Events archive

Understanding depression and its treatment

A One Day Conference

Friday 19th September 2008, Glasgow

Around 1 in 5 of the population in Scotland will experience depression at some point of their lives and depression is a major cause of morbidity with significant mortality.  This conference has been designed to suit a multidisciplinary audience and will increase your understanding and knowledge on depression, treatment and current research.  It will also provide you with an excellent opportunity to network with other professionals and to hear about good practice.

For more information and details about registration click on the link below:

Understanding depression and its treatment flyer

Bipolar Fellowship Scotland Annual Conference

Satruday 20th September 2008

10:50hrs - 15:15hrs

Trades Hall, Glassford Street, Glasgow

Cost is free to members of BFS, £15 individuals, £25 voluntary sector staff and £50 to statutory sector staff.

Download Programme

To book a place, please contact Titlda on 0141 560 2050 or email tildab@bipolarscotland.org.uk or go to

www.bipolarscotland.org.uk

SIREN SEMINAR SERIES: The Evaluation of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

I invite you to attend one of our SIREN road-show events which will disseminate the findings of the Scottish Government-commissioned evaluation of Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). This training programme has been widely rolled-out across Scotland and aims to provide skills to workers in all sectors to intervene where people may appear at risk of suicide.

The SIREN Seminar Series has been developed to allow a more in-depth focus on current issues related to suicide prevention research and to encourage a more active dialogue between evidence and practice. These events will allow practitioners, researchers and policy planners the opportunity to engage informally and learn together.

Our previous dissemination events have raised important discussion on the links between self-harm and suicide risk in young people and the benefits of postvention with those bereaved through suicide. These were intended to update SIREN members and colleagues, informing both policy and practice on this crucial issue. The next events will be held in June and will disseminate the findings of the Scottish Government commissioned independent evaluation of ASIST.

Presenting Speakers

Dawn Griesbach (Griesbach & Associates)

Dawn Griesbach is the Director and Principal Researcher of Griesbach & Associates.  She established the company in 2005 after working for two years as a senior researcher and project manager for the Scottish Government. She has also previously worked as a researcher in academic and NHS organisations. Dawn’s particular expertise lies in the areas of mental health, addiction, community care and criminal justice. She has experience of undertaking research on vulnerable populations including children and young people, people with mental health problems and survivors of sexual abuse.

Dawn will present findings from this Scottish Government funded research. A report and summary will be available soon.

Liz Martin, Learning and Development Adviser (Choose Life), NHS Health Scotland

Liz has managed and developed the training function of Choose Life since 2007, bringing considerable skill and experience to a demanding and challenging role.     Liz will report on strategic and operational progress in response to the evaluation findings and will provide an update on future planning on suicide prevention training in Scotland.

ASIST Trainer / RAG Member

There will be input from ASIST Trainers who have considerable experience of delivering ASIST to people from a range of professional disciplines and in communities across Scotland. The trainer will provide a perspective on the findings of the research and outline the key benefits of ASIST.

These will include:

Brian Young

Ciara Byrne

Rona Slevin

Willie McBride

The events will be held at:

Perth Concert Hall Tuesday 10th June, 1pm – 4pm

Location: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|PH1%205HZ

Aberdeen Hilton (Treetops) Wednesday 11th June, 10am – 1pm

Location: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|AB15%207AQ

Edinburgh City Chambers Tuesday 17th June, 1pm-4pm

Location: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|EH1%201YJ

You can download the booking form below.  Please complete and return the booking form to reserve a place at these events. For further information, please contact: Lynn Soutar, Project Administrator, NHS Health Scotland: lynn.soutar@health.scot.nhs.uk  or telephone 0141 354 2957

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To keep up to date with news and events on SIREN, please sign up here:

http://www.chooselife.net/siren/S.I.R.E.N_Signup.asp

Men's Health Event

Saturday 23rd February 2008

Annual Men's Health Event held at Barrhead Sports Centre, Main Street, Barrhead - 10am - 2pm

Attractions include:

• Health Checks
• Cholesterol and Diabetes Testing
• Complementary Therapy
• Chiropodist
• Healthy Food
• Alcohol free cocktails
• Nintendo Wii Challenge
• Personal Safety
• Prostate Cancer advice
• Sexual Health information

and much more.....

For more information contact Marie Hedges or Moria Burns

Telephone

0141 577 8436

Email

moira.burns@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

marie.hedges@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk

MHFS Annual General Meeting

Thursday 28th February 2008

The MHFS AGM is scheduled to take place on Thursday 28th February 2008 at the Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow.

If you would like to attend, email us at info@mhfs.org.uk

Don't forget, take some breathing space 1st Feb 08

1st February will be Breathing Space Day in Scotland.  A time for everyone to STOP and take some time away from the stresses and strains of modern living.

Give yourself some breathing space....go for a walk, listen to some music, chat to a friend....

The Breathing Space Scotland's annual event will take place

at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

(Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground Floor)

on Friday 1st February 2008 from 9am - 11am

Includes an opening address from Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing

RSVP: Kim McLaren - email: kim@breathingspacescotland.co.uk or telephone 0141 435 3901

Health Check Day

The Annexe Healthy Living Centre in Partick are holding a Health Check Day on Friday 1st February 2008. Free event, everyone welcome!

