Dear Friends,
The past couple of months have been very intense with social, political and environmental dilemmas overwhelming the news and our attention, hence a reduced participation in some fronts was required.
We are very excited to be talking about Peer Support from international speaker and Intentional Peer Support Director Chris Hansen at our monthly FEEL meeting tomorrow, Monday 17th June. We will be welcoming Chris and hopefully Shery Mead, founder of the organisation (which due to health conditions migth not be able to stretch over her already full day of work, but we really hope to meet too), while they are in London delivery a week long training.
We are very humbled and grateful for this opportunity. Please join us at LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 1ES for this ultimate chance www.intentionalpeersupport.org
The Compassionate Mental Health event is happening in London Kingsley Hall on Monday 24th June, 10am to 6pm. FEEL members and those that can't afford the full price can buy a bursary ticket at compassionatementalhealth.co.uk/register Choose a full price ticket for £125, and add your details; when you go to the checkout, it will ask if you have a discount code. Then enter the code FITC90 and that will generate your bursary for £35. Lunch is included in the ticket. Booking by Friday 21 June will allow organiser to confirm numbers for food.
Please note that the Antiuniversity Now festival is on 15-22 June www.antiuniversity.org. Part of the festival TODAY, Sunday 16th the "Other Ways to Care Beyond the Neo-liberal Madness" is happening from 10 am to 6 pm at Arts Catalyst, 74-76 Cromer Street, London WC1H 8DR. A gathering to promote alliances and solidarity in the struggle for mental health care beyond the neo-liberal madness, some of us from FEEL will be there www.eventbrite.com/e/antiuniversity-2019-other-ways-to-care-beyond-the-neo-liberal-madness-ii-registration-62110801078
Looking forward to see you at any of the above and/or soon!
At the monthly F.E.E.L. meeting this month we will be talking about the importance of peer support with Chris Hansen. Chris is the Director of the organisation Intentional Peer Support, which was developed in the 1990s and is based in New Hampshire, USA.
A former member of the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP), Chris was also involved with the New Zealand delegation to the drafting of the UNCRPD - the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and entered into force on May 3, 2008.
More about Intentional Peer Support www.intentionalpeersupport.org
The meeting is FREE (donations welcome) and open to anyone.
Email f.e.e.l.campaign@gmail.com for any query.
F.E.E.L. - Friends of East End Loonies meetings take place the third Monday of each month 6.30 - 8.30 pm at LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES
