Sessions to Explore Mental Health

Session 1 - What do we mean by Mental Health?
Tuesday 1st November 2016 - 7.30 - 9.15pm @ Huddersfield Mission

• Table-talk on arrival with prompt cards on the tables to get people talking
  
•  Welcome and introduction
  
• Briefing on table exercise from Helen Roberts
  
• Round table discussion about our experiences, appropriate language and appropriate responses  
  
• Talk from Helen Wright, Mental Health Advocate, on “What do we mean by Mental Health?”
  
• Video Clip “Mental health in your own words”
  
• Contributions from lived experience
  
• Round table discussion of ‘what can I do about mental health?’, preparing questions for the next session
  
• Brief introduction to next week’s session 

Session 2 - Whose Responsibility is Mental Health?
Tuesday 8th November 2016 - 7.30 - 9.15pm @ Huddersfield Mission

• Welcome and introduction
  
• Three speakers to answer the question from their own viewpoint  
  
• Rob Webster, CEO South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  
• Jo Wolff, Partnerships Sergeant, Kirklees District, West Yorkshire Police
  
• Louise Warner, psychotherapist and manager of the WomenCentre in Huddersfield
  
• Table-talk to share experience and ideas, leading to  questions and proposals for action
  
• Plenary session, with one point from each table and the speakers to respond
  
• A dramatic summary from Threadbear Theatre
  
• Round up and thanks