Derbyshire Mental Health Team

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Carers Drop-In Session
Whistlestop Café – Matlock Bath
📍 Dale Road, Matlock Bath, DE4 3PT

Are you a Carer in the Matlock Bath area?
Join us at the Whistlestop Café for an informal drop-in session. Our friendly Carers Support Worker will be there to chat and share information about the support available to you in your caring role.

🗓 Thursday 27th November 2025
🕙 10am - 12pm

No booking needed—just pop in!

👉 Take a moment for yourself, enjoy a warm drink, and find out how we can support you as a Carer.

For more information, please contact:
Pamela Williams
📞 01773 833833
📧 pamela.williams@derbyshirecarers.co.uk

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Some really useful resources available for anyone who may need some support💚

Unsure of what to do when supporting someone who is feeling overwhelmed, unsafe and unable to cope.

We’ve created a helpful guide to assist you in offering the best support, including:

- Recognising the signs
- Conversation tips
- Effective responses
- Self-care advice
- Guidance for ongoing support

Download the guide here: https://dccmhsp.com/CrisisGuide

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Join us on Thursday 27th November for our monthly Pause and Connect Session, here at Erewash Voluntary Action. Drop in for a cuppa and a chat, any time between 1.00pm - 4.00pm.

Erewash Social Connect 🩵 Keeping you Connected

20/11/2025

💚This year, Carers Rights Day is on Thursday 20 November and the theme is 'Know your rights, use your rights.' Get involved and help to make sure more carers are aware of their rights and feel empowered to use them.

Click the links below for more information

https://zurl.co/aVtLy

https://zurl.co/4I4fr

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Listening Lounge -

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The term ‘co-production’ describes working in partnership by sharing power between people who draw on care and support, carers, families and citizens.

There is a difference between co-production and involvement: involvement means being consulted, while co-production means being equal partners and co-creators.
Co-production approaches can bring a range of benefits and improvements for all concerned. Ensuring that everyone involved has a shared understanding of what benefits are expected from co-production is important to the success of the initiative.

Co-production has been broken down into the following activities:

• co-design, including planning of services
• co-decision making in the allocation of resources
• co-delivery of services, including the role of volunteers in providing the service
• co-evaluation of the service.

The principles of equality, diversity, accessibility and reciprocity (or getting something back for putting something in) are critical values for putting co-production into practice. Acting in accordance with these principles helps to make co-production as inclusive as possible, and demonstrating a commitment to inclusivity shows that co-production is genuine, or authentic.

Co-production – what it is and how to do it: https://www.scie.org.uk/co-production/what-how/

20/11/2025

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Today is World Children's Day! 🌍

World Children's Day is a global day of action, established by the United Nations to commemorate the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20th.

The day seeks to amplify the voices, improve the welfare and champion the rights of children around the world, while promoting international cooperation to achieve these goals.

This means listening to children about what they need, and putting children first in the decisions that face them.

At Changing Lives, the welfare of children and young people is our number one priority. We work every day to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people across Derby and Derbyshire. And this means that we centre the voice of the child in everything we do.

How are you celebrating ?

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Mid-week reminder