WaMHinPC Bursaries

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WaMHinPC Bursaries

• Louise Robinson
• WaMHinPC
• Core Group Member

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Whats it all about?
What if
Ideas into action!
Spreading the word
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Whats involved?

• Develop your idea into a research or project
  application
• Apply before 1 August
• Successful applications receive bursaries of up
  to 5000
• Announced at September conference
• Research or project is implemented
• Present at Spring conference

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Entry conditions?

• Each application must identify how the project or
  research reflects the key activities for the
  eight standards for Adult Mental Health Services
  identified in the Welsh National Standards
  Framework (NSF)
• Each applicant must be associated with the
  provision of mental health services in Wales and
  be subject to the standards and requirements of
  the NSF in Wales

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Story so far

• 2003
• Cardiff book prescription scheme
• Web-based approach to self-help
• Towy Valley mental health project
• Bereavement support service

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Story so far

• 2004
• How to break the barriers and bridge the gaps
• New mothers support group
• Volunteering on prescription an action research
  pilot
• Flintshire young persons mental health promotion
  project

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What next?

• Ask yourself What if? and turn ideas into
  action
• Visit the WaMHinPC stand today or
• www.wamhipc.org.uk tomorrow!
• Deadline 1 August for 2007 entries

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Spreading the word

• Bursaries presented in 2006
• Cognitive behavioural therapy Lesley Harvey
• Exploration of womens emotional experiences up
  to ten years after induced abortion Edna
  Astbury Ward