Podcast feedLicence2Skill: Patricia O'Malley on the new online portal for mental health
Licence2skill is a pilot project of meaningful engagement for people who suffer with mental health illness, specifically depression, anxiety and stress. The project will be a service people can use to help cope with mental health issues and manage conditions before reaching crisis point and as a tool to prevent mental health deterioration.
Patricia O’Malley, founder of The Regency Training Foundation, discusses the history of the initiative and the new online learning Portal.
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Racheal Ofori discusses her new play So Many Reasons
‘This idea that women are secondary just doesn’t really add up to me’. So says Racheal Ofori when she discussed her new play ‘So Many Reasons’ with CCRadi’s Lavinia Butt.
‘So Many Reasons’ headlined this year’s Feminist Festival, Calm Down Dear, at the Camden People’s Theatre. A comedy about youth development, marriage, sex and gender roles told through the experiences of a young British-Ghanaian woman. Racheal’s play received 5-star reviews and then went touring the UK.
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What's on in Camden for the week beginning 5th March 2018
Free Childcare at Maiden Lane Pre-School for over 3s and two year olds who meet the criteria; Employability Skills & English Language at the Working Men’s College for Men & Women; Roundhouse best young spoken word artists are at Camden Market for Spoken Word on the Cobbles, on Sunday 11th; Latin American Dance Workshop with Elsa Perez , 4.15pm-5.15pm, Tuesday 13th March. Tickets £6. Call Elsa Perez on 020 8769 3619 for more information. Or just turn up on Tuesday.
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What's On In Camden: 24th February 2018
There’s plenty to chase the unseasonal cold away with. First up: dog lovers can take part in a sponsored dog walk in Waterloo Park organised by Cancer Research UK, Swiss Cottage library is running many amazing classes including gentle yoga for over 60s, or always dreamed of dressing up for a night at the Oscars? At Upstairs at the Village you have the chance by seeing A Night At the Oscars.
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Healthwatch Camden Reports on local Care Homes
Anna Wright tells how Healthwatch Camden was about to use its powers to visit and check on the quality of local care homes when it heard that ‘Independent Age’ was keen to develop indicators to help ordinary people to assess the quality of care homes they might think of using. The resulting collaboration was so successful that Independent Age is recommending that all MPs get their local Healthwatch to inspect and report on their local care homes using the eight quality indicators that they have developed.
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