Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Charity, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 28th August, 2019
Art therapists at The Briars in Exeter are looking for the donation of guitars and possibly other instruments for people who use their service to use when receiving therapy. Guitars are used therapeutically to write songs and express how a person is feeling, in a more direct way than words alone...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Mental health, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 28th August, 2019
“In a mental-health care setting, can nature conservation and health priorities align?” This is the question posed by a paper recently published in the “Journal of Interprofessional Care” where Tobit Emmens, Devon Partnership Trust's Managing Partner in Research and Development, collaborated with the RSPB’s Centre for Conservation Science and the...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in News, Recovery and wellbeing on 23rd August, 2019
Peak Hill Llamas visited the Dewnans Centre on Saturday 3 August. This was an exciting and therapeutic opportunity for both patients and staff from across the Langdon site to interact with a couple of friendly llamas. The llamas were more than happy to be walked around the outdoor area, be made...
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Events and conferences, Mental health, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 19th August, 2019
We are co-hosting today's 2019 conference with NELFT Foundation Trust and the Academy of Peer-supported Open Dialogue. If you are not attending you can watch it live on NELFT's facebook page and follow the day's events on twitter @DPT_NHS. Find out more or to download the programme click here.
Posted by Devon Partnership Trust in Mental health, News, Recovery and wellbeing on 8th August, 2019
'Creative Self-Care' is a new project starting in September which will be based in Exeter and is being funded by local charity Self-Heal Association. This will be a supportive group for people who have been diagnosed within dementia within the past 12 months, and their carers. We will offer creative ways...