Discounted training courses

CAIS Learning and Development Team still have some spaces left on their courses between now and Christmas, take advantage of their latest offers!

• September – Late deal  20% off all courses
• Book before 1st October 2013 and get 20% off

To view our special deals please select a month:

 

September

October

November/December

 

CAIS Learning and Development Team have the experience and expertise to develop a training course or programme to suit your organisations specific needs.  This training can be delivered at a venue of your choice at a time that suits you.

 

CAIS Learning and Development Team also offers a range of workshops on Drug and Alcohol Awareness that can be tailored to your requirements.  These can range from half day, full day or two day sessions depending on what your organisation needs.

 

Training topics include:

• Drug and Alcohol Awareness (Introduction and Intermediate)

• Motivational Interviewing

• Basic Substance Awareness

• Personal and Professional Boundaries

• Equality and Diversity

• Introduction to Behavioural (Process) Addictions

• New and Emerging Drugs Awareness

• Substance Misuse and Housing

• Substance Misuse and Young People

• Substance Misuse and the Elderly

• Substance Misuse and the effects on the Family

Organisations who wish to obtain training for their staff should contact the CAIS Learning and Development Department direct for further information here.

 

Meet the CAIS lions - Football Team

CAIS Lions are preparing to play their first football match this October.

 

 

The team will play North Wales Dragons at Colwyn Bay Football Club on Sunday, October 20 with a kick-off scheduled for 2pm.

 

The Lions are also holding a charity auction at the Llanelian Road club after the game. The auction will include Premiership tickets and other luxury surprises up for grabs.

 

All the funds raised will be donated to Change Step, the armed forces veterans’ project. North Wales Dragons, a charity team, will be collecting for their own cause on the day.

 

 CAIS fundraising officer Richard Evans was excited about the match,  “I can’t wait. We’ve already got our kit thanks to a sponsorship deal with Cartrefi Conwy. The shirts look fantastic,” he said.

 

“The team will play several games over the course of the year and I’m hoping to put on a really special game in the future. But already we’ve got local opposition lined up. Training starts this month. It’s a charity match but that doesn’t mean it’s not competitive, so I want to put up a good show.”

 

 Anyone interested in playing can contact Richard on 01492 863005, or email richard.evans@cais.co.uk

 

 CAIS Lions VS North Wales Dragons, kick-off 2pm, Sunday, October 20 at Colwyn Bay Football Club. The charity auction will start at around 4pm after the game in the clubhouse.

 

 Entrance is free but spectators can make a donation.

Cartrefi Conwy annual fun day

Yesterday CAIS had a number of stands at the Cartrefi Conwy annual fun day. Hundreds of people from across north Wales attended the event which was held at Eirias Park in Colwyn Bay.

Caffi CAIS provided hot drinks, snacks and homemade cakes to the hungry residents and the Caffi's new Jams and Chutneys proved very popular with the guests.

Staff from the training department, peer mentoring team and employment services talked to residents about the variety of services Cais offer whilst Charlie from Don't Touch Tell entertained children with a puppet show which promotes keep safe messages with regards to drugs.

If you would like to find out more about the range of services that Cais offer please call 0845 06 121 12.

Change Step Triathlon

 

The Change Step Triathlon

 

If you would like to support the Change Step team please click here to donate online

In September, Change Step personnel will stage a ‘triathlon’ during which volunteers will be cycling, walking and swimming. Three cyclists - all ex-military - will be notching-up 150-plus miles around key centres of population across North Wales, and another three will be walking north from Llangollen to Prestatyn along the Offa’s Dyke path as it snakes its way along the chain of Clwydian hills. All participants will then swim in relays at the Nova Centre in Prestatyn, where a reception committee and media event is being planned.
 

What we are raising money for

All funds raised from the triathlon will go towards training ex-military personnel to become peer mentors who in turn can use their own experiences to help others in a similar situation.

 

About Change Step
Change Step is a CAIS led peer mentoring and advice service for military veterans and others with post traumatic stress disorder or probable substance misuse issues who want to make positive changes to their lives. The service is delivered by veterans for veterans and aims to support those seeking help for problems encountered as a result of military or operational duty. The programme will offer peer support and training opportunities, as well as counselling and detoxification from drugs or alcohol where required.

 Email: ask@change-step.co.uk
 Phone: 0845 06 121 12 & quote ‘Change Step’

 

 

 

Halloween BBQ - Tickets for Sale

CAIS have recently appointed a new Fundraising Officer. Richard Evans joined our team in May and has been busy organising a variety of fundraising activates to help raise need much needed funds for Change Step. Change Step is a new Scheme that aims to help military veterans with PTSD and/or substance misuse.

“Did you know that more British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period” - (BBC July 2013)

 

If you would like to raise money for Change Step please call
Richard on 01492 863 005 or email fundraising@cais.co.uk

If you would like to support Change Step CAIS are hosting its first Halloween Fancy Dress BBQ. Tickets start from £12 and include entry, BBQ and live entertainment.

Change Step Launch

Armed Forces veterans in North Wales seeking help for mental health, loneliness, welfare or addiction problems are being offered a helping hand by a new charitable service called ‘Change Step’.

Change Step is a support and peer-mentoring service provided by veterans for veterans. This exciting new service was launched in May at the Hightown Barracks, Wrexham by long-established drug and alcohol charity CAIS whose head office is in Llandudno but which operates across North Wales and beyond.

Change Step was chosen as a name for being not only a parade ground command recognised by military personnel but also for its reflecting the charity’s aspiration to assist veterans in making positive changes to their lives.

Peer mentors – themselves military veterans – have been and will continue to be trained to NVQ level 4 and beyond in the skills and attributes of peer mentoring with a view to befriending and inspiring fellow veterans with post traumatic stress disorder or probable substance misuse issues who want to make a fresh start and who may need support in doing so. Change Step will also provide support for carers and spouses of these same individuals.

The service aims to support those seeking help for problems encountered as a result of military service, and the programme will offer peer support and training and developmental opportunities, as well as counselling and detoxification from drugs or alcohol where required.

Change Step is working collaboratively with statutory bodies and charities such as the Wrexham-based NHS All Wales Veterans Health and Wellbeing Service (AWVHWS) and The Royal British Legion so as to ensure a comprehensive and focused service for Armed Forces veterans.

Change Step offers: a community based peer mentoring scheme delivered by veterans for veterans; a contact point for veterans, family members and carers; training opportunities; CAIS detoxification and rehabilitation programme; CAIS specialist counselling service complementary to the trauma therapy offered by the AWVHWS; signposting to a wide range of services.

Change Step can be contacted on 0845 06 121 12 or ask@change-step.co.uk

New - Parabl Talking Therapies Service

 

 

 

Parabl Talking Therapies Service

The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is investing nearly £1.5million over 5 years in Counselling services for people with common mental health problems.

The service, known as ‘Parabl’, which means ‘to talk or discuss’ in Welsh, became operational on 2nd April, 2013.

The service is being managed by CAIS on behalf of a consortium of North Wales charities. Partners include Advance Brighter Futures, Flintshire Mind, Aberconwy Mind, CAIS, Tan y Maen, Ynys Mon and Gwynedd Mind, Vale of Clwyd Mind and Relate.

Referral to the service can be through a health professional, such as a GP, or individuals may refer themselves by telephone. Once a referral is received a telephone assessment is carried out to establish the most appropriate support for that individual. Support ranges from self-help resources, one-to-one counselling, through to group sessions, available in Community settings such as GP practices, leisure centres and community centres throughout North Wales.  

Wyn Thomas, Assistant Director, Community Partnership Development for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board,  said “We are pleased to be working with partners to offer such a comprehensive service for people throughout North Wales.  The Parabl Talking Therapies is a service to meet the needs of adults over the age of 18, who are resident in North Wales. The service is aimed at people with common mental health problems, including bereavement and relationship difficulties.”

“As well as providing self-help resources, including an interactive self-help programme called the Serenity Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme, group sessions are available over 7-8 weeks to cover such subjects as Coping with Life, Stress Management and Mindfulness.  Up to 6 weekly sessions of individual counselling sessions are also available for individuals who want to discuss any challenging life events which are impacting on their mental well being.”

Self-referrals can be made by telephoning 0300 777 2257.

Gwasanaeth Therapïau ‘Parabl’

Mae Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr yn buddsoddi bron i £1.5 miliwn dros 5 mlynedd mewn gwasanaethau Cynghori i bobl â phroblemau iechyd meddwl cyffredin.

Daeth y gwasanaeth, a elwir yn ‘Parabl’, sy’n golygu sgwrsio neu drafod, yn weithredol ar 2 Ebrill 2013.

Mae’r gwasanaeth yn cael ei reoli gan CAIS ar ran consortiwm o elusennau Gogledd Cymru. Ymhlith y partneriaid mae Advance Brighter Futures, Mind Sir y Fflint, Mind Aberconwy, CAIS, Tan y Maen, Mind Ynys Môn a Gwynedd,  Mind Dyffryn Clwyd a Relate.

Gall gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol, megis meddygon teulu, gyfeirio pobl at y gwasanaeth, neu gall unigolion eu cyfeirio eu hunain, dros y ffôn. Pan fydd cyfeiriad yn cael ei dderbyn, gwneir asesiad dros y ffôn i sefydlu’r gefnogaeth fwyf priodol i’r unigolyn. Mae cymorth yn amrywio o adnoddau hunan gymorth, cynghori un i un, neu sesiynau grŵp, sydd ar gael yn y gymuned mewn llefydd fel meddygfeydd, canolfannau hamdden a chanolfannau cymunedol ledled Gogledd Cymru.

Dywedodd Wyn Thomas, Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol, Datblygu Partneriaeth Cymunedol ar gyfer Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr  “Rydym yn falch o gael cydweithio â phartneriaid i gynnig gwasanaeth mor gynhwysfawr i bobl ar hyd a lled Gogledd Cymru. Mae Therapïau Parabl yn wasanaeth i fodloni anghenion oedolion dros 18 oed sy’n byw yng Ngogledd Cymru. Mae wedi’i anelu at bobl â phroblemau iechyd meddwl cyffredin, yn cynnwys anawsterau gyda pherthnasoedd a phrofedigaeth.”

“Yn ogystal â chynnig adnoddau hunan gymorth, yn cynnwys rhaglen hunan gymorth ryngweithiol o’r enw rhaglen gyfrifiadurol Therapi Ymddygiad Gwybyddol Serenity, mae sesiynau grŵp ar gael dros 7-8 wythnos i drafod pynciau fel Ymdopi â Bywyd, Rheoli Straen ac Ymwybyddiaeth Ofalgar.  Mae hyd at chwe sesiwn gynghori wythnosol unigol hefyd ar gael i unigolion sydd eisiau trafod unrhyw ddigwyddiadau anodd yn eu bywydau sy’n cael effaith ar eu lles meddyliol.”

Gellir gwneud hunan gyfeiriad drwy ffonio 0300 777 2257.

 

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