Purpose of this session:

• Create a supportive, positive space to plan for winter wellness

• Highlight tools and resources to support people and organisations in their communities

• Raise awareness of strategies to support wellbeing and resilience

• Discuss wellbeing accomplishments from this year and planned for the future

Agenda:

13:00 - Welcome and introduction

Sheena Arthur, Partnership Manager, GCVS

13:10 - Overview of Suicide Prevention and Wellbeing Service work in GCVS

Tracey Jenkins, Suicide Prevention Development Coordinator and Zofia Zukowska, Wellbeing Service Advisor, GCVS

13:30 - Exercise break: Chair Yoga and Stretching

13:50 - Comfort break

14:00 - Importance of peer support initiatives

Shona Stirling, Chief Executive, Healing for the Heart

14:10- Strategies for keeping well through the winter

Hilda Campbell, Chief Executive, COPE Scotland

14:20 - Break out session to reflect on strategies, identify things to try individually and organisationally, and network

14:40 - Discussion

15:00 - Close of Session

The event will be held using Zoom and you will receive an email with your joining instructions shortly.

If you have any questions about this or any other Wellbeing event, please contact zofia.zukowska@gcvs.org.uk or peopleservices@gcvs.org.uk