The Mental Health& Wellbeing Show

Thursday 21st May 2020 | Cardiff City Stadium

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The Mental Health & WellbeingShow - a professional all-day showin Cardiff City Stadium, 21st May2020, aiming to promote positivemental health through openconversation, promotingawareness and sharing real-lifeexperiences. The show will include a selectionof seminars focused on topicssuch as coping with mental illness,ways to promote positive mentalhealth, and how to support peoplearound you who are suffering withill mental health. Alongside this isan exhibition with over 60charities, organisations andcompanies promoting theirhelpful resources, services andinitiatives designed to supportpositive mental health andwellbeing.

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Getting there: The closest rail station is NinianPark, to which regular trains runfrom Cardiff Central. If arriving by car, leave the M4motorway at junction 33 and takethe A4232 toward Cardiff/Barry.After about 6 miles take the exittoward the B4267. There will besigns guiding you to the stadium. Parking: There will be ample ofFREE parking on the day Food: Cafe Area will be located inthe exhibition Prayer Room available 

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Date: 21st May 2020Venue: Cardiff City StadiumTime: 9.00am - 4.00pm TIMINGS Doors open: 8.00am First seminar session:9.00am - 9.45am Second seminar session: 10.30am -11.15am Third seminar session: 12.00pm - 12.45pm Fourth seminar session: 1.30pm - 2.15pm Fifth seminar session: 3.00pm - 3.45pm Event ends: 4.30pm Please refer to pages 4-10 to learn more about ourseminar programme.

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9:00am - 9:45am

Stef Etherington

Managing major trauma in Schools

In 2011 a child collapsed on school premises in front of his peers and staff and died.The school community was in shock. The seminar will look at elements that helped theschool (as a whole) and individuals cope with the trauma both in terms of systems orphilosophies that were already in place and actions that we took.As the Head Teacher at the time I will talk through my personal, ongoing, experiences.

Andrew Lewis MBE Paralympic Athlete VS Mental Health

Having had ADHD, Dyslexia & heightened Anxiety for most of his life – things reachedbreaking point in 2007 when everything came to a head and he tried to take his ownlife.Fast forward to today – Andy Lewis MBE is not just an inspirational Speaker on thesubjects of Mental Health & Wellbeing but also a multi winning GOLD medallist in oneof the toughest sports in the world. Andy will inspire YOUR audience by focussing noton his story – but offering his top tips and insights into managing Anxiety in Life &Business – both personally and professionally.

Samira Mohammed AliThe 40 Day Breathing Plan

I teach in a non spiritual and non religious manner and concentrate on explainingthe power of breathing exercises in a science form. Explaining why we overthink? Whyour mood changes? Why we can clash with certain people in a personality test thatwill be explained in understanding yourself better. If you want to sleep better, live ahappier life and learn ways to break old habits in negative thinking and over thinkingthen the power of breathing will be the best thing you learn.

Helen BatelleyMovement Matters

Boosting Personal, Social and Emotional Development through movement is anevocative seminar providing a combination and practical and theoretical content.Delegates will understand the importance and impact movement has on early braindevelopment and cognitive processing. The course will provide delegates with theconfidence and skills to be more creative with their planning and preparation to elicitexcellent responses in learners through motivational learning. Underpinningknowledge will secure the ideas and processes involved in a movement methodologyto sustain PSE well being in the classroom.

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Ruth Steggles "Wellbeing that Works" Simple Life Changing Ideas

Mental ill-health is not inevitable. Just as there are things we can do to look after ourphysical wellbeing the same is true of our mental and emotional wellbeing. Thisinteractive session will provide you with simple tools and skills that you can take awayand put in practice immediately both at home and at work.For a fresh perspective on how we can make our lives work better, come along andsee what Fresh Air Fridays have to share.

Wedge Self Injury Myths

LifeSIGNS (Self-Injury Guidance & Network Support) is an online, user-led voluntaryorganisation, founded in 2002 to create understanding about self-injury and provideinformation and support to people of all ages affected by self-injury.As the founder, Wedge (his forename) has personal experience of self-injury as a pre-teen, teenager, and young adult.His recovery journey has included learning alternative coping mechanisms, dealingwith depression and anxiety, guiding others on their journey, and caring about thingsa little less.

Rachel KingsburyHow to start a conversation withsomeone with low mental healthOne of the hardest things to do is engage, talk, or communicate with someone whenthey have a mental health condition, or low mental health. This workshop will equipyou with the practical skills to help you communicate in a non-judgmental way, withwith someone who may have a mental health condition.

Kelly Hannaghan & Kate O'Connor

Lead Well – Steps to wellbeing ineducationThis comprehensive seminar will help develop school leaders understanding, skillsand confidence to support pupils, the community and themselves with Mental Healthand Wellbeing.The session will cover a range of strategies to fully install and embed awhole-school approach to mental wellbeing in education. Participants will learn the 5steps in creating a flourishing school culture and climate for outstanding outcomes.

10:30am - 11:15am

Early bird tickets: £10+Vat per person Regular tickets: £12: +Vat per person

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12:00pm - 12:45pm

Rhian Mannings

Surviving Sudden Bereavementand Recovery

Rhian works full time at 2 Wish Upon A Star and is determined that every family inWales who loses a child suddenly receives the support they truly deserve. The loveand pride for her boys, along with her drive to succeed has seen the charity flourishand as a result Rhian has been recognised for her hard work on a number ofoccasions.Rhian is also very passionate about mental health and regularly speaks about herown struggles since losing her boys. She took part in a BBC documentary in 2017‘Mind Over Marathon’ raising awareness of mental health and speaks out aboutmental health following sudden bereavement.

Mair Elliott Autism and mental health: barriersto being well

From the perspective of an autistic person the following questions get answered:What are the rates of mental ill-health in the autistic population? Why are they sohigh? What are the barriers to getting well? How can autistic person help themselves?How can people help their autistic peers?

Sarah Witcombe-Hayes Fighting for a Fair StartPerinatal Mental HealthThe workshop will introduce perinatal mental health problems, including theirprevalence and impact on women, partners and children. It will highlight the findingsfrom the joint NSPCC research project ‘From Bumps to Babies’, and showcase thelandscape of perinatal mental health care in Wales. It will introduce the nationalNSPCC Fight for a Fair Start Campaign, and demonstrate the work being done inWales to fight to ensure all parents get the perinatal mental health support theyneed, wherever they live.

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12:00pm - 12:45pm

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Lauren Du PlessisWhy Won't You Eat? (How anorexia consumed me)A patient perspective about my life and treatment with anorexia. I discuss earlychildhood experiences of sorting food and having difficult eating at school, to theonset of anorexia nervosa-like behaviour. I work through how multiple points ofcontact and lack of communication on my medical record led to delayed/confusedtreatment, and how I found the treatment that worked for me, through counselling,online resources, and MANTRA self-help. I also touch on how the lines between EDsare blurred - how I have experienced behaviours from several categories, and whatall of this may mean for other patients like me.

Charlotte Hopkins What’s co-occurring? The complexneeds of someone using substances

Complex and co-occurring needs are not easy to define and whilst typically link tosubstance misuse and mental health, there are other more broader factors to alsoconsider. Professionals, carers and individuals have an incredible opportunity to influencepractice and use person-centred approaches that improve the lives of some of themost vulnerable people in our communities.In this seminar, we will explore the links between substance use and other co-occurring needs that add complexity and risk to a person’s life. Identifying if it is everjust drug and alcohol misuse causing the problems.

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Mark Brameld Being a member of the LGBTcommunity and living with Depression

A personalised and informative presentation that deals with the topic of a) being aGay man ; and b) living with depression and all the challenges such a condition canbring to everyday life ; c) How to deal with these challenges, and the long term effectsof knowing that one’s family are no longer part of life.

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1:30pm - 2:15pm

David Beeney Creating a Kinder Culture ofTrust Drives Employee Energy

We explore what it is like to suffer in silence with a mental health issue in theworkplaceWe improve our understanding of how employees learn to disguise their sufferingWe look to inspire employees to be more open by saying ‘its okay not to be okay’ andto share vulnerabilitiesWe explore lots of ideas of how to create a kinder culture that drives energy levelsand improves presenteeism.We look at the importance of using the right language to encourage honest andopen conversation about wellbeing.We understand the importance of setting the tone from the top and what we mean bymanagement education

Chris KingsburyIntroducing the Access to WorkMental Health Support ServiceWith a success rate of 93 per cent, Remploy have already supported thousands ofpeople with mental health issues, to stay in or return to work through this service.Funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, this service helps people who arestruggling at work or off sick due to mental health conditions. It's confidential,provides nine months work-focused support tailored to the individual’s needs, at nocost to the employer. Find out how we can support you and your employees.

Connect with mental health &wellbeing organisations in the

exhibiton area

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1:30pm - 2:15pm

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per person

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Carl JonesPTSD – The fall and rise

People work in the emergency services to provide a helping hand. Their resilience canbe tested to the very limits of human acceptance.When their resilience fails and things start to fall apart, mental illness then follows.Follow the journey of an experienced Police officer, trying to work through a toughtime, falling out of an organisations welfare system and into depression and despair.After recognising the signs of PTSD his chances of climbing back to normality wasbeing stacked against him by the job that he once loved so much.

Dolores Thomas Eating to be pain-free

I show people how through eating the correct foods that are specifically matched totheir blood type, that their bodies function properly. They can eliminate pain anddiseases, they can reach their suitable weight and keep themselves feeling young. If you’ve been fighting pain on a daily basis, or if you feel it doesn’t matter what youdo you cannot lose weight, or maybe you feel you have no control over your bodywhether through menopause or stress. I can teach you how to overcome all of it, by matching what you eat to your internalchemistry

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Rachel Kingsbury Survival tips for anxiety anddepression

Rachel will talk about her story and also provide tips on how to survive anxiety anddepression on a day-to-day basis.These are methods you can use for yourself, or to recommend to someone who mayhave a mental health condition.

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3:00pm - 3:45pm

Helen WebsterAspergers Diagnosis in older women andthe mental health effects of camouflagingbehaviours over their lifetime

The effect of a late diagnosis of Asperger’s in women, born in the 70s/80s, when therewas little recognition of Asperger’s, particularly in women, and a life of camouflagingbehaviours in order to find their place in a Society that misunderstands them. I willthen discuss the impact on an individuals mental health having had to hide andcamouflage behaviours and the journey to discovering your diagnosis andeducating others.

Ryan Donovan Surviving addiction and ChildhoodTrauma: Both Sides of The StoryI have many years of experience. Growing up with parents on drugs and all thetrauma that comes with it, I ended up being on drugs and other substances for manyyears my self and causing the same harm to others that was caused to me.I now mentor people who want to stop and find a new way to live. I have been throughtreatment, studied addiction and came out the other side. I now have enoughknowledge to stay on top of this disease and show others how. Its been a huge partof my life and I want to share my story with others.

Wellbeing tip: Set aside some time foryourself to do something you enjoy such as

a hobby, a walk you enjoy, read a goodbook or meet up with a friend.

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