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Training Our Courses are designed to provide valuable skills, knowledge, and support to help you navigate and improve mental health in personal and professional settings. Visit our training section of the website to view all available courses and course content
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Lived Experience Lived experience should be at the heart of campaigning and influencing work ACUMEN (Advancing Community Understanding of Mental & Emotional Needs) is the arm of RAMH that promotes using lived experience to better both mental health services and individuals’ wellbeing. At ACUMEN we believe that to bring about positive and long-lasting social change,…
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Information Our information team can answer any questions you have about RAMH or mental health generally The service has a long history with RAMH providing a wide range of supports and services to clients and organisations. The service provides direct response to enquires from the public and professionals on mental health services, in addition to…
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One-to-one Support Four sessions of one-to-one psychoeducational support for things like anxiety management and self esteem. One-to-one psycho-educational support for things like anxiety management and self esteem. These are usually completed over four sessions done over the phone or videocall. We use the WhatsUp? app to help people to understand why they become anxious; how…
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Peer Support Working together to promote recovery. Talking to peers with shared lived experience can be beneficial to your mental health. Peer support is a relationship based on mutual understanding where people with a lived experience of mental health can support each other through their recovery journey. RAMH recognises the unique benefit that can come…
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‘Haven’ Holiday Park Craig Tara, Ayr The popular coastal town of Ayr has one of Scotland’s award-winning beaches which is ideal for family days out and picnics. Holiday-makers staying at Haven’s Craig Tara Holiday Park can also enjoy a fantastic beach on their doorstep! Once you’ve had one caravan holiday here, you’ll unlikely want to…
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Crisis support We can support you if you’re experiencing a crisis in your mental health. Find the details of our own crisis line and national ones below. FIRST Crisis is our out of hours crisis service which provides a short term support to anyone in Renfrewshire aged 16 or over who is experiencing a crisis…
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Self management Self-management does NOT mean going it alone. It means being actively involved in your support, feeling empowered and feeling in control. It means having access to information that can enable you to make the right choices for you and your experience being heard and valued. Self- management means being seen as a whole…
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Physical activity Support to increase physical activity gently and add social connections into people’s weekly structure. Watch our physical activity video The physical activity service within RAMH is designed to support service users to increase their levels of exercise and activity. This support is viewed as a positive way to sustain and improve their physical…
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