SELF HELP PROJECT

The Beside Self-Help Project was set up in August 2003 with funding from the National Lottery.
My role as Self-Help Project Worker is to motivate Beside members to engage with self-help as a means of managing their mental health and working towards Recovery.

The project offers a framework of self-help courses and workshops designed to reconnect people with their inner resources and so find ways to draw the good feeling back into their lives. I also work informally with individuals who want to develop their personal potential using a Human Givens approach to self-help. This sometimes involves sign-posting people to other organsations.

The Self-Help Project offers three self-help courses per year, plus time-limited projects set up in response to one-off funding opportunities. These are free, but as places are limited so we ask people to book in advance. Courses in 2010 include; Relaxation: Ten Workshops in Relaxed Living and Creative Writing for Friendship & Self-Expression.

Val Sutton, Self-Help Project Worker

Currently running:

Winter Creative Writing Course for beginner

This course is aimed at beginners, or people who have not attended Beside creative writing courses before.

There is space for eight people to form a new beginners group.

If you are interested please ring Val on 0207 033 6888.

Eight weeks:
From January 2010.


The workshops will be about thinking creatively and building a friendly space where people can share life experiences through writing. Each workshop will include a series of playful writing games designed to trigger ideas and get people writing imaginatively. No need to worry about handwriting, punctuation, or even ideas – they’ll come. An open mind and playful attitude are all that’s necessary

For more information about the self-help, or to find out more about self-help courses or workshops contact Val Sutton, Self-Help Project Worker on 0207 033 6888.