early Intervention in Psychosis Team is bringing the Hearing Voices Network to Lancashire to establish a network of Hearing Voices / Paranoia / Unusual Beliefs Groups. The course, facilitated by Rai Waddingham, […]

Tags: Group Facilitation, Hearing Voices Groups, Lancashire, Peer Support, Training

Wanted: London Hearing Voices Project Manager (21 hrs)

September 25, 2014 | News

Mind in Camden is re-advertising the post of ‘Hearing Voices Projects Manager’. If you, or someone you know, is interested in this post – please let them know about it. Closing date is 3pm, 20 October. Previous applicants need not apply Please note: this is a job independent of HVN. Please contact Mind in Camden for […]

Tags: Employment, Job, London, Peer Support

Rufus May at Tyne Hearing Voices Gathering

June 16, 2012 | Events | Share your views

Do you hear voices? Would you like to get together with other people who hear voices? If so Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust are having a gathering at a local venue with guest speaker Rufus May on: Tuesday 19 June 2012, 10.00 – 3.00pm

Tags: Local Event, Newcastle, Peer Support, Rufus May

Whose Recovery Is It Anyway?

June 1, 2012 | Events | Share your views

Monday 21st February, Nottingham Torsten Shaw, from Nottingham’s Making Waves, is organising an event give provide an opportunity to discuss what has become of ‘recovery’ and what is happening to the concept of peer support. Both ideas originate from survivors of psychiatric services. Do we need to reclaim them, rename them or try and exercise […]

Tags: Nottingham, Peer Support, Recovery

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4 Jan

Calling all #HearingVoicesGroups in England. We’re mapping out current provision and evaluating ways we can help sustain groups in these ongoing and difficult times. Pls complete Ellie’s survey. https://forms.gle/hrWEb2JsYWw84zGB8?fbclid=IwAR0Mcr-5URNcp2df5IYWCiE1qT0lN2YKR8FNXx9TRqSaOSFSOUgfpyb-nWw

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16 Sep

Amazing that Legend of Korra and the visions Korra sees after surviving trauma came up on @HVN_England event on how hearing voices + visions are depicted on children's media. Children who hear + see things deserve to see themselves on screen.

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15 Sep

Stay tuned for resources we might be able to share soon from the webinar, but in the meantime, you can sign up for the forum that spawned the report here, next meeting on the 17th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-remotely-peer-support-conversation-tickets-115134903596

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