Welcome to a selection of articles based on the theme of Health and Wellbeing.

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Community Living Rooms -Find a warm and welcoming place

By rff | November 29, 2022

Faith and community halls Barking Al Madina Mosque, 2 Victoria Rd, Barking, Ilford IG11 8PY The coming week is expected to be especially cold with snow and a winter storm expected to hit the UK. The cost-of-living crisis is already having an effect and we know people and families are struggling. Please step forward and…

RFF Network meeting

By rff | October 20, 2022

Network Meeting –Wednesday 2nd November 2022- on Zoom “Breaking the Stigma around Mental Health” Many thanks to Eve Tobe for creating this presentation  for us and taking time to deliver it virtually RFF was delighted to welcome to our November 2022 Network Zoom meeting Eve Tobe, Educational Psychologist with the Redbridge Mental Health Support Team…

REDBRIDGE MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT TEAM

By rff | September 28, 2022

What is the Mental Health Support Team (MHST)?The Mental Health Support Team was established in January 2021 and is part of Redbridge EducationalWell Being Team within the Educational Psychology Service. The MHST consists of EducationalPsychologists (EPs) and Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs). EMHPs deliver evidence basedinterventions for children, young people and parents/carers in educational settings…

Signposting

By rff | September 28, 2022

Redbridge Talking Therapies:  Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) self-referral for free treatments and services for people 18 and over. https://www.talkingtherapies.nelft.nhs.uk/redbridge/ WeHeartCBT have wide collection of CBT based self-help resources, psychoeducation, strategies and techniques including how to manage anxiety, worry, low mood, stress etc. can be found at https://weheartcbt.com/resources Northumberland NHS have links to many free…

Resilience and Recovery Presentation 14.7.21

By rff | July 20, 2021

Redbridge Faith Forum was delighted to partner with NHS Talking Therapies Team Members to deliver a workshop on this important topic via zoom.  Many thanks to Dr Ranjot Bhogal and Jenny Palmer for creating this presentation for us and taking time to deliver it virtually.  A summary of what was shared follows. Attendees were reminded…

SITC marks what would have been Duke of Edinburgh 100th birthday – 10th June 2021

By rff | June 8, 2021

A message from RFF Trustee Harmander Singh:-   I wish to share the news below from our running club (Sikhs In The City – SITC – www.sikhsinthecity.org) that is also based in Redbridge.   SITC has organised a 2km walk for 50 people starting at 6:00pm on Thursday 10 June 2021. The total distance that will…

Wednesday 14 July 2021- Resilience and Recovery Workshop on Zoom

By rff | June 4, 2021

Redbridge Faith Forum was delighted to partner with NHS Talking Therapies Team Members to deliver a workshop on this important topic via zoom.  Many thanks to Dr Ranjot Bhogal and Jenny Palmer for creating this presentation for us and taking time to deliver it virtually.  A summary of what was shared follows. Attendees were reminded…

“I have taken the vaccination and its safe”

By rff | April 14, 2021

RFF trustees who have been offered the Covid19 vaccination have taken it and are encouraging everyone who is able to have the vaccine to do so. At RFF we feel it is very important to have the vaccination in order to protect ourselves, our families, friends and the community at large. All of the vaccine…

RFF partnered with Papyrus to offer this basic 90 minute SPOT session Tutorial, 24 February – via Zoom

By rff | January 20, 2021

Papyrus :- Young People Suicide Prevention – Tutorial Workshop  Papyrus is a charity whose mission is to prevent suicide in young people by increasing awareness that suicide is the biggest killer of the under 35s. As a follow up to the December meeting (Click here to view report) RFF partnered with Papyrus to offer this…

Papyrus and Redbridge Faith Forum : Prevention of Young Suicide – 2nd December 2020 Suicide Awareness Resource Workshop

By rff | November 16, 2020

SP-ARK’ed Suicide Prevention – Awareness, Resource, Knowledge e-delivery. An introduction to PAPYRUS and Suicide Prevention The key objectives were: To raise awareness of Suicide and Suicide Prevention To provide information about PAPYRUS – Prevention of Young Suicide To develop Hope and encourage action for a suicide safer community To understand the importance of self-care. On Wednesday 2nd December…