Cavamh

22/01/2023

1 in 5 men in Wales with prostate cancer are diagnosed too late for a cure.

Prostate Cymru stands alongside Prostate Cancer UK, supporting their statement that "Wales is one of several UK regions being left behind in cancer ‘postcode lottery.'"

Read more⬇️
https://www.prostatecymru.com/prostate-cymru-supports-prostate-cancer-uks-recent-annoucement/

01/01/2023

You might believe that you are worthless , but to your friends and family you are priceless . Never doubt your value.
It's so important to seek help if you are struggling 💔...please ask! We offer a free confidential non judgemental listening ear so please call/text 07967559594 or Email talk@agchap.com

05/12/2022

https://www.cavamh.org.uk/news-and-resources/wellbeing-xmas/

Christmas and the holiday season can be fun but also caan be tough - cavamh has put together some useful information and contacts - please share

cavamh wishes everyone a safe and healthy Christmas season. Christmas can be a testing time mentally, emotionally, physically and financially for many people. With the extra pressure that the festive season can bring, our worries and fears may seem worse this time of year. We have put together some....

14/11/2022

Do you want to be part of a local service improvement in Mental Health Services?

We want to hear from you if you have had a positive and meaningful experience with a mental health professional where you felt listened to and valued.
Cavamh has been asked to help Social Services Mental Health Staff in Cardiff and Vale Councils to improve their understanding of co-production in their work with service users and carers. Co-production is a term which has become widely used in recent years. Such an approach in the past might have been described as client or person centred work.

We see co-production in work between the professional and user of services as having a number of the following features, though this is not a comprehensive list….
Respect for the uniqueness of the lived experience
Seeing the service user as the ‘expert’ of their situation
Listening and understanding
Empathy, trust and warmth
Collaboration and working jointly together
Using inclusive language
Allowing ‘space’ for exploration of issues
Strengths and solution focussed, not problem focussed.
Being open and honest
Part of our work is to compile video and audio stories and testimonials from people who have lived experience of mental health services as a service user or carer where a session or an intervention with a professional felt co-productive. You might have felt listened to, understood and part of developing a way forward as an equal partner with your Worker.

The testimonials will form part of a Co-production resource. Clips of the videos or audio might be, with your permission, be used in training sessions.
The Interviews will be with cavamh staff and take place on Zoom and will be recorded either in sound or vision, depending on your preference, and we anticipate they will take around half an hour.
We are very pleased that Cardiff and Vale Councils are keen to positively develop their work in this area and we hope you would like to be part of a service improvement initiative.
In recognition of your contribution we will be offering optional remuneration either as cash transfer to your bank or a shopping voucher to the value of £20.00

If you are interested please email our Training Workers, Helen Joy (helen@cavamh.org) or Mike McCandless (mike@cavamh.org.uk)

11/06/2022

30/05/2022

Cause it's some kind of sin
To live your whole life
On a might've been
I'm ready now

Songwriters: Brandon Flowers / Carl Falk / Joakim Berg / Steve Angello

30/05/2022

Karen has run several classes for cavamh

So gifted

Been tiddling with making cords this weekend. I'm experimenting, preparing and planning for a course of weekly art textiles class I'll be running from September on Thursdays at the beautiful in East Cardiff.
The course will offer a termly journey of creative discovery and is designed to empower any stitcher striving to be more artistic, or artist wanting to learn ways to express themselves through stitch.
Please let me know if you're interested in hopping on at the very start of it or would like more details as it promises to fill up fast.
I'm very excited. Can you tell? 🤩

29/05/2022