Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 13 to 19 May, on the theme of "Movement: Moving more for our mental health".

Being active is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to get enough exercise. We know there are many different reasons for this, so this Mental Health Awareness Week we want to help people to find moments for movement in their daily routines. Going for a walk in your neighbourhood, putting on your favourite music and dancing around the living room, chair exercises when you’re watching television – it all counts!

Sutton Council and Sutton Carers Centre are holding a conference and celebration event for carers on 14 June. The event is for carers of all ages and for professionals, so please share this information with anyone you think might benefit from attending.

Learning Disability Awareness Week 2024 is taking place on 17 - 23 June 2024. This year the theme is 'Do you see me? ' which is all about being seen, heard and valued.  

Please see attached poster for our Saturday Sessions that will be starting on Saturday 6^th July.  I would really appreciate it if you can promote this if you feel appropriate.

This is a service being delivered by Cranstoun Inspire on Saturdays between 2pm – 7pm for the wider recovery community as a space to come and have fun and meet new people or it can be used as a safe space/way to spend time engaging in meaningful activity to eliminate the temptation of using drugs or alcohol.  It is open to all Sutton residents in recovery.  No structured treatment will be provided at these sessions however should people require some advice or wish to refer whilst in attendance we have our staff and volunteers to help.

A few criteria/additional information:

• People can not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol when attending.  They will be asked to leave if staff deem them unsuitable and putting other people’s recovery at risk.
• This is not a crisis service.  Not all staff and volunteers working on these days have training to deal with complex needs.  We are trying to create a friendly atmosphere where people can relax and have fun.
• No under 18’s even with an accompanying adult. 
• Other than a name on entering the building for fire safety reasons no information will be taken from people.  Attendance records will be destroyed at the end of each day.

Be the Change. Choose Fairtrade

I'm getting in touch as Fairtrade Fortnight is in a few weeks and it would be great if you could offer your support, promote the Fortnight and encourage your colleagues and friends to buy Fairtrade products. Would it be possible to once again put something in the SSAB newsletter like last year? The theme this year is Be the Change. Choose Fairtrade. Buy Fairtrade products and speak up for fairer trade.

This is a special year as it is the 30th anniversary of the Fairtrade Mark in the UK. Much has been achieved over the years and there are now around 5000 Fairtrade products available to buy. From1994 to 2022, farmers have received £1.7 billion in Fairtrade Premium payments to invest in their communities and businesses. But much more needs to be done to build a fairer future.

Buying Fairtrade is helping to protect the UK's most loved food and drinks (such as tea, coffee and cocoa) and the livelihoods of millions of farmers who grow them and are faced with with the severe impacts of the climate crisis - droughts, floods, extreme temperatures and unpredictable weather.

For more information and digital resources, please see

https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get-involved/current-campaigns/fairtrade-fortnight/

https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/get-involved/current-campaigns/fairtrade-and-climate-justice/

During Fairtrade Fortnight, we will be doing Fairtrade stalls on Fri 13th Sept at Oru, Sutton High Street and on Sat 14th at All Saints Church Carshalton. Please do encourage people to come along and also find us at the EcoFair in Carshalton Park on Bank Holiday Monday 26th August.

World Suicide Prevention Day is on 10th September every year. The day was established by the International Association for Suicide Prevention in conjunction with the World Health Organisation.

World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of suicide and to promote action through proven means that will reduce the number of suicides and suicide attempts globally.

Date: Tuesday 24 September 2024

Time: 09:30 - 12:30 

Venue: Trinity Centre, Wallington Trinity Centre, Holy Trinity Church, Maldon Road, Wallington, SM6 8BL

Speaker: Mike Ainsworth, Chair of the National Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime for Policing and Criminal Justice.

To register to attend this event please follow this link.

Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024
Time: 09:30 - 13:00 pm
Venue: Sutton Central Library, St Nicholas Way, SM1 1EA 
Theme: Changing the Narrative on Suicide. 
Aim: To shift from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness, understanding, and support. It means advocating for policies and legislation that prioritise mental health, increase access to care, and provide support for those in need.

Please take a look at this poster for more information.

To register to attend this event please follow this link. 

Safeguarding Adults Week is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues.
We believe that working in partnerships allows us to share our knowledge of safeguarding, learn from others and ultimately create safer cultures. 

During Safeguarding Adults Week 2024, we’ll be collaborating with our partners to explore a different safeguarding theme each day. The themes will encourage us to consider how we can work together to establish safer cultures within our workplaces and communities.

Click here to find out more about Safeguarding Adults Week

Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024

Please take a look at this poster for more information

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Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024 or Wednesday 4 December 2024
Time: 12:30 - 13:30pm
Venue: Virtual 
Theme: Safeguarding training
Aim: To provide clarity on the adult safeguarding identification, referral and assessment process to ensure vulnerable adults are kept safe.

Please take a look at this poster for more information.

To register to attend this event on Tuesday 3 December 2024 please follow this link.*

To register to attend this event on Wednesday 4 December 2024 please follow this link.*

*Please only book one of these sessions, not both as they are the same. Thank you.

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Citizens Advice Sutton, is providing ‘Advice First Aid’ training.

The training is designed to give people working with the public the ability to identify people and situations who would benefit from advice services and to give people the basic skills to diagnose problems and find information. It may be of interest to your / your teams.

The next training event will be on 5^th December. We currently have a few places available – that can be booked online

We may run the training again in the new year –but could, if enough, run a dedicated / exclusive training sessions for your individual organisation or specific teams.

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Wednesday 15 January 2025  - 2-4pm – Homelessness & Safeguarding: updates, learning and current issues

The aims of the event are to provide learning from the 2^nd National Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews and reviews of deaths of homeless peoples; updates on critical issues and responses to support people with no recourse to public funds and people living in vehicles; insights from current research; and consider strategic responses to safeguarding challenges.

To register, please click the link: https://lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/2347/home