Information for Service Users
Welcome Guide
We understand that for some people coming into hospital can be a confusing and stressful experience. At Cygnet Lodge Brighouse we want your admission to be as straightforward and stress free as possible. To help with this we have worked with our service users to produce a Welcome Guide which will explain about life at Cygnet Lodge Brighouse. The Welcome Guide is designed to give you a high level view of life at Cygnet Lodge Brighouse.
Service User Involvement
The government's New Horizons strategy promotes and encourages greater involvement and empowerment of service users in their own care. New Horizons asserts that individuals want to be listened to and heard via structured service user involvement in all levels of decision making. In order to include service users more actively in their own care we have a Service User Involvement Strategy.
Service User Newsletter
In conjunction with Cygnet Lodge Brighouse we produce a regular newsletter which features direct input from our service users.
Service User Projects
We want to celebrate and showcase the activities of our service users, whether it be in participating in group projects, individual artistic endeavours or even getting involved in wider hospital activities. The following are jsut a few examples of the activities and projects our service users have participated in.
- Service User Artwork: The creative process involved in making art can, on a basic level, be healing and life-enhancing. We've created a slideshow that displays some recent paintings by our service users.
View artwork slideshow >>
Recent Activities at Brighouse
16/04/12: College Term starts again!
Many service users have either started new courses or carried on with courses from last term. Whether its learning Maths and English or improving their cookery and catering skills its back to college!
13/04/12: Debate Group
Should the space program continue to spend money to explore or should we spend money on better things? The group thought that it is worth searching for life in space- we might not be able to stay on Earth forever!.
09/04/12: Group Trip
More fun on the rides, but this time at Huddersfield Funfair.
04/04/12: Easter
Clergy from the local churches came to the Lodge to lead an Easter concert and stayed for Hot Cross Buns and Cream Eggs. Yummy!
09/04/12: Group Trip
A group trip to the Funfair in Halifax.
16/03/12: Art Therapy Group
Even more chances to get creative and work with the Art Therapist.
15/03/12: Work Shop Group
The ‘Work Shop’ group begins. Today introduced what is to come in the sessions, from having their own C.V, to learning how best to answer interview questions, and completing application forms for jobs.