SYM Champions

13/08/2020

Invite and share please

A webinar to help parents support their teenagers with their mental health needs

18/02/2020

Please share and help this amazing group of people raise funds for Strong Young Minds.

On 19th May 2020, our team of 6 "Bromyard's Offa Wanderers" will be walking 26 miles from Hay on Wye to Knighton to raise money for the CLD Trust, an excellent Mental Health Charity based in Hereford providing talking therapy, early intervention and support for children and young people who are expe...

11/02/2020

30/10/2019

10/10/2019

It's time to get creative on :)

12/08/2019

Phoebe is a 21 year old student in her third year at Cardiff University. She wants to share her experience of living with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), reached after experie…

12/08/2019

***TALKING STRAIGHT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH***

We're also taking our 'Talking Straight' roadshow out to Kington this month. Join at the very welcoming Border Bean Cafe, we would love to hear your views on mental health and find out what activities are taking place in your community to improve well-being. We're looking forward to having a conversation with you.

26/04/2019

Great opportunity!

BBC Commission Opportunities Find out more and how to apply to New Creatives ---------------- New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme that offers commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channel...

03/04/2019

"Sometimes a friend with depression will say no to a lot of things and decline all or most of your invitations. This can make you feel like you’re overstepping boundaries and should immediately leave them alone until they reach out to you themselves. Pay attention to this feeling: it’s true that when people keep saying no to things you ask, it’s probably a good idea to stop asking. However, depression can also cause people to say no while wishing they could say yes.

The way to deal with this is not to assume, but to just ask directly: 'You’ve said no the past few times I’ve invited you to do something. That’s okay, but I just wanted to check: would you like me to keep inviting you?' I’ve done this before with other people dealing with depression and found that they often respond that they do want me to keep asking, and they hope that one of these days they’ll be able to say yes."
—twitter.com/sondosia, Some Advice on Supporting Friends with Depression

artwork by instagram.com/malva.illustration

03/01/2019

Be part of a new initiative for young people in . SYM Champions we would love you to get involved and help us to develop this new group. Let's make good things happen! :)

***SAFE, SECURE & WELCOMING***

It is very often quite difficult for young people to open up about their identity, discuss their feelings, get advice or have their questions answered around LGBTQ+ issues. If you're 16 - 25 years old there is now a fantastic group which meets every month in Hereford at the No Wrong Door - HVOSS Youth Project. Come & join a very welcoming and understanding group of wonderful people. We can't wait to meet you.

03/01/2019

ANXIETY
Clinically diagnosed anxiety is not just being a bit worried, you can't just "chill out a bit" or "get over it". It eats into your well being, your confidence, your health and your life and it is 24/7. When someone cancels, or ducks out, or makes a pathetic excuse please understand that it isn't personal, it isn't laziness, it isn't being rude. It's because they can't physically do it. When someone needs supporting/encouraging/ hand holding it isn't pathetic, it isn't attention seeking, it isn't childish - it's because they are desperate to beat it but can't do it alone.
"Anxiety sucks, being isolated and believing your friends don't care sucks even more 😢😢.
How many of you have had a night out planned, or arranged coffee or a beer with friends and suddenly the 4 walls you inhabit seem the only safe haven because it's the only place you don't have to pretend you are ok, so you cancel.
Or when you are invited out you tell them how terribly sorry you are but you're already booked up that weekend, when you are actually just really busy holding it together in your safe box. And so the first problem starts, all by itself.
People stop asking you and the isolation that at first wasn't true becomes your only truth.
Please don't give up on your friends. Ring them, go round, even when they don't want you to. Because they really do they just don't know how to say it.
And in work every passing comment is a negative, you constantly do more to get over the feeling you are not good enough. The exhaustion from not sleeping because you panic all night over what you cannot influence means you make mistakes, you live in a fog and it is a vicious circle.
Please help raise awareness of and for those who have mental health difficulties. You just have to copy it from here and paste it
Mental Health Awareness
Let friends know they're not alone

12/10/2018

SYM WORKSHOP: EATING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. 30/10/2018. TIME 11:00 13:00
VENUE:WRVS Centre, 26 Vicarage Rd, Hereford HR1 2QN.
Come and have a fun and relaxed time learning about food that helps you feel good and learn how to make Bliss Balls with Kaz Roberts, an expert nutritionist. Lunch included!

Aim: To discuss food that promotes mental health and wellbeing and help us cope better with stress and anxiety....
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10/10/2018

Livewire Central is back! Our fantastic music development course returns this autumn half-term!

Places are going fast, so to ensure you get a spot contact us now!

29/08/2018

Calling all SYM Champions and young people who would like to get involved. Contact Patricia on 01432 269245 or email patricia@thecldtrust.org

***CALLING ALL PANTOMIME DAMES***

If you love a bit of dame drama, enjoy the glitz of the costumes and always boo the baddie then you'll love this! This is the curtain call for all you pantomime lovers, would you like to be involved? Can you help? We're so excited about this, we're positively bouncing! :) He's behind you!!

14/07/2018

12/07/2018

Come and get involved! It's going to be amazing.....:)

**YOUNG PEOPLE USING THEIR PAST TO FIX THEIR FUTURE**

HURRAH! Great news FixersUK are coming back to work with us, If you are a young person motivated by personal experience and want to make a positive change for you and others then why not come along on Tuesday 24th July 2018 11 - 1pm at No Wrong Door, Hereford and get involved. Get your voice heard on the issues that matter to you. You can make a difference. To book your place contact Patricia on 01432 269245 or email symproject@thecldtrust.org

29/06/2018

Depression makes life feel incredibly hard. It can take a monumental effort to get through the day and to cope when things go wrong.

18/06/2018

A very important and valuable message 👏🏼