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Raising
Awareness & Understanding
Often
people, however well-intentioned, just don't see the problem. Stigma
is perpetuated when no-one acts to change attitudes. Part of speaking
out is about demonstrating what the problem really is and winning back
hearts and minds.
Local
Forums
- Local
Forum members involved in the production of awareness raising and
training videos for Health, Social Work and the Scottish Executive
- young
carers in Skye delivered training to hospital staff
- promoted
and supported training by Access Panel members
HUG
- HUG
and Lochaber Youth Minds worked in local schools: Feel Good Day with
all 4th Year pupils at Lochaber High School; Health Awareness Day
at Ardnamurchan High School
- 100
Millburn Academy pupils participated in mental health awareness sessions
as part of their Personal Development Programme
- HUG
carried out 16 training sessions with 200 adults: including, adult
literacy tutors; Crossroads care attendants; TAG staff; nursing home
staff in Inverness, Skye, Golspie and Nairn; mental health nursing
students; home carers
- two-day
training for 16 HUG members increased their skills as mental health
awareness trainers
- HUG
used members' video testimony as an awareness raising tool
- Eden
Court commissioned to write a play to tour Highland secondary schools
- secured
funding to explore the attitudes of Highland young people on mental
health matters - results to be used in HUG planning
- HUG
became one of the five organisations which manage the See Me national
anti-stigma campaign
- three-year
Scottish Executive funding announced to continue the Communications
Project
People
First
- People
First Caithness met regularly with pupils from Thurso High School
- Susan
Wardlaw, a People First member, made a video, Getting Aboard; copies
have been circulated to Key Housing in Nairn and Glasgow; Scotrail
intend using the video for staff training,
- a member
of People First in Nairn has shared his experiences with pupils in
Nairn Academy
Highland
Carers Project
- received
interest in volunteering from individuals in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch
& Strathspey, East and West Ross
- took
information displays to Skye, Dingwall, Lairg, Gairloch, and the Eastgate
Centre and Raigmore Hospital in Inverness
- new
advocacy leaflet published
- updated
project web pages to provide information on carers matters as well
as a method of contact
- produced
Caring with Confidence training pack to be made available in 2004
for use by carers groups
- seven
carers attended vocational (Return to Work) and non-vocational courses
using Educational Bursary Funding
- awareness-raising
sessions for carers continue
- 100
health and social work staff trained jointly in using the new Carers
Support Plan for assessing carers needs
- young
carer awareness lesson plan written for use by all guidance staff
in Highland, leading to self-identification by young carers, access
to local support and identification of gaps in provision
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HCCF
supported staff, users and carers to take part in Highland, Scottish
and national events. HCCF staff across Highland received European
Computer Driving Licence training to enhance IT skills. |
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Annual
Report 2003
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