Funding Success
Thanks to recent funding successes we are delighted to offer a range of new services to help people improve their mental health and well-being. A grant from the National Lottery Awards for All programme is funding our relaxation and Tai Chi classes for a year. The classes are well underway at various times in Dumbarton (relaxation only) and Clydebank and are proving immensely popular.
We will soon be launching a new Men’s Mental Health group in Clydebank as we also secured almost £10,000 from the West Dunbartonshire Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund. We will be recruiting peer support workers to help facilitate this new activity and hope the new staff will be people who have lived experience of poor mental health and have used our services. We can’t wait for it to get started!
It’s a WRAP
Our group facilitators, Jackie Sroka and Elaine McWilliams, have given our Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) workbook a dust down and redesign and their current course is proving very popular with our members. Although that’s probably also because Jackie and Elaine are very popular staff who are often seen fronting group and 1:1 support activity at Stepping Stones.
The five-week WRAP course provides techniques and tools on gaining hope, taking personal responsibility, planning for the future, the importance of support and how to advocate for yourself. We will be running this course again later in the year.
Positive Futures
Our six-week course Positive Futures course is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and was facilitated by two of our excellent CBT trainees Jess and Lauren who were supervised by Stepping Stones Team Leader, our very own Coliosa Boyle. Feedback was excellent and people commented on the quality of the training and the course materials. We hope to run this again in the near future.
New Referral Process
We have made a significant change to our referral process.
We now have a referral email address and a telephone number where direct referrals can be made. We have also done away with our referral form.
The initial referral meeting will be held via a phone call, but the choice of how people would like to be supported stays the same (either face to face, video or telephone call, or in a group).
To make a referral just call us on 0141 9412929, or email us on re******@st********.uk. Simples!
Current Services
We offer a range of 1-1 and group support to anyone in West Dunbartonshire aged 16 or older. Our current 1-1 services include person-centred counselling, peer support, general mental health support and guided self-help. Our groups include social groups, walking groups, relaxation and Tai Chi classes, bereavement and loss peer support, women’s support and self-management classes.
Information about all our services and how to make a referral is on our website at www.stepstones.org.uk.
