DVVA Mental Health Engagement

11/11/2025

Last week, our stakeholders gathered together to explore Workforce Development and Peer Support.

These conversations, alongside out reach to community groups and organisations, will support the development of the next Strategic Plan for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dundee.

Our next session is on
Tuesday 16th December, from 3pm - 5pm.
We will be exploring Care and Treatment!

If you would like to come along and take part, or if you would like us to visit your group/community, please get in touch!
Mhengagement@dvva.scot

05/11/2025

Last week, we had the pleasure of working alongside our friends at University of Dundee Nursing School- to deliver su***de prevention training!

Thankyou so much to Emily-May and Paul, and the team for allowing us to join your teaching and facilitate the training to students!

***deprevention

03/11/2025

Reminder - the next meeting will be held this Friday (7th Nov)

Hope to see many of you there :)

We will be exploring all things Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Development, from training and upskilling to peer support roles.

Are you a Mental Health and Wellbeing professional or volunteer in Dundee? Is this something that comes up in your daily work? Are you interested in shaping Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dundee?

Come along and join in the conversation!
What should the priorities be for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dundee around workforce development? What do you need?

Friday 7th November 2025
10am - 12.30pm
Menzieshill Community Hub, Dickson Avenue, Dundee, DD2 4TQ

For more information, please contact: mhengagement@dvva.scot

31/10/2025

Sharing on behalf of our Protecting People Friends...

''Creating Hope Together in Dundee is Dundee's Su***de Prevention Delivery Plan which outlines the overarching local su***de prevention aims for Dundee for the next three years and a series of project actions which will support these.

One of the priority aims in the Delivery Plan is 'Our communities are su***de safe spaces, free from stigma and where we all look out for each other and can talk openly about su***de'.

We are currently developing a toolkit which aims to support community organisations and partnerships to consider how well equipped their local community is in relation to identifying and supporting people who are at risk of su***de so that they can plan and implement improvements as needed.

We are piloting this in one area of Dundee initially, before considering a plan for wider roll-out. We have already been speaking to local community groups, businesses and others who live and work in the pilot area and have devised several themes and indicators based on their feedback.

We now want to hear from more people across Dundee to find out what you think of the draft themes and indicators, before we create the final toolkit for testing. Please spend a few minutes to complete the survey via the link or QR code below - tell us how important you think each theme is, give us any feedback you have on the themes and let us know about anything you think is missing.

Survey link:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xW2RZNQhZkKk7pbw52UA0fjPPnFF8LNGrQHHNZEZ9zlUQlk2TTFISFQyT1JKUDQ5UVJIMjZFQVhXNC4u

Thank you for your time and support with this important development.''

28/10/2025

Are you from a minority ethnic community? Your experiences and ideas are vital in helping us improve health services and reduce racialised inequalities.

Join our public consultation workshops, in person or online, and have your say in shaping the NHS Tayside Anti-Racism Plan.

🗓 28 October

🕚 11am-12.30pm
📍 Seminar Room, Kings Cross

🕔 5-6.30pm
📍 Room T8, Tower Building, University of Dundee

There will also be a series of six online sessions between 5 and 11 November.

You can sign up here https://tinyurl.com/5h8h2tep or text 07773 958169.

Please contact tay.corporateequalities@nhs.scot if you require support with an alternative format or language.

24/10/2025

Sharing for our friends at Feeling Strong

Feeling Strong – Mental Health Manifesto

🗣️ YOUNG PEOPLE OF DUNDEE, IT'S TIME TO STAND UP AND HAVE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Do you have experience accessing mental health services in Dundee? Do you want to see change happen to better youth mental health services? I know you do! 🫵 ✊

You can be the start of that change by helping us create THE MENTAL HEALTH MANIFESTO!

This manifesto will be a list of demands to the Scottish Government of what needs to change for better youth mental health services, which will then be brought to Parliament in June! 😮✨

Lead the way by filling out our survey to share your experiences and then join our focus groups to help make the manifesto itself 📝 🎨

MAKE CHANGE TODAY! -

At Feeling Strong, we work to support young people in Dundee to become leaders in their own right and right now we’re doing that by creating our own MENTAL HEALTH MANIFESTO, made by young people for young people. The Mental Health Manifesto will be a list of demands to the Scottish Government to b...

23/10/2025

Sharing for our friends at How It Felt

We are excited to announce that the FINAL EXHIBITION and art installation for 'Surrounding' will be OPEN TO THE PUBLIC on Wednesday 29th October and Thursday 30th October! During the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2025.

When? Wed 29th October 1pm - 4pm
AND Thursday 30th October 12pm-3pm
Where? ScrapAntics Community Space, Level 2, Wellgate Shopping Centre, Dundee

Open to all, free to visit. 🫶

Please pop along to support the work of this brilliant group, and a very important festival 💚

'Surrounding' is a collaborative visual arts project by How It Felt and Amina Muslim Women's Resource Centre featuring mixed media artworks created by BME women in private workshops, exploring comfort zones, familiarity and emotional wellbeing, in response to the festival theme of 'Comfort & Disturb'.

Event listing: https://www.mhfestival.com/events/surrounding/ 🌟

Funded by Mental Health Foundation SMHAF Regional Participatory Arts Fund 2025 and Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund 2025-26 🫶

Supported by ScrapAntics and Transform Community Development 🎨🚚

23/10/2025

We will be exploring all things Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Development, from training and upskilling to peer support roles.

Are you a Mental Health and Wellbeing professional or volunteer in Dundee? Is this something that comes up in your daily work? Are you interested in shaping Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dundee?

Come along and join in the conversation!
What should the priorities be for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Dundee around workforce development? What do you need?

Friday 7th November 2025
10am - 12.30pm
Menzieshill Community Hub, Dickson Avenue, Dundee, DD2 4TQ

For more information, please contact: mhengagement@dvva.scot

21/10/2025

Sharing on behalf of our friends at LexFest

''LexFest was created to commemorate our dear friend, Lex Campbell, who was a non-binary musician based in Dundee. Lex brought joy and vibrance to every room, and made everyone they met feel like the most special person in the world. Heartbreakingly, they took their own life in March 2022.

Two years ago, Lex's family and friends decided to host a gig to commemorate them and raise funds for su***de awareness and support for bereaved families. The event was named LexFest, and it was iconic! Last year we ran the event again and raised even more money for mental health charities!

We have decided to run LexFest again this year, in November, and we will split the proceeds between the Canmore Trust and Mind Out. The event will run over the 7th and 8th of November in Clarks and Church in Dundee.''

15/10/2025

NHS Tayside is improving its GP Out of Hours service to make sure it stays safe, person-centred and fit for the future.

We’re working to build a flexible and resilient service, so people across Tayside can continue to get the right care, from the right professional, in the right place.

💬 Have your say!

Take part in our survey and help us shape the GP Outof Hours Service for the future.

➡ https://tinyurl.com/tkehu2j

The survey will close on Sunday 19 October 2025.

24/09/2025

Tonight’s Survivors of Bereavement by Su***de (SOBS) group saw 14 humans, and Betty-Ann, the assistance therapy dog, come together to share their experiences and offer peer support to one another.

The group runs on the last Wednesday of every month, in Dundee Rep Theatre, from 6.30pm- 8.30pm.

24/09/2025

MENTAL HEALTH INSPECTION SURVEY

Would you like to meet the inspectors? Or do you need support filling in the form/survey?

There will be an: In-person session:

When: Thursday, 2nd October, 10am – 1pm

Where: DVVA, 10 Constitution Road

Who: Facilitated by Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Travel: Expenses such as bus cost will be covered


Refreshments: Will be available throughout the session