Raw Sounds summer event
Posted: July 18, 2014 Filed under: Arts, Events | Tags: community organisations, mental health needs, mental health professionals, music and media programme, musics, Raw Sounds summer event, Well-being Leave a commentJoin Raw Material as we celebrate the end of another term of Raw Sounds, our music and media programme for people with mental health needs, and see the positive impact music has on wellbeing. We also invite local mental health professionals and community organisations to visit our music and education facilities, and hear about our work.
Raw Sounds contributes to the wellbeing of the community by providing opportunities for young people experiencing mental health issues to express their creativity. Making music improves wellbeing through developing confidence, being creative and connecting with other people.
If you work with someone with mental health needs and would like to refer them to our programme, please contact us. Our next term begins on September 25th.
For more information email: info@raw-material.org or call: 0207 737 6103
Mental health workers to help Met Police on call-outs
Posted: July 8, 2014 Filed under: News | Tags: 24-hour helpline, Croydon, lambeth, lewisham, Mental Health Police Triage Service, mental health professionals, Mental health workers to help Met Police on call-outs, NHS England London, NHS England's head of health and justice commissionin, police, Southwark 1 CommentPolice are to be given access to specialist staff 24 hours, seven-days-a-week, to support people with mental health problems.
A new one-year pilot scheme will be trialled by Met officers in Lambeth, Lewisham, Croydon and Southwark.
In Lambeth and Southwark, mental health professionals will also be available to accompany police on visits.
A spokeswoman for NHS England London said the service plans to roll out the project across London.
The Mental Health Police Triage Service for London comes after the introduction of a separate scheme which saw mental health nurses being based in some police stations and courts.
Police in the four boroughs will have access to a 24-hour helpline manned by mental health professionals, who can give advice to officers attending call-outs and also advise if the person being dealt with is already known to the profession.
The pilot was started in April and launched officially earlier, and will run until April 2015.
Kate Davies, NHS England’s head of health and justice commissioning, said: “Many people who come into contact with the police have not committed a crime but are simply ill, and they are often going through some of the most difficult times in their lives.
“This scheme is about supporting police officers to make the right decisions about how to manage these situations, whether that means taking somebody to a place of safety or assisting them in the community with the help of a mental health professional.”
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