Castletown Mental Health and Wellbeing | Equality Matters
Let's dive into important conversations about mental health, well-being, and equality at Castletown's event - it's time to make a difference
Date and time
Location
Castletown Drill Hall
Main Street Castletown KW14 8TU United KingdomAgenda
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Castletown Drill Hall
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
Welcome, Session Aim and Content
John
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM
Learning Matters - What we have learned together so far?
Caithness ExMAP
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Equality Matters - What are the unique barriers and how do we overcome them?
John, Davie and Amanda
11:40 AM - 11:55 AM
Coffee, Cake and Compassion
Castletown Drill Hall
11:55 AM - 12:15 PM
Inclusion Matters - How do we make communities and services more inclusive
John, Davie and Amanda
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Evaluation Matters - Next steps and feedback
Good to know
Highlights
- 2 hours, 30 minutes
- In person
About this event
📅 Monday 8th September 2025🕐 10.00 pm – 12.30 pm📍 Castletown Drill Hall🍴 Networking Breakfast | Sharing lived experience | Co-designing action
Who’s it for?
This free session is open to everyone — especially if you:
🏘️ Live in Castletown or the surrounding areas
🧠 Have lived experience of mental health challenges, issues or illness
❤️ Support a family member, neighbour, or friend
🤝 Work or volunteer providing support or services and deepen your understanding
🌍 Care about making Caithness fairer and more inclusive
About this event
This Caithness Experience Matters Advisory Panel (ExMAP) Equalities Matters Session is co-hosted with Castletown Connections. It’s all about improving mental health and wellbeing support for people living in Castletown and other remote communities.
The ExMAP is a panel of people with lived experience, unpaid carers, and supportive family members working together to make services and spaces across Caithness more:
💜 Compassionate · 💚 Respectful · 💛 Inclusive · 💙 Empowering · 🧡 Supportive
We’ll create a safe and welcoming space where lived experience leads the way. Together, we’ll discuss openly the challenges, celebrate community strengths, and co-design practical solutions to make services more inclusive, joined-up, and sustainable.
At its heart, the Caithness ExMAP is about belonging: creating a community where everyone’s experiences have a person and a place, and where they belong and matter.
Why Equalities Matters
These Equalities Matters sessions are part of a series of events aimed at ensuring that every voice is heard in shaping mental health and wellbeing within Caithness.
Our purpose is to:
✨ Reach out to voices that are currently underrepresented in the ExMAP
✨ Recognise the additional barriers that equality groups and remote communities face in accessing support and being heard
✨ Remove common barriers — understanding how they intersect across different equality groups and are compounded by remoteness and rurality, so we can design solutions that work for everyone
Why come along?
By joining in, you’ll:
✅ Add your voice to shape more inclusive mental health and wellbeing services
✅ Connect with others who understand and value lived experience
✅ Work with services and partners to co-design positive changes
✅ Help grow safer, stronger, and more inclusive support for remote communities
ℹ️ Good to know
☕ Free event with tea/coffee and a networking breakfast to start
🚗 Travel expenses are available if getting there is tricky
Get involved
Want to know more before you sign up?📧 david@spiritadvocacy.org.uk
📞 07853 268837
✨ Let’s come together to make sure Castletown — and every remote community — feels safe, included, and supported.
Frequently asked questions
We will reimburse you by electronic transfer within 3-5 working days for public transport costs (ticket receipt required). We also pay a small mileage allowance, but would ask that people share transport where possible to keep costs down. Expense Claim Forms will be available on the day.
The venue has ramp access to the meeting room/floor.
We will provide a free breakfast, and refreshments, you can let us know about ANY dietary requirements or intolerances as part of your registration for the event. We will also provide tea, coffee, cake and compassion at the comfort break at the mid point of the event.
Yes! We welcome our friends and colleagues from the 3rd sector, Highland Council and NHS Highland. We are keen to nurture mutually beneficial collaborative relationships and future partnerships.
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