2012-13 Programme for African-Caribbean Communities

Contents:

• Reggaerobics Meets Zumba
• Come Nyam Wid Me dining experiences
• Community Training opportunities
• The Love Hearts (volunteering opportunities)
• The new Clifton Love Hearts
• About Hearts and Minds

Click here to read our latest press release.

Click here to see the original Love Hearts flyer.

Reggaerobics Meets Zumba

10am to 11am Monday mornings at The New Art Exchange

Join The Love Hearts and Carol Burrell for Reggaerobics Meets Zumba classes.  We have men and women of all ages, shapes and sizes. The only criteria is that you want get back into, or increase your level of physical activity.

Just follow the teeth because everyone who has tried it, just can’t stop smiling.

Reggaerobics is FREE. However, you can make a voluntary donation to the British Heart Foundation if you wish.

Evening classes are coming soon.

Come Nyam Wid Me

Chez Cors                 Monday 12^th November, 7pm

Chez Cors                 Monday 19^th November, 7pm

Jamaican Ways       Monday 26^th November, 7pm

Jamaican Ways       Monday 3^rd December, 7pm

Join Nottingham’s new hilarious celebrity chef, Patty Dumplin’ and The Love Hearts for a dining experience that you will never forget.  We will be cooking up recipes from the British Heart Foundation’s Caribbean recipe book, showing you how it’s done and then sitting down with you to dine in style.

These sessions are aimed at people who cook African-Caribbean food on a regular basis and would like to learn how they can enjoy their favourite foods in a healthier way. We will be filming each evening and we’ll be making short films for You Tube etc. so that we can spread the message and the fun further.

Places for this are extremely limited so we can’t promise everyone a place.  However, do encourage friends and family to  listen to 97.5 kemet fm where you can win free tickets every week.

Come Nyam Wid Me evenings are FREE. However, you can make a voluntary donation to the British Heart Foundation if you wish.

To book please call 0115 837 9474 or email events@brightideasnottingham.co.uk with ‘Come Nyam Wid Me’ and your preferred date in the subject box. 

Community Training Opportunities

We are searching for 100 people who live and work closely in the African-Caribbean community to become potential life savers. We want to train 100 people on the same day in emergency life support.

We are also running other sessions such as Pass It On sessions and heart awareness sessions in the community.

For more information about FREE training opportunities, please contact BME Cancer Communities on 0115 9348487

Be A Love Heart

We have couple of vacancies for Love Hearts.  Potential applicants must be available for day-time volunteering. (We have enough volunteers who are available for evening and weekend work.)

Contact Lorna on 0115 837 9474 for more information or email lorna@brightideasnottingham.co.uk

The Clifton Love Hearts

Some local people in Clifton loved what we were doing so much that they have set up their own volunteer team: The Clifton Love Hearts. The Clifton Love hearts will be fundraising for the British Heart Foundation and raising awareness about heart health with local people.  They will soon have their own section on the project blog www.TheLoveHearts.wordpress.com  If you know anyone who wants to fundraise for The British Heart Foundation, please encourage them to get in touch with us.

Hearts and Minds

Reggaerobics and Come Nyam Wid Me are part of the Hearts and Minds programme.  Hearts and Minds is a programme of activity aimed to raise awareness of the British Heart Foundation in Nottingham’s diverse communities.  You can find out how the British Heart Foundation works with all sections of the community by going to www.bhf.org.uk

This year (2012 – 2013)  the programme in Nottingham focuses on African-Caribbean communities and we are currently planning our programme aimed at South Asian communities for 2013-14.

The programme is being developed as a model of good practice that can be shared by the BHF across the UK.

So far the partners have:

Recruited a small team of volunteers called ‘The Love Hearts’ who advise us and assist the project partners

Held the Hearts and Minds community conference for the second year which was broadcast live on 97.5 kemet fm

Represented the BHF at a number of community events including Notts Carnival and Pride

Distributed thousands of BHF resources in community engagement settings

Visited and engaged Caribbean businesses and services to support them to access resources for their customers

Scripted 5 radio adverts about different aspects of heart health.

Organised training sessions in the community

Started up FREE Reggaerobics classes

Planned 4 x Come Nyam (eat) Wid Me dining experiences.

You can follow the blog www.thelovehearts.wordpress.com for updates

On 12th October 2012, Bright Ideas Nottingham and the ACNA centre hosted a talk and discussion with Professor Matt Whitaker on his UK tour to discuss Obama’s administration, campaign, and race issues in American politics. To see a full report from the event, please click here.

Lisa Robinson, Dino Kritsiotis, Matt Whitaker and Julie Cassidy-Gosling at the event

Hi everyone, please visit our new blog page at www.brightideasevents.wordpress.com for up to date coverage of events including today’s audience with Prof Matt Whitaker.

As part of mental health awareness weeks 2012 www.mhaw.org.uk, Champions of Change (mental health) is supporting the screening of Open Dialogue.  There is no need to book. Tickets are free from the Broadway Cinema. Come along on the day or pick up a ticket if you are in the area. If you want to guarantee yourself a seat please reserve yourself a place on eventbrite:

http://opendialoguefilm.eventbrite.co.uk

Open Dialogue

A film about how psychosis is treated in Finland.

Western Lapland now has the best results in the world for first episode psychosis.

Their secret?  Dialogue.  And lots of it. 

A group of innovative family therapists converted the area’s traditional mental health system and their principles are surprisingly simple.  Families, friends and social networks are involved in the treatment process right from the beginning. 

Would it work in the UK? 

Watch the film then have your say!

Friday 19^thOctober 2012 at 1pm

Tickets are free 

Venue: The Broadway Cinema Nottingham

 14 – 18 Broad Street, Nottingham, NG1 3AL

 (5 minutes walk from the Market Square, in Hockley)

Click here to read the Champions of Change (mental health) Evaluation Summary

‘Families Rooting For Recovery’ is taking place as part of Mental Health Awareness Weeks 2012 (www.mhaw.org.uk). It is “a positive day to ecourage and inspire hope in families, friends and carers of those experiencing mental distess”.

This event will take place on Friday 12th October 2012, from 9.45am – 3pm, at ‘Central Seminars’ (formally known as ‘Life at the Centre’), 22 Lower Parliament Street (next to Wilkinson’s), Nottingham, NG1 3DA.

This uplifting conference will look at beliefs about mental health recovery and the positive things we can all do to support the recovery and well-being of family members. We will also look at how carers, friends and family members can take more care of their own well-being.

It has been organised by a new partnership of community sector groups and individuals.

Themes will include:

• Messages of Hope: Inspirational Stories

• Advocacy; Increasing Confidence and Self-esteem

• Keynote speaker: Dr. Paul Blackburn on

“Roles, Relationships and Responsibilities”

• Links between physical health and mental well-being

• Workshops

The event is FREE with with lunch included! However, we are requesting an optional donation to support with the direct conference costs.

BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL

Book through Bright Ideas Nottingham-

Telephone: 0115 8379474 (Mon-Thurs, 11am-5pm)

Email: events@brightideasnottingham.co.uk

To view the promotional poster, click here.

The Champions of Change Creative Crafts Fest is fast approaching!

The Fest is a week-long celebration of the Champion’s creative strengths, which will be showcased in order to dispel all the negative depictions of people with mental ill-health. The Champions achievements are sure to dazzle and impress… make sure you’re there!  

The Fest will take place from 22nd – 27th October 2012, at the Nottingham Society of Artists, St. Luke’s House, 71 Friar Lane, Nottingham.  

Features will include:
– Slide shows
– Rolling film, including the Champions of Change promotional video 
– A photographic display, including a thematic exploration of travels in Celtic lands
– A drama
– Creative artifacts
– Cards and other items for sale, including books and prints

There will also be a Time to Change stall and mural exhibits.

The Champions have also gained acceptance from the Mental Health Foundation to do a Tea & Talk session one afternoon.

This will take place  from 2 – 4 pm on Wednesday 24th October and will be held in upstairs Gallery- Everyone is welcome to attend this!

To see a flyer explaining the ethos of the Fest- ‘Actions Speak Louder Than Words’- click here.

EVENT

The National Cancer Action Team would like to invite you to the Nottingham cancer does not discriminate introductory event taking place on Wednesday, 19th September 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm at Nottingham NCVS, 7 Mansfield Road, Nottingham.  Come along and find out more about the ‘Cancer does not discriminate’ campaign and the activities planned for Nottingham. To book a place please contact:

 dennise.friday@ncat.nhs.uk

or visit

www.BMEcancervoice.co.uk

for more information.

To see the promotional flyer, click here.

This is a free event but places are limited. However, don’t worry if you can’t make it.  We will be blogging from the event:

www.cancerchampions.wordpress.com

SMALL GRANTS

Please note that as part of the activity in Nottingham, small grants are available for groups to run awareness events. Groups who are interested need to express interest this week (3rd September -9th September) by taking 10 minutes to complete a form.

Click the links below to download further information  / the application form…

NCAT flyer for small grants

Small grants information

Small grants application form

Web link:

 http://www.bmecancervoice.co.uk

VOLUNTEERING

If you have 2 hours to spare between 20^th September and 25^thOctober, live in Nottingham and would like to help The National Cancer Action Team to hand out goodie bags full of cancer awareness information, please contact

claire.elshaw@ncat.nhs.uk

For more information, click here.

The Love Hearts will be in attendance at Nottingham Caribbean Carnival 2012 on Sunday 19th August, both on the parade starting at 2PM from Castle Gate, City Centre and on the Carnival Site at 4.30 PM situated at the Forest Recreation Ground. Look out for red BHF T Shirts which the Love Hearts will be wearing. Patty Dumplin will also be gracing the Carnival with her presence.

Follow us on Twitter via the hashtag #TheLoveHearts

Patty Dumplin’s Social Media:
http://www.facebook.com/PattyDumplin

http://twitter.com/Patty_Dumplin