Spider Cakes

Here's Robbie with some wonderful cupcakes with Halloween spiders on them, made by his sister Manda for all the centre users at the Halloween party, thanks so much from everyone at the centre they taste amazing, all we need to do now is persuade Manda to make some  Xmas ones!

A very frightening time!!!!

Think you'll agree everyone is looking very frightening- at our Halloween Party, can't make up my mind who the winner of the fancy dress will be we might need to take a vote! 

Wood Group - V- Art Group

Here at the centre we do a lot or collaborative work so here John has made a frame, using the band saw, cutting mitre joints , then cut the class and sealed the frame.  Meanwhile Jackie,the artist has been working on this for the last two weeks. 

And you can see it now hangs above the fireplace , I think we are all agreed and wonderful job from both.

Support in Mind AGM

What a great day Friday the 25th was.  Support in Mind's AGM, great turn out form the member, lovely lunch and a nice venue.  Thanks to everyone who help make it a great day.

The 17th Edinburgh Independent and Radical Book Fair 2013

Out Of The Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny Street (off Leith Walk)

At 7 pm - Mad Matters - yes it does! - to you, me, and all of us

Peter Beresford,  a long term mental health service user/survivor introduces Mad Matters which offers a twenty-first century view of madness and distress, and discusses how we can move from stigma to first hand experience to develop new social understandings to challenge our emotional difficulties and distress in a maddening world.  He is Professor of Social Policy at Brunei University and the author of many publications on social and community care and inclusion.

wonderful band session

Great band session today folks, we'll be releasing our own single soon.  Listen out for our tracks on Radio Stafford 103!

Wonderful Open day @ The Stafford Centre

As part of See Me mental health week - The Stafford Centre had a wonderful open day on the 9th of October  thank you to all who visited us for the first time, around 40 or you, which is just fab!

And didn't our display board look great thanks to the  Centre Users fundraising committe

Walking group

 Fantastic morning walking round the Botanic gardens this morning !

The Stafford Centre was invited to participate in the recent Mental Health Community Information Event which took place in the Calton Centre, 121 Montogomery Street, Edinburgh on Tuesday 8^th October from 1-4 p.m.  This event, co-ordinated by NHS Scotland and Advocard, aimed to provide anyone affected by mental health issues, and their carers, with a wide range of  information about the services and community resources that are available to them.  Joe, a Stafford Centre service-promotion volunteer, played a vital role on the day by helping us to set up our stall, hand out leaflets and answer lots of questions from people who wanted to know more about the Centre.  It was a very busy and enjoyable afternoon – as a result of our work, we made lots of new contacts and expect lots of new referrals.  Thanks again to Joe, and also to Mike, another of our volunteers who helped to prepare our display-board.

The Stafford Centre open day

The Open Day was a great sucsess,  lots of people popping in to find out more about the centre.  Lots of people signing up to become members and giving great feedback about the place.  Thanks to everyone involved in making the day so much fun.

Baking for the Open Day

Ann,Jenny and James baking for the open day tomorrow! So come along and have some fun

The water of Leith

Lovely walk along the Water of Leith to the Shore followed by coffee looking over the water ! 

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By Alex Penman


Friday music group makes everyone smile !!! Good music - Great Fun !!!!