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Holly and Jo here from the Yorkshire and Humber Involvement Network, with our first ever blog post!We are super excited to be here talking to you on our brand new website, and we hope you are also excited to be here and that you are enjoying having a browse!

Good News Story- Celebrating Involvement

Jav, Service User Involvement Lead at Cygnet Bierley wins Innovation for the Future, Game Changer Award in Cygnet Staff Achievement Awards 2024.

Newhaven Learning Disability Week 2024 “DO YOU SEE ME”

Service users and staff at Newhaven celebrated learning disability week, the theme this year was “do you see me”.

Equality and involvement excellence… Winner – ‘One voice – the improving empowerment and inclusion project’ in Newton Lodge

Equality and involvement excellence… Winner – ‘One voice – the improving empowerment and inclusion project’ in Newton Lodge

Cygnet Bierley – Social Hub

By Javaid Razzaq, Involvement Lead

In Cygnet Brierley we had a room which was boring, the room wasn’t used much at all, 1 or 2 hours it was being used a day and it was called a Tuckshop. This was where service users would come to buy snacks or any charity clothes they wanted and return back to the ward. Not much activity was going on and it was a room lacking energy and was in need of a makeover. Service users would spend time in the room, it had a few computers and service users didn’t really use them much, a TV screen which wasn’t getting used either.  

Here are some pictures of the room as it was…

Then one day Myself Javaid Razzaq and Parveen Hussain had a meeting with an expert by experience from Cygnet named Raf. When he came and sat in the room and we started discussing about how to develop the space and increase engagement and activities for service users, we decided to make a Social Hub, we would put lighting along the ceiling and floor, get a PlayStation 5 with loads of games, have some arcade machines in and put service users favourite posters on a wall as a theme. We turned the room around in a couple of days with the help of service users and now it is a room service users come in relax and enjoy themselves. It’s a room known as the ultimate off ward experience it was called by one of the service users, It has become a room service users go to when the wards are getting too much or when service users just want to wind down and relax, it has changed the way hospitals work and has increased engagement to another level.

Here are some pictures of the room now…

 

Thank you for reading Jav…

Humber Centre – Swale Ward Therapy Room Project

There was a recognised need for a dedicated space where patients could engage in therapeutic activities and find a sense of calm and safety.

Added Time: Community Football and Wellbeing.

Why football has so many benefits to those that play it and those that watch it.

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

Today, we all know the 5th of November as Bonfire Night, but the roots of this centuries-old tradition are much more than an evening of sparks and illumination…

World Mental Health Day 2023…

We live in a busy world, and it’s often so very easy to forget to take that time to check in with ourselves or others to maintain that balance. So, our team hit the pause button and did just that! The kettle went on, the biscuits came out, and we took time out to get together and chat.