BRAND NEW 2017 COURSE LEAFLET - Durham Community …

COURSESa guide to our new courses in January and February 2017

watercolour by Carol

supporting people with mental health problems

WHO ARE WE?

St. Margaret’s Centre was established in 1991 and is situated in a beautiful stonebuilding, overlooking Durham Cathedral.The aim of the centre is to create greater choice and opportunity for people toengage in meaningful activity, benefit from social inclusion, increasedconfidence and improved self esteem. A variety of activities are available tomen and women in a welcoming environment.

WHAT DO WE DO?

Apart from the normal daily activities at the centre, which you can learn moreabout on our website www.stmargaretscentre.co.uk, we have been runningincreasingly popular activity courses for over a year.These are usually around two hours long, and cover a wide range of craftbased subjects, including shabby chic, drawing, painting, and model making.Because the courses are becoming increasingly popular, we ask that youchoose one craft course only.As well as these, you may also like to come along to one of our selfmanagement courses which are designed to give you the coping strategiesyou need to overcome problems associated with low mood or anxiety.

Courses are usually free but there may be a small charge to access someof the craft courses to cover the cost of materials, but this is minimal.A simple course registration form is all you need to access a course.Please contact us by telephone or email to reserve your place.

www.stmargaretscentre.co.uk Tel: 0191 3848100


Watercolour Painting by J.J.

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON?

COURSE

FEEDBACK

mornings


PENCIL SHAVING CARDS

ACTIVITIES ROOM

10.00am - 12.00pm

10th, 17th, 31st Jan7th, 14th Feb 2017

What are pencil shaving cards?These cute little cards are made with pencil shavings which are trimmed toshape and added to line drawings to create an image.What are the benefits?Working on intricate designs of any kind requires extra concentration whichhas been proven to distract the mind by concentrating on the details, givingyou a break from your usual thoughts. The results can be rewarding, raisingyour confidence in your abilities. Working in a small and friendly group alsohas known mental health benefits, helping to build friendships and reducesocial anxiety.What will we be doing?We will start with a fun brainstorming exercise where we will sketch out ourideas roughly to see what we can come up with!We will begin by drawing simple lines with fineliners and adding our pencilshavings to create a card.As the course progresses, we will use pencil shavings to create more detailedimages.

THE NEXT COURSE WILL BE

ACTIVITIES ROOM

10.00am - 12.00pmCOASTALCREATIONS21st February 2017

BirdFeeders

afternoons


CRAFTERNOON

ACTIVITIES ROOM

1.30pm - 3.30pm

What is a 'Crafternoon'?This is a series of afternoon craft sessions, usually six, where we explore adifferent craft each week.What are the benefits?Introducing a different craft each week can stimulate new interests, whichcan go on to be rewarding and fulfilling hobbies at home. Mastering thebasics with the aid of a tutor can be enough to raise confidence and selfesteem enough to change "I can't" to "I didn't realise I could".Students can benefit from social inclusion and enjoy being part of a friendlygroup with an interesting new project every week.What will we be doing?The activities for each session will be listed in advance, so that one or morecan be booked. This series will be:1 - Stamping with fruit and veg 2 - Desk Calendar 3 - Moneybox Mason jars4 - Bird feeder 5 - Little sewn heart

Students will be able to take home their artwork.A small charge may apply to some sessions.


ACTIVITIES ROOM

1.30pm - 3.30pmCRAFTERNOON21st January 2017for 6 weeks

10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st Jan7th Feb 2017


mornings

OVERCOMINGANXIETY23rd Februaryfor 6 weeks

10.00 am - 12.00pm

MEETING ROOM 1


What is this course about?This course is about low mood and how it can impact on our daily lives.It is based on CBT, which is a psychological approach, focusing on thoughts,feelings and behaviours. The course aims to give self help strategies to helpyou to manage your low mood yourself, and build up your confidence andself esteem, giving you the tools to manage your life in a more positive way.What are the benefits?Using CBT to help your low mood can help you to think more rationally,instead of allowing more negative thoughts to creep in. As you learn to takemore control of your thoughts, your self confidence and belief in yourself cangrow. You will learn to identify your negative thoughts and replace them withmore positive ones, which can have a beneficial effect upon your low mood.What will we be doing?The course is divided into six sessions. You will learn self help techniques likedistraction, controlled breathing and relaxation in a small and friendly group.You will learn how to deal with shame and how not to put as much emphasison the approval of others, which can be empowering and lead to a muchmore positive outlook in life.

12th, 19th, 26th Jan2nd, 9th, 16th, Feb

10.00am - 12.00pm

MEETING ROOM 1

OVERCOMING LOW MOOD


afternoons

DISCOVER

PASTEL DRAWING23rd Februaryfor 6 weeks

1.30pm - 3.30pm

ACTIVITIES ROOM


What is One Stroke painting?As the name suggests, the one stroke painting technique means you can doeverything in just one stroke, including shading, highlighting and blending.All you have to do is load different colours on to a flat brush!

What are the benefits?The benefits of painting are well documented and have been proven todistract the mind by concentrating on details, giving you a break from yourusual thoughts. The results can be rewarding, raising self esteem andconfidence in abilities. Working in a small and friendly group also has knownmental health benefits, helping to build friendships and reduce social anxiety.

What will we be doing?We will be starting with the basics…learning how to load the brush and doingsome simple strokes, improving our hand/eye co-ordination. Then, as theweeks go on, we will learn how to build on our successes, until we havemastered the techniques and can paint flowers and leaves with one stroke!

12th, 19th, 26th Jan2nd, 9th, 16th Feb1.30pm - 3.30pm

ACTIVITIES ROOM

ONE STROKE PAINTING

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