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Meriden Family Programme

Welcome back!

A warm welcome back to Alison, Clinical Specialist with the Meriden Team.  Alison has returned to the Programme following the birth of baby Grace. Alison has changed her name to Alison Lee and can be contacted at the Programme on Alison.Lee3@bsmhft.nhs.uk

Dr. Grainne Fadden wins Rethink Marsh Award 2009

Dr Gráinne Fadden receiving the Marsh Award from Mr Godwin Calafato, Rethink Trustee

On Saturday November 7, Dr. Grainne Fadden, Director of the Meriden Family Programme was presented the Rethink "Marsh Award" at a ceremony in London. The award seeks to recognise the achievements of an individual in mental health and nominees are suggested by members of Rethink, the largest membership mental health charity in England. 

Pauline Arksey, MBE, a carer and former chair of Carers in Partnership, nominated Dr Fadden for the award stating “Gráinne has contributed significantly to the understanding of the role and needs of families with mental illness and she has worked tirelessly to advance the training of professional workers. Changing attitudes and cultures of clinical and other workers can have been of no easy task. Only with perseverance has Gráinne and the team gone forward.” 

For more information on Rethink and the Marsh Awards, please see their website at www.rethink.org

The Contribution of Carers Event, London

Please be aware that this event, originally scheduled for October 13th, has been postponed and will now be running on 24th February 2010. Please see our training and conferences section for more details.

New Family Work in Early Psychosis DVDs

On the 8th September the Meriden Family Programme launched its new resource "Family Work in Early Psychosis"; a 5-disc DVD set covering all aspects of family work in this area including interviews with family members, professionals views and training materials which support the range of Meriden Family Intervention training programmes. The launch took place at the Electric Cinema in central Birmingham where the audience was able to hear about the background to the DVDs, view "tasters" of the material and hear presentations from key individuals and contributors. Jo Smith (Joint National Early Intervention Programme Lead, National Mental Health Development unit) stated that the DVDs were "internationally welcome and much needed" and described them as a "fantastic" resource.

The 5-disc DVD set and accompanying booklet are available to purchase through the Meriden Family Programme. Watch this space for more information.

Supporting Documents

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