You are cordially invited to ‘ARCHES Recovery College website launch: The future for Lived
Experience in our community’ taking place in Studio, DLR
lexicon, Dun Laoghaire, 1.30pm to 4.10pm on
Friday 22nd March.
Arches have a packed
programme of activities, talks, and discussions for the afternoon. The event’s
theme is ‘Our hopes for our future as a community’ now that they are
launching their beautiful new website. They want to celebrate all that they
have achieved to date, as a community of people who use and provide mental
health services, and to reflect on their aspirations for the future.
The Keynote Speaker
for the afternoon is Emeritus Professor Ann Sheridan. Ann, from her many years
of working as a psychiatric nurse and educator, has witnessed profound changes
in the mental health system. Throughout her career, she has been a passionate
advocate for service user and supporter involvement and tirelessly campaigned
to challenge psychiatric stigma. Arches are confident that Ann’s talk on
the past and future of ‘Recovery’ will be thought provoking and inspiring.
Arches must limit
the capacity of this event to 120 people due to the venue size. Therefore, to
avoid disappointment, please RSVP to this invitation ASAP by responding to this
email to book a place.
You can also RSVP on
their website using this link: https://www.archesrecovery.ie/course/arches-recovery-college-website-launch-in-studio-dlr-lexicon-dun-laoghaire/. Places can also be booked by phoning Arches Admin Support (Matthew) on
087 342 9922. Please note that this invitation extends to your friends,
family, supporters, and colleagues; however everyone must book a place in order
to attend the event. As places are limited, please only register if you are
confident you can attend on the day.
To get to the venue,
enter the DLR Lexicon through the ground floor and turn right. Walk through the
Ink Café and Studio is at the back through a door on your right. This is the DLR Lexicon Eircode: A96 H283.
See below the programme for the
afternoon:
1.30pm ‘Tea coffee and
pastries with opportunity to engage in creative activity with ARCHES Recovery
Education Facilitators’.
2pm ‘Welcome address’
from Martina Queally (Regional Executive Officer HSE Dublin and South East).
2.10pm ‘Overview of the
ARCHES Recovery College website and how it works’ from Dr Donal O’Keeffe
(Recovery Coordinator).
2.20pm ‘Recovery:
Reflecting on our past to imagine our future’ from Prof Ann Sheridan
(Emeritus Professor in Mental Health and Mental Health Ireland Board Member).
2.50pm Break.
3pm ‘How the HSE National
Counselling Service can support mental health recovery’ from Deirdre Condon
(Counsellor/Therapist) and Alan Mc Donnell (Senior Counsellor/Therapist).
3.30pm Panel Discussion: ‘The
role of lived experience employment in mental health recovery and improving
services’.
Panel chair: Fiona McKernan
(HSE Engagement and Recovery Programme Manager for Recovery Education).
Panel members:
Ciaran Cobbe (Peer Support
Worker),
Ciara Glynn (Peer Support
Worker and Mental Health Reform Board Member),
Isabelle Gauthier (ARCHES
Recovery Education Facilitator),
Lisa Richardson (ARCHES
Recovery Education Facilitator), and
Dr Donal O’Keeffe (Recovery
Coordinator).
End 4.10pm.