The day will include:

Time management and goal setting talk; Health Checks; Shoto Budo martial arts; Healthy Lunch

Launch of café recipe booklet; Positive Psychology Talk; Health Walk and much more..

For more information logon to the Annexe Healthy Living website www.theannexehlc.org.uk

Fatherhood: understanding the contribution of men to caring for children

1 Day Conference

Tuesday 26th February 2008

London Voluntary Sector
Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA

The conference will include perspectives from a diverse range of male carers, including gay men, black and minority ethnic men, and fathers with learning disabilities. It will consider the contribution of male adopters, foster carers, childminders and other male carers. We are confident that this will be one of the most thought-provoking conferences of 2008 and encourage you strongly to attend.

For more information use the link below:

http://www.baaf.org.uk/res/training/details/080226_conf.shtml

2nd Physical Activity and Health Alliance Annual Conference
Wednesday 27th February 2008, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

It's time again for all of us to come together on mass to network, share practice and celebrate the breadth of physical activity and health promotion in Scotland. So if you have a success story that you would like to tell, some work, practice or research that you would like to showcase or some key learning points that you would like to share then please submit an abstract for consideration as a workshop session or poster presentation at the PAHA Conference. Places are going fast so register http://pahaconference.delegatemanager.com/ now to avoid disappointment.

Anticipatory Care: Keep Well and Beyond

NHS Health Scotland would like to invite you to register for the above conference, which will be held at the Beardmore Hotel & Conference Centre, Clydebank on Wednesday 5th March (2pm - 5pm) and Thursday 6th March (9am - 4pm) 2008.

The event will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of and share developments from Keep Well and Have a Heart Paisley at a national level, and share good practice and learning from local Keep Well projects.  There will also be the opportunity to learn about other anticipatory care projects.

Contact NHS Health Scotland for details on how to register:

NHS Health Scotland

Monday 10th March 2008: 10am – 4.30pm

The Human Rights Action Centre, Amnesty Headquarters UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London, EC2A 3EA

The White Ribbon Campaign UK would like to invite you participate in a Day Conference - 'Engaging Young Men in Combating Violence against Women'. There will be presentations in the morning and following lunch, there will be a series of workshops culminating with an opportunity to 'Ask the Panel'.

For more information and details on how to register, download the conference invite and booking form below:

Conference invite (word doc)

Conference draft programme (word doc)

Conference booking form (word doc)

Changing Minds Conference

19th March 2008 at The Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

This is an event to showcase and learn about the work of the National Resource Centre for Ethnic Minorities Health, mental health and wellbeing programme with black and minority ethnic communities over the last 18 months. It will feature workshops about recovery, stigma, stories, recent research and making sense of mental health laws. It will also feature a number of speakers, a piece of unique theatre, film and complementary therapies.

Sorry the conference is now fully booked but if you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact Ruari O'Brien on 0141 354 2900 or email: nrcemh@health.scot.nhs.uk

You can download the flyer and booking form below.

Download flyer (pdf)

Download registration form  (word)

MHFS 10K for Men Launch Event

Friday 11th January 2008 at 10am

Venue: Palace of Art, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow

If you would like to attend this launch event, please get let us know, as places are limited.

Contact, Sarah McMillan, 10K for Men Development Worker tenk@mhfs.org.uk or telephone 0141 550 7515

Tuesday 11 December 2007, Glasgow

Scottish Smoking Cessation Conference 2007

A unique opportunity for those with an interest in the field of smoking cessation to share recent good practice, research and policy to help more smokers to stop smoking.  For more information download the conference flyer below:

Download Conference Flyer

C-Level Christmas Party

Wednesday 19th December 2007, 2-4pm

268 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JR (across from the King’s Theatre)

• Meet others affected by the virus

• Learn more about Hep C and support services available in your area

• Get practical advice on how to help yourself live a healthy life

Christmas snacks and refreshments and free complementary therapies will be available.  No need to make an appointment, just turn up.

C-Level is improving quality of life for those affected by Hepatitis C www.c-level.org.uk

Monday 16th July 2007

Medicine and Me: Prostate Cancer Research

Focusing on the current status of research into treatments for protate cancer and access to trials, sessions will deal explicity with localised disease, advanced prostate cancer, and diet and complemetary therapies.

The Royal Society of Medicine

1 Wimpole Street

London, W1G 0AE

For more information and how to register go to:

The Prostate Cancer Charity website

June 1st - 30th 2007

Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month

Insititute of Cancer Research www.everyman-campaign.org

Monday 11th June 2007

Father's Footsteps

A conference addressing the new gender Equality Duty

Download flyer

Friday 15th June 2007

Half Day Conference on Fathering - A part of Men's Health Week

Following success of the Half Day Conference on "Men on Suicide" in April 2006, Men's Health Highland are pleased to announce the above on a highly important and topical issue held during Men's Health Week.

This will include talks by experts in the field from both in and out of the area but there will also be time for group work and feedback.

Download programme and booking form

Download conference letter

For more information contact:

Trevor Escott at Men's Health Highland

Email: tescott@btinternet.com

Monday and Tuesday 11th and 12th June

Monday and Tuesday 13th and 14th August

Gender Justice and Male Violence

A course that integrates the experience and expertise of Women's Aid and the wider feminist movement against gender based violence, with the academic rigour of university accreditation.  It is offered for the first time in June 2007.

Closing date for applications is Friday 27th July 2007

Dowload flyer

11th May 2007

"Men Enough!" A conference to explore working with men to end violence against women

Many who work both with men who are violent and with their partners and children agree that it is essential to engage with men at different stages in their lives in order to prevent them from going on to terrorise others and in the process ruin their own lives. 

You can download the programme and presentations from the day through the link below:

Men Enough!

19th January 2007

Easy Test Syphillis Campaign

NHS Health Promotion, THT Scotland, Healthy Gay Scotland and LGBT Youth Scotland have teamed up to promote STI testing for gay and bisexual men in Glasgow with syphillis campaign to conduct on-scene testing through January and February - go to www.easytestglasgow.co.uk for more information

Wednesday 28th February 2007

Airth Castle Hotel, By Falkirk, Stirlingshire

SurvivorScotland Conference: A national strategy for survivors of childhood sexual abuse

The event will provide an opportunity to build on the power of partnership working and provide information sharing across professions.  It will also enable delegates to form strong networks in order to make a real and lasting difference to survivors throughout Scotland

Email: survivorscotland@conventionmanagement.co.uk

Web: www.survivorscotland.org.uk

Wednesday 28th February 2007

Regaining The Focus: Improving the sexual wellbeing of young people from black and minority ethnic communities and those with learning disabilities

Regaining the Focus Letter - download

Programme - download

Registration form - download

The closing date for applications is the 12th February 2007

Wednesday 21st March 2007

New Approaches to Preventing Suicide (London)

Suicide prevention is a major national activity; the government have set a target of a 20% reduction in the suicide rate by 2010.  This conference will focus on a wide range of imaginative, preventive measures that are relevant to the whole of society.  In addition, the challenging area of self-harm will be considered in detail.  The emphasis will be on practical workshops with maximum audience participation throughout the day.

For more information click here

Tuesday 10th October 2006

What Works for Men in a Caring Role?

Report from a one-day event held in North East Scotland on issues facing Male Carers

Report (pdf)

Source: www.vsa.org.uk/index.html

National Conference June 2006

“Men’s health is everything”

Men's Health Forum Scotland hosted a major national conference on Tuesday September 19 2006. For more information click here

The 10K for Men 2006

For information about last year's 10K click here

June 2006

Changing the Focus event

Changing the Focus was a two day event, held in Edinburgh in June 2006, which sought to impact on current and future service responses to the sexual health of gay and bisexual men. You can download a copy of the Executive summary below

Changing the Focus Executive Summary (pdf)

Thursday 30th March 2006

Stop Violence Against Women: Involving Men

Men's Health Forum Scotland in partnership with Amnesty International Scotland held a conference which focussed on the role of men and boys in challening violence.  You can download a copy of the summary and full conference report below.  For more information about last year's conference click here

Summary Report (pdf)

Full report (pdf)

Sunday 26th August 2007

Football Partnership Coaching Conference

The West Region Football Partnership is delighted to announce the inaugural Football Partnership Coaching Conference.  The conference is supported through the SFA Action Plan and aimed at coaches working across all levels of football and will include a variety of practical sessions and discussion forum.

The event is free of charge, however all coaches wishing to participate must complete the application form and return to:

Paul McNeill

Football Development

Hampden Park

Glasgow

G42 9AY

Download application form (pdf)

Living Life to the Full Training for Practitioners

Most of us experience problems of stress or low mood at some stage either directly ourselves or indirectly through family members and friends who face such challenges.  This new course is aimed at practitioners and voluntary sector workers who are interested in low mood and stress.

4 Day Course:

Wednesday 5th September 2007

Wednesday 19th September 2007

Wednesday 26th September 2007

Wednesday 4th October 2007

For more information about the course click on the link below:

Depression Alliance Scotland

Wednesday 12th September 2007

Fit for Purpose - 2nd Social Enterprise and Health Conference

The conference aims to reflect on the growing role for social enterprise in the health and care sector.  With an emphasis on the trading opportunities, the event will feature contributions from social enterprises, health professionals and policy makers, from Scotland and the rest of the UK.  Examples of social enterprises who have successfully secure contracts with the NHS will provide insight into the process with a number of cases studies. Read more

Tuesday 15th September 2007

Dad's the word: understanding the importance of fathers in families with additional support needs

There is growing recognition in national family policy of the important contribution that fathers make to family life. Furthermore, research shows that fathers of children with additional support needs are often marginalised and their caring role is generally overlooked. Read more

Thursday 4th October 2007

Paths to Health National Networking Event

The Paths to Health annual Networking Event is aimed at everyone with an interest  in walking for health and provides an informal opportunity to network with others, share good practice and plan for the future.  The programme will include walkers' stories, experiences from volunteers and presentations from professionals involved in policy and practice.  Read more