The St Giles Cymru team held Community Days at their offices in Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Wrexham around World Mental Health Day. Wellbeing sessions were put on for clients, in conjunction with partner agencies, with mental health at the forefront of the days.
The Personal Wellbeing Service is funded by the Ministry of Justice and supports men over the age of 18 across Wales, who have been released from prison or on probation in the community and have been referred in by their Probation Practitioner.
Its aim is to offer guidance and support to break the cycle of reoffending, with work being delivered by a team partly made up of professionals who have lived experience of many of the circumstances their clients are facing.
Interventions and sessions can include:
- Addressing lifestyle choices
- Including support around peer pressure and decision making
- Emotional wellbeing
- Talking about mental health diagnoses
- Anger management
- Personal ‘triggers’ and response changing
- Addressing family issues, including:
- Help with family mediation or therapy
- Positive parenting sessions
- Safety planning
During the days, the sessions focused on holistic wellbeing, with the timetable holding sessions as varied as meditation and tai-chi to music and ‘atomic habits – tiny changes, remarkable results.’
Debbie Rourke – Personal Wellbeing Contract Manager said:
“We were delighted to hold community events for the second consecutive year at our offices in North and South Wales around World Mental Health Day. Alongside the daily support we offer our clients through the Personal Wellbeing Service across Wales it was an important chance to build closer relationships with partners and initiate holistic wellbeing sessions as we continue to strive to build positive futures for the people we work with.”
Thanks to some of our partners who attended, including: Mind, Veterans Wales, Maximus, Eden Gates, Both Parents Matter, Papyrus, Wild Rhythm, