DAS Email Announcement April 05

DAS Recruitment

Depression Alliance Scotland is looking for ways to increase the involvement of service users in its work. If you would be interested in helping to form a user group, which would involve attending one or two meetings per year, please do contact us. We hope that we can also recruit Board members from the users group in due course.If you know of others who might be interested, please pass these details on. For more information, please contact the National Co-ordinator in the first instance - dinaha@dascot.org, or telephone 0131 467 3050.

Depression Alliance Scotland is also recruiting a part-time Group Development Officer to work in Glasgow on the START project, developing our self-help support groups and building links with the primary care mental health teams in the Greater Glasgow area. For more information about the post, contact us or check out www.goodmoves.org.uk

We would also like to recruit a volunteer facilitator for our Edinburgh self-help support group. The group meets fortnightly in the evenings in the city centre. Experience or understanding of depression is required and training in group facilitation is provided. If you are interested in finding out more or making an application please contact groups@dascot.org or call us - 0131 467 3050.
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Great Scottish Walk

Don't forget that DAS is a registered charity with the Great Scottish Walk - an excellent way to keep fit and active and support us at the same time! The walk takes place on 19th June in Edinburgh. You can download an application form from www.greatscottishwalk.org.uk or contact us for the form and any other information.

National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing's annual report has been published. In September 2003 the Executive launched the National Programme's three-year plan and this report tells of the progress over the first 12 months in areas such as improving health in workplaces, schools, local neighbourhoods and communities. It is available on the Scottish Executive website www.scotland.gov.uk and from 0131 622 8283. There is also a website www.wellontheweb.net

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