OAKDALE HOUSE TRUST

Men's Health & Wellbeing Programme

Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness

We want to set up a peer support group targeted at women within our local community. The primary objective of our peer support group is to bring women together from different backgrounds, to create a safe space where the they can interact positively ....more

We want to set up a peer support group targeted at women within our local community. The primary objective of our peer support group is to bring women together from different backgrounds, to create a safe space where the they can interact positively and create mind stimulating engaging activities. We want to also educate and signpost these women to different services as well as to facilitate an environment where they can meet and socialise with like-minded women from similar backgrounds and share their experiences with one another.We will run 2 peer support group sessions every week over the year. One of the weekly sessions will be facilitated in a private safe space, giving the opportunity for participants to discuss and share issues. These sessions will be led by mental health practitioners, who are from the target community and have experienced mental health issues themselves.We have developed a programme tailored for this need, including understanding mental health, managing and coping with stress, and the importance of a healthy mind.The second weekly sessions will be activity based, where the participants will have the opportunity to learn and develop new skills, build confidence and cultivate an optimistic mind set. These practical self-development sessions are imperative for the participants continued growth and for preventing relapse.