A course in
FILM MAKING
This could be your opportunity to make it in the movies!
Arcady Community Projects are inviting you to work on all aspects of a film. This is a ten week course at the end of which there will be a Shoot. It will be ALL your own work. The production is likely to be shown widely, and could be entered for film awards.
The course, running one day a week, involves script development, outline research, script writing, scheduling, continuity, make-up, storyboard, directing, acting, lighting, camera, casting, crewing, rehearsal and the shoot.
The course is open to ten people, who will form a team. Everyone in the team will be able to experience all the tasks of film making listed above. It is important that if you choose to apply, you stay with the team over the full 10 weeks. It should be a great experience!
Timing: The course will run on consecutive Mondays. It will start on
Monday 3rd March 2008 and finish on 19th May (This is 12 weeks but includes 2 Bank Holidays)
The course will start on each Monday at 9.30 and finish at 3.30
Venue: Wirral Mind Fountain Project
Refreshments and light lunch will be provided.
Ring Bob Knowles or Nicky Riley at the telephone number below for details and to enrol
Thursday, 14 February 2008
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Film Project with Arcady Community Projects
Wirral Mind is joining up with Arcady Community Projects to make a short film about mental health. Over a ten week period, starting in February, a small team of around ten people, mostly members of the Fountain Club, will be taken through the film making process from start to finish. This will include script development, outline research, script writing, scheduling, continuity, make-up, storyboard, directing, acting, lighting, camera, casting, crewing, rehearsal and the shoot.
When it's done we hope to publish the Film on this site, so you can see for yourself!
When it's done we hope to publish the Film on this site, so you can see for yourself!
Friday, 18 January 2008
Sahara Marthon to be run by Nigel Crompton
Nigel Crompton, a local Mental Health Service Manager, has entered the Marathon des Sables. This is a 6 day / 230km endurance race across the Sahara Desert in Morocco. He will start the marathon with about 700 other people on 27th March until 7th April 2008.The pictures above are of previous years' marathons. When Nigel returns we hope he will have pictures of this year's event.
During this time, Nigel will have to carry all his food, cooking equipment, survival equipment - everything - over ground ranging from sand dunes to uneven rocky ground in temperatures up to 120°F.
Nigel has chosen Wirral Mind to be the charity he is supporting. Sponsor forms will be sent here and there and any donation to mark Nigel's achievment and to support Wirral Mind will be gratefully received. You can also donate on this website by pressing the Donate button on our Home Page and following the instructions.
You can find out more about the marathon through the link
http://www.saharamarathon.co.uk/
This will link you to Nigel's competitors site , where you will find his photo, by scrolling down to Nigel Crompton!
We wish you the best of luck, Nigel, don't forget to come and have a cuppa at The Fountain Project in Chester Street, when you get back - you'll need one.
Friday, 21 December 2007
The Open Day and Launch of the Learning
and Growth Project at Wirral Mind Friday
14th December 2007.
The Chair of Wirral Mind, Anthony Mould
opened the afternoon and, as you can see,
made us laugh and clap at the same time!
The new Project is a partnership with Wirral
Social Services.
The Fountain Singers entertained with seasonal gusto...
Our Choir leader, Paula , was given a bouquet
by Linda Davies. In only 5 lessons she had
turned a noisy bunch of non-singers into
a heavenly host...(well almost)
And Mayor Phil Gilchrist gave Bob Knowles,
Training Manager at Wirral Mind a Big Cheque
from the Big Lottery Fund. This grant is going
to be used to provide a great range of workshops
and courses around positive mental health and
recovery for three years at Wirral Mind.
To begin with it is to fund two posts, which
will be advertised on this site in January.
Then there was mulled wine, conversation and
an opportunity to say hello to old friends and
to meet new ones.
At Wirral Mind, everyone seems to be
a good friend, whether they are brothers
like Jules and Ol, or even when you
might only just have met the person five
minutes ago......
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Press release Recovery
Recovery at Wirral Mind
Simon was diagnosed with a serious mental health problem more than 20 years ago. But he didn’t only collect a diagnosis and a label, he took on the view that his quality of life, as he had known it, was over. He was told he was unlikely ever to work again, that he was inevitably going to go in and out of hospital, and that even his close relationships and friendships by going to be difficult or impossible. And this is the way its was. That and the stigma he experienced as someone with mental health problems. A year ago Simon found out about Recovery – the idea that he could take back control of his life, learn new skills and tools, make new and better relationships and start becoming a giver of support himself, as well as a receiver of support from others. Simon now has three jobs, a partner and he teaches ‘wellness’ to others – many of whom are mental health professionals themselves.
These ideas about Recovery came to Wirral about two years ago and hundreds of people are already involved - all looking at their own well-being and supporting one another regardless of whether they are people who use services, staff or carers. Recovery doesn’t discriminate, because we are all looking after our mental health every day, whether we are doing fine at the moment or having a difficult time.
The Learning and Growth Project at Wirral Mind has just been awarded a grant from The Big Lottery Fund to bring recovery ideas and services to many more people. We will be providing workshops, where people can learn how to look after themselves better. These will be free and open to anyone interested in improving their mental wellbeing. We will be promoting self-help groups and peer counselling networks, so that people can support one another.
There is plenty of information on Recovery to be found. Pamphlets available from Wirral Mind, and web sites such as mentalhealthrecovery.com and home2.btconnect.com/wirralmind/
The most important thing about recovery from emotional distresses is Hope. Hope is the key to Recovery. People do get better!
Simon was diagnosed with a serious mental health problem more than 20 years ago. But he didn’t only collect a diagnosis and a label, he took on the view that his quality of life, as he had known it, was over. He was told he was unlikely ever to work again, that he was inevitably going to go in and out of hospital, and that even his close relationships and friendships by going to be difficult or impossible. And this is the way its was. That and the stigma he experienced as someone with mental health problems. A year ago Simon found out about Recovery – the idea that he could take back control of his life, learn new skills and tools, make new and better relationships and start becoming a giver of support himself, as well as a receiver of support from others. Simon now has three jobs, a partner and he teaches ‘wellness’ to others – many of whom are mental health professionals themselves.
These ideas about Recovery came to Wirral about two years ago and hundreds of people are already involved - all looking at their own well-being and supporting one another regardless of whether they are people who use services, staff or carers. Recovery doesn’t discriminate, because we are all looking after our mental health every day, whether we are doing fine at the moment or having a difficult time.
The Learning and Growth Project at Wirral Mind has just been awarded a grant from The Big Lottery Fund to bring recovery ideas and services to many more people. We will be providing workshops, where people can learn how to look after themselves better. These will be free and open to anyone interested in improving their mental wellbeing. We will be promoting self-help groups and peer counselling networks, so that people can support one another.
There is plenty of information on Recovery to be found. Pamphlets available from Wirral Mind, and web sites such as mentalhealthrecovery.com and home2.btconnect.com/wirralmind/
The most important thing about recovery from emotional distresses is Hope. Hope is the key to Recovery. People do get better!
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