Healthy Deaf Minds

Healthy Deaf Minds meetings have been running in London for the last seven years. They are now being developed in other areas of the country. The meetings are run by the local deaf community, with support from BSMHD. The purpose of the meetings is to provide information and an opportunity to discuss topics that promote mental and physical wellbeing in the deaf community. Topics that have been covered at recent meetings include: Cancer Awareness, Counselling Services, How deaf people are affected by hate crime, HIV/AIDS in the deaf community, Art Therapy, Relationship between Nutrition and Mental Health.

Healthy Deaf Minds - London

The next meeting of the Healthy Deaf Minds London Group will be on Wednesday 2 December 2009 at the Small Meeting Room, Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London (opposite Euston Station). The topic is"Deaf Children and Stress and how to communicate with deaf children, youth and family". There will be three speakers from National Deaf Services: Val Leach - social worker, Clare Bartlett - Assistant Psychologist, Joanna Hoskins - speech and language therapist.

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All meetings are on a Wednesday at Friends Meeting House, Euston. Starting at 6.30pm and finishing at 9.00pm. Full communication support, tea & coffee are available. Entrance fee is £5.

We are very grateful to Camden PCT for their contribution towards the cost of running the meetings.

Further dates for 2010

3rd February
7th April
2nd June
4th August
6th October
1st December

Transcripts from previous meetings

• 3 June 2009: Mental Wellbeing in the Deaf Community

Healthy Deaf Minds meetings outside London

Following the success of our initiative to encourage similar groups across the country, funded by the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales, there are now groups being developed in East Midlands, Bristol, Newcastle and Edinburgh. If you would like details about these groups or are interested in setting up your own Healthy Deaf Minds meetings in your are then do contact BSMHD for further details.

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