Next
week is National Alcohol Awareness Week and we will be marking it with a
special event in the Whitechapel Centre. On Wednesday 20th November
we will host a day of Hope & Inspiration, which is open to anyone whose
life is affected by alcohol.
The
Inspirational morning session will be a discussion about and question and
answer session about alcohol dependency, with representatives from some key
agencies, as well as individuals who are in recovery. We will hear from:
* Kevin
Waldron, who has recovered from addiction and homelessness and now works for
The Whitechapel Centre as Patient Mentor based in the Brownlow Group Practice,
as well as delivering Alcohol Awareness sessions at the centre.
* Addaction’s
Outreach Team whose role is to engage members of the wider community who maybe
affected by drugs/alcohol misuse and encourage them into treatment to aid their
recovery by linking them in with services.
* Staff from Transforming Choice,
the new detox and rehabilitation service in Liverpool.
A
buffet lunch will then be provided, together with musical entertainment from
current and ex-service users and The Brink will be serving some of their famous
mocktails.
The
afternoon workshop, led by Carole Benn, focuses on hope and change. Following a
discussion of these issues, participants will create and add their own leaf to
our Tree of Hope.
The
day’s events start at 10am. We would love to see as many as many of you there
as possible; everyone is welcome to come along to participate and enjoy the
day. Please speak to your worker if you need any support to come along.
For more information on The Whitechapel Centre please visit our website at: http://www.whitechapelcentre.co.uk
