Dear Friends,
Happy New Year & Decade and welcome to our first update of 2020.
Happy New Year & Decade and welcome to our first update of 2020.
As we emerge from this past holiday period we hope everyone managed the "season of excesses" well or the best way possible.
Many of us find the lot too intense, specially as the usual care and help some of us need is limited and services are restricted.
Many of us find the lot too intense, specially as the usual care and help some of us need is limited and services are restricted.
No wonders January is often an all time low for many people, ski high debts and relationships breakups are a classic.
Following the disappointing results of the General Elections last month, grassroots groups of disabled people have promised to continue the fight against austerity
dpac.uk.net/2019/12/disability-news-service-news-for-19th-december
dpac.uk.net/2019/12/disability-news-service-news-for-19th-december
Unfortunately health & social care provision don't seem to be improving anytime soon, as privatisation of services is clearly on the increase.
One latest shameful news was the selling of the entire portfolio of one the largest British charities for the D/deaf, Action on Hearing Loss (AHL) – formerly known as RNID www.disabilitynewsservice.com/action-on-hearing-loss-to-sell-entire-care-and-support-portfolio Capitalistic aims won't certainly be interested in nurturing and protecting the cultural aspects and rights of the Deaf/BSL (British Sign Language) users. Does not look good honestly, but we better hope for the best outcome.
One latest shameful news was the selling of the entire portfolio of one the largest British charities for the D/deaf, Action on Hearing Loss (AHL) – formerly known as RNID www.disabilitynewsservice.com/action-on-hearing-loss-to-sell-entire-care-and-support-portfolio Capitalistic aims won't certainly be interested in nurturing and protecting the cultural aspects and rights of the Deaf/BSL (British Sign Language) users. Does not look good honestly, but we better hope for the best outcome.
Blue Monday is around the corner; are you ready for it?
This date looks set in stone as the 3rd Monday of January; even Wikipedia enlists several references to it.
We've got an antidote for this as Blue Monday clashes with our first F.E.E.L. meeting of the month/year.
On that very Monday 20 January 2020, blue or not blue, join us for our regular gathering at LARC.
Plan for the evening is to open doors from 6-6:30pm for some light refreshments and catch ups; bring along something to share if you can/like.
At 7:30pm we'll start reorganising ourselves as we'll make space for a sound healing session.
This is offered and led by Giovanna & Noel: a very Yin Yang session to give us space to relax and find our grounds.
Please note that there won't be admittance from 7:45pm to avoid disruptions of this special healing session and to respect other participants.
The importance of supportive community space for our wellbeing is very well known and it's what we can count on.
We try to encourage people to get actively involved in any way possible, whenever possible.
The World is constantly changing and we cannot stay passively looking at things deteriorating in front of us.
We all go through unstable times in life, but it does not mean we are powerless. We can find the way to manage things in a storm.
Never underestimate the important and most transformative lessons we learn from difficult times and experiences in life.
As group members we are certainly ageing and extra brain and pair of hands can always be useful from time to time.
Anyone looking for a more active role/responsibility that wishes to get involved with us do let us know, pls.
As ever, thank you for the continued, or occasional, support people have offered to us this far.
Highlights of the past 12 years are being gathered here
We might not be changing the Globe, but we are changing our World.
Still work in progress...
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." (~ Margaret Mead)
EVENTS & OTHER NEWS
7 January - 1 February, Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SW10 9ED
www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2020/scrounger.php
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Miserable Bitches - Standup comedy showcase
Wednesday 15th January, 8pm
Rose and Crown, 71-73 Torrano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2SG
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Grounded health and well-being volunteering
Every Friday 10:30 – 15:30, a weekly volunteering day to support the work of The Friends in the Cemetery Park
The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, E3 4PX London www.groundedproject.org Ph. 02079207328
Every Friday 10:30 – 15:30, a weekly volunteering day to support the work of The Friends in the Cemetery Park
The Soanes Centre, Southern Grove, E3 4PX London www.groundedproject.org Ph. 02079207328
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15 to 19 January, 11.15am to 5.30pm, late night opening on 16th January to 8:30pm
The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, Clinton Road, E3 4QY
Poetry Express Newsletter #59
Magazine attached
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Online training (was
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17 January – 29 March, Nunnery Gallery 181 Bow Road, London E3 2SJ
www.lightboxeslettering.com
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F.E.E.L. monthly meeting + Special Sound Healing Session
Monday 20 January 2020 from 6pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES
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Children, Young People and Psychosis: Beyond Early Intervention
ISPS UK Conference, followed by the ISPS UK AGM
ISPS UK Conference, followed by the ISPS UK AGM
Fri, 24 January, 10am - 5:30pm, Human Rights Action Centre 17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA
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Protest to Free Julian Assange with support by French Activists (Yellow Vests)
25th January 2pm, gather outside Belmarsh Prison, Western Way, London SE28 0EB
25th January 2pm, gather outside Belmarsh Prison, Western Way, London SE28 0EB
www.facebook.com/events/1746900588784315 and fund rising page www.lepotsolidaire.fr/pot/jglqu3rm
Yellow Vests will be there all day www.facebook.com/events/652271058646370
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Surviving and Thriving in a Mad World, by Hearing Voices Network
Saturday 1 Feb, 10.30am - 4pm, University of East London, 1 Salway Road, London E15 1NF
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Pan-London Campaigning event, by Inclusion London
Wednesday 12 February, 1.00pm – 4.00pm, The Greenwood Centre, 37 Greenwood Place, London NW5 1LBwww.inclusionlondon.org.uk/
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The Importance and Role of a Transpersonal (Soul-Centred) Approach in Healing and Wellbeing
Saturday/Sunday 23 & 24 May 2020, Regent's University, Inner Circle, London NW1
www.spiritrelease.org/
Maastricht World Survey on Antipsychotic Medication Withdrawal Update
Please check the video presentation here: bit.ly/2QXNVMh
Download the PDF of the presentation here: bit.ly/2sQOM9I
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Please check the video presentation here: bit.ly/2QXNVMh
Download the PDF of the presentation here: bit.ly/2sQOM9I
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Antipsychotic treatment is associated with metabolic disturbance
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Make lying in politics illegal
- www.change.org/p/uk-
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Prime Minister - stop making families homeless and stop individuals dieing on the streets
www.change.org/p/prime-minister-government-stop-making-families-homeless-and-stop-individuals-dieing-on-the-streets
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F.E.E.L. - Friends of East End Loonies
FEEL meets the third Monday of each month 6.30 - 8.30 pm LARC 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London E1 1ES
www.facebook.com/feel.campaign
www.facebook.com/feel.campaign
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Anyone willing to come off psychiatric medication please always seek for reliable help.
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