Festival Crew
Tuesday July 24, 2018
The Recovery College is only a great place to be because of the people involved and we have a fantastic crew! It was all hands on deck and what at day the summer festival was.
Month: July 2018
Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health, DCU.
Thursday July 19, 2018
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The date for application date for the Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health has been extended until July 31st.
The programme is for people who currently work in a peer support or family peer support role in the area of mental health (paid or voluntary) or will be in a peer support role when the course commences in September 2018. The course will help develop your knowledge and skills in order to grow your practice as a peer support worker in mental health inpatient or community setting.The Certificate consists of three modules delivered on a part-time basis over two semesters. The course involves attendance in two-day blocks every two weeks during the semester (16 in total) and ten days online work.
For more information on the programme please go to https://www.dcu.ie/courses/Undergraduate/snhs/Certificate-Peer-Support-Working-Mental-Health.shtml
If you are interested in applying for the course please Martha Griffin.
To apply for the Certificate in Peer Support Working in Mental Health, please apply via the Online Applications System, (PAC) which can be accessed via http://pac.ie/ugrad/main.php?inst=dc&ln=e When you wish to begin your application, you will need to create an account using an email address and setting a password. You must apply using a desktop or laptop computer – applications via mobile devices (phones, iPads etc) will be rejected by the automated system.
Please upload the following documentation; · Personal statement (1,000 words) about your suitability for the course. · Letter from your employer stating that when the course commences in September 2018 and for the duration of the course you will be working at least 19 hours a week (this can be paid or unpaid) in a peer support role. · Include a signed form from a person in your organisation who will supervise you for the duration of this course (See this link). · Evidence of critical thinking, literacy, communication/writing skills at level 5 NFQ. This can be in the form of formal qualifications (e.g. Leaving Certificate) or the equivalent FETAC |
PHD Opportunity – Early intervention research.
Wednesday July 18, 2018
This is not a Dublin North North East Recovery opportunity
A Play: Fred & Alice – Love in the time of OCD
Wednesday July 11, 2018
| FRED & ALICE
RUNNING ALL THIS WEEK @ VIKING THEATRE CLONTARF Until SAT 14th JULY (nightly at 8pm) VIKING THEATRE @ The Sheds, Clontarf, Dublin@8pm – 0871129970 FRED & ALICE Love in the time of OCD written by John Sheehy (Arts Council Theatre Artist in Residence between 2013-2015) Fred is played by Ciaran Bermingham (Game of Thrones, The Young Offenders) ***** STARS Fred & Alice is a blistering headwreck played at a hilarious pace! It is a quirky love story about 2 amazing mischievous characters who meet in a home, fall in love, play rock concerts, move in together, have trouble adjusting, sort it out, all done in their own hilarious way. It’s hilarious, we guarantee you, you’ve never seen anything like it before. Click here to watch NEW Fred & Alice FUN PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:
SAMPLE REVIEWS
”John Sheehy’s play is a delightful piece, warm, touching and funny” – Emer O’Kelly We have over 150 performances done to date all over the country and abroad and are currently on a mini Summer tour. SUMMARY OF PLAY It’s not easy to get by in this crazy old world is it? But Fred and Alice have discovered that all you really need are 2 tennis rackets, disproportionate reactions to minor accidents, an immature coping strategy and each other. Fred & Alice is a quirky love story about 2 amazing mischievous characters who meet in a home. It wasn’t really a home but Fred always called it a home because that was where he lived, and if you are not living at home then where are you? It was love at first sight for Alice. Fred didn’t talk to her again for years but then eventually Fred got used to her and it was love at first sight for him too. From their days in care, to independent living, Fred and Alice negotiate the perils and pitfalls of life and love. Together they create a fantastical world which spills over into a madcap reality when they decide to move in together. ***** It is a love story, it also has deeper themes in it: Fred & Alice: “A PLAY THAT SHOULD BE SEEN BY EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE AREA OF MENTAL WELLBEING” – Mary Farrelly, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing Fred & Alice is a love story but it deals with issues of mental well-being and we have had a lot of people involved in the area of mental well-being come and see the play and they highly recommend it. We have also gone into secondary schools and colleges to play to students as part of their courses. We believe that people involved in the area of mental well being should see this play. “Fred and Alice have so much to teach mental health professionals about what it is to want to live your life and make your own decisions in a world that sees your ways of coping as an illness. They allow us the privilege of seeing their world from their perspective”. Mary Farrelly, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing. ”Fred & Alice is hilarious with mischievous characters, with charming, humorous dialogue and fantastic choreography. Fred and Alice meet in a mental health hostel, as their stories unfold we come to understand the powerful reasons that have brought them there. As their love flourishes, so too does their need to live more independently, this play tells the story of that journ ey”. “Picturesque, awareness of disability and troubled backgrounds…..hilarious to look at & adorable characters!! Overall, it’s an extraordinary show that I love!!” Aimee Richardson Voice of Punky and member of Down Syndrome Ireland National Advisory Council Fred & Alice is about celebrating people’s differences.Fred & Alice is about accepting people for who they are: strengths and weaknesses. It’s about Love in its purest form born out of mutual understanding and respect. It’s about fighting for your freedom. It’s about the right to live your own life.
_________________________________________ Fred &Alice was recently made into a radio play by Sligo’s Ocean FM supported by the Broadcasting Association of Ireland and was shortlisted for a PP1 National Radio Award winning Bronze. Fred & Alice has toured all over Ireland and also Scotland. Fred & Alice has had over 150 performances to date and has been performed in theatres, school halls, community halls, a marquee, (where Ciaran fell off the stage!), a banquet hall, a pub function room, and a haybarn surrounded by bales of hay, tractors and pigs! Check out CallBack theatre on www.callbacktheatre.com |
