RAMHP - Mental Health First Aid for the Suicidal Person
A 4-hour suicide prevention community workshop open to anyone 18+. The Mental Health First Aid for the Suicidal Person course will teach you how to identify, approach and support someone who is experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours using a practical, evidence based Action Plan. During this course, you will also have the opportunity to practise your new skills in a safe environment. What will you learn? How to identify warning signs for suicide How to confidently support a...
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RAMHP - Mental Health First Aid
This course teaches adults (aged 18 years and over) how to provide initial support to other adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis. Participants will learn about the signs and symptoms of common and disabling mental health problems, how to provide initial help, where and how to get professional help, what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective, and how to provide help in a crisis situation. This course is conducted by...
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Belly Dancing/Yoga
Belly dancing can strengthen a woman's self-confidence and promote creativity and self-expression. Women find in belly dancing a way to express their own voices and feelings. So do you need to just get some wiggling happening or maybe some jiggling? Lets put it all together and do some wiggling, jiggling and heaps and heaps of giggling. Then we shall slow it down with some gentle stretching with wonderful yoga techniques. Yoga is an exercise that focuses on strength, flexibility...
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Be Connected - Health My Way
An estimated 4 million people in Australia have limited digital skills and interest, but 22 million Australians now have an online summary of their health information on My Health Record. If you’re one of the 4 million Australians who need support to manage their health online, then this course is for you! This free workshop will help you sign into Health My Way and provide you with safe sites to research topics relating to diabetes, quitting smoking, diet, fitness and more. Come...
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RAMHP - Heavy Industry Support Skills
As part of International Women’s Week 2021 (8th March to Sunday 14th March) Gunnedah Community College is hosting a 2 hour workshop, Heavy Industry Support Skills.This course addresses the unique challenges for women working within heavy industries such as mining and high risk work. Participants will leave with the skills, knowledge and confidence to identify and approach others who may be experiencing mental health concerns and to help those at risk of suicide. They will learn...
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RAMHP - Volunteer Wellbeing
The Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) provides education and training to individuals, communities and service providers aimed at supporting and linking community members to mental health support. Want to learn how to support volunteers in your organisation? Perhaps you’re a volunteer yourself. This one-hour session will provide you with information about: mental health, well-being and stress; how to identify stress; how to talk with volunteers about stress; strategies...
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Healthy Body, Healthy Mind, Healthy You
Join Karla from Healing with Bowen and discover the gentle, fast and effective pain relief that Bowen Therapy can offer you. Also joining us is Therese from Relaxation Massage Gunnedah who will talk about relaxing massages and how this can have the effect of de-stressing which aids in overall benefit for healthy body and mide. All participants will be given an essessial oil roller. $15 (inc. GST) includes a light supper
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Suicide Prevention Workshop
This informative and interactive workshop is designed to give participants insight into suicide through the lens of people who have experienced it, and equip them with the right knowledge and practical tools to reduce the emotional pain experienced by many around us, and even save a life. Who is this workshop for? Community members in general; Regular 'Community TouchPoints' - hairdressers, sports coaches, baristas, newsagents, pharmacy staff, taxi drivers etc. Within a workplace -...
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