UPCOMING EVENTS & IMPORTANT DATES

 January – March, 2012

Families Caring, Families Sharing 2012 is an ongoing support group for families dealing with mental health issues. The group is facilitated by family members who face the same challenges. The group provides families with coping strategies and provides a support network. The group is held on the 2nd Monday of every month from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at  the Canadian Mental Health Association Board Room (Suite 205), 44 King Street (Chelsea Place Building, corner of King & Darling St) Brantford.

The 2012 schedule is as follows:

 - Monday, February 13, 2011

 - Monday, March 12, 2012

 - Monday, April 16, 2012

 - Monday, May 14, 2012

 - Monday, June 11, 2012

 - Monday, September 10, 2012

 - Monday, October 15, 2012

 - Monday, November 12, 2012

 - Monday, December 10, 2012 Christmas Potluck (location and date TBA)

  For more information, please contact the Canadian Mental Health Association at 519-752-2998, ext. 112, e-mail: lill@cmhabrant.on.ca,  or Pat Buckley, Support Group Coordinator at   519-754-0134. e-mail: familiessupportingfamilies@hotmail.com 

Suicide Bereavement Support Group of Brant A support group for persons who have lost family or friends to suicide. The  group runs the third Wednesday of each month, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Stedman Community Hospice (behind the St. Joseph's Lifecare Centre) on Wayne Gretzky Parkway, Brantford.

The 2012 schedule is as follows:

- Wednesday, January 18, 2012

- Wednesday, February 15, 2012

- Wednesday, March, 21, 2012

- Wednesday, April 18, 2012

- Wednesday, May 16, 2012

- Wednesday, June 20, 2012

- The group will recess during the months of July & August

- Wednesday, September 19, 2012

- Wednesday, October 17, 2012

- Wednesday, November 21, 2012

- December session TBA

For more information, or to register into the group, call 519-752-2998, ext. 112 .

March 3, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. - 9^th Annual Family Conference, “Reclaim Your Hope:Creative Tools for Families”

at the Grand Valley Golf & Country Club, 1910 Roseville Road, Cambridge, ON, sponsored by The Family Initiatives Project. Topics and speakers include: “Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue”, with presenters Laura McShane and Sandra Parkinson from CMHA, Grand River Branch; the roles of recovery and hope in supporting a loved one with mental illness, with speaker Allan Strong of the Self-Help Alliance; a panel discussion of family members on the topic of, “A Family’s Journey of Recovery” and a special performance from A Spark of Brilliance, Stand Up for Mental Health comedy troupe.

There is a nominal $30.00 registration fee, which includes continental breakfast and lunch. For more information, or to register, contact: 519-752-2998, ext. 112.

March 22 & 23, 2012 Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (A.S.I.S.T) at the Salvation Army Wynfield Community Church meeting room, 33 Diana Ave, Brantford, ON. A.S.I.S.T is a two-day suicide first aid interactive workshop for those wanting to learn suicide intervention skills. Learn how to: Recognize invitations for help; Reach out and offer support; Review the risk of suicide; Apply a suicide intervention model; and Link people with community resources. Cost is $140. per person and includes lunch, resource materials and Certificate of Completion. For more information, or to register, call 519-752-2998, ext. 112

Save the Date! March 28, 2012 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Conference, “FASD-Reducing Recidivism: A Community Approach presented by the Human Service and Justice Coordinating Committee of Brant, with keynote speaker Jonathan Rudin, Program Director of the Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto. This conference will be held at the Best Western Brant Park Inn, Holiday Drive, Brantford. The conference will focus on first-hand experience and medical issues, and looking at the next steps for a community approach to case management and assessment. More details will be posted soon.