Creating Hope In Our Community

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Healthy n Happy and CamGlen Radio are ‘Creating Hope’—a project dedicated to promoting positive mental health and suicide prevention through creative, engaging and impactful activities.

You can be a part of this vital movement that addresses local need in Cambuslang and Rutherglen - and can make a huge difference to you and the lives of those around you.

We are now delighted to be in our second year of funding for our Creating Hope In Our Community campaign. This was kick-started with the exclusive viewing of the moving, uplifting and hopeful film 'The Low Road', which we jointly hosted with Cruse Scotland. This film told the story of Ellie - guilt-ridden and heart broken at the suicide of her best friend at university, she hikes the Highlands of Scotland to find salvation amongst some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery. Utilising the power of the wilderness to enhance the emotional storytelling of Ellie’s inward journey, she is transformed – being led on a road to recovery from her time in nature. This was followed by a fantastic Q&A with the film's Director and Producer.

Read on for more exciting developments for this year!

How Can You Get Involved?

Whether you enjoy coffee mornings, health walks, art therapy, or group exercise, we offer a wide range of amazing activities, for local CamGlen residents. These can help build your resilience, reduce loneliness and isolation, and boost your mental health and wellbeing. Check out all our activities here

Participate in Local Activities

Listen to CamGlen Radio’s series of programmes and podcasts focusing on suicide awareness and mental health. You’ll hear real stories from those with lived experiences, expert interviews and learn about available resources in your community. Listen here

Tune into Mental Health Radio Programmes

Mental health and suicide prevention organisations can contribute to the creation of radio content and live interviews on CamGlen Radio, to help raise awareness of local services and opportunities across the area.

Create Your Own Content

Gain valuable skills in mental health and suicide first aid by participating in free events and training programmes, or tuning into bite-size radio infomercials.

Creating Hope in Our Community Events:

We have hosted 2 hugely successful events in our Number 18 Venue - last November and in June this year.

These events continued discussions around mental health support in CamGlen, which connected local residents, community groups and charities, statutory services and businesses. Everyone shared experiences and explored how we can collectively improve mental well-being and suicide prevention in the local CamGlen area. Watch this space for more events coming up!

Further Training Courses:

We have been delivering mental health related training to local people in order to give them the confidence to have tough conversations about issues like depression, anxiety, psychosis, suicide, and more.

We're delighted to run a Self Harm Workshop, with Self Harm Network Scotland, on Tuesday 14 October, 4pm-7pm, at our Number 18 Venue, Rutherglen. Click here to secure your space.

Also Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 October, 9am-5pm, at The Bothy, Rutherglen. Attendance is required both days. Click here to book.

Plus, Mental Health First Aid Training on Fridays 7, 14 and 28 November. 9.30am-2.30pm, at our Number 18 Venue, Rutherglen. Attendance is required on all 3 days. Click here to book.