World Hearing Voices Day Fri 14 Sep 2012 -Toronto [Update]


A few days only to your chance to be part of Toronto’s first participation in the global celebration of World  Hearing Voices Community.

“I believe hearing voices approach is emancipatory – not only for voice hearers but also for families and carers, and workers too.”
 –  Ron Coleman

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Worker Training session    – now fully booked [ wait list for future sessions]
Community Info session –     programme announcement 
                                                      register to ensure you get in
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Worker Training

9am to 12pm fully booked

9.00am to 12noon session is fully booked.

come to the community info session in the afternoon.

The morning session is designed specifically for workers who work with people who hear voices  and is now fully booked. There are no more spaces available for the morning session on 14th Sep.

However, we will be offering similar sessions in future and have started a wait list: when we have enough people we will book another session – invitations will go first to those on that list.

To add yourself to the waitlist for future sessions click here … voicestoronto@hotmail.com

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Community Information Session |  1pm to 6pm

   programme     1.00pm to 4.30pm 
   light buffet       4.30pm to 6pm
 

Fee

   workers:       $20 ……pay at door
   all others:     free     
  (other donations gratefully accepted)
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Registration – for afternoon community info session

We have limited spaces:  the only way to guarantee your space is if you register

          Brian McKinnon      
          
           bmckinnon@alternativestoronto.org  
           or
         416 285 7996 ex 227

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Programme Community Info Session | 1pm to 430pm

We have a great programme designed to give you a glimpse of what’s possible and also link with the  global hearing voices community.

Hearing Voices – a normal Human Experience
learn how you can understand hearing voices as part of a normal human experience, “hearing voices” as a phenomena, an approach and a global movement and community.
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Rufus May and Friends
Find out about Rufus’ recent work and how that has spontaneously led to a remarkable global support group and network not just for voice hearers but for voices too.
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Denmark – Elisabeth Svanholmer and Trevor Eyles 
In Denmark Hearing Voices work is fully integrated into the public health system. How did they do it? How does it work?
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Voice Collective Voice Collective is based in Camden, London and works with young people who hear voices. They recently create a remarkable short animated movie which we will screen and be joined by some of the filmmakers. Rachel Waddingham will be joining us.
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more, including posters…

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