On Wednesday staff and service user attended an event at Harrow Tesco. Together with Mind Harrow and local MET police liaison officers the team had a stall to raise awareness of mental health issues and to promote good mental health.
The following day the Lodge’s therapy team together with service users presented a wonderful concert. Called ‘Shine’ the concert was an expression of recovery through the mediums of drama and music. The theme song for the event was a song called ‘Colours of the Wind’. The concert was attended by everyone at the Lodge with colorful banners created to wave along to the music.
On Friday it was a day of dual celebration as it was also International Nurses Day. Service users and staff baked a range of delicious cakes for a Bake Sale. These went on sale within the Lodge as well as to passersby in the local community. The cake sale raised a total of £212 for Place2Be, Cygnet’s nominated charity for 2017.
The nursing team also cooked up a tasty barbecue and staff had fun wearing traditional nurses outfits. All in all it was a great week with some great examples of service users and staff working together to promote mental health awareness.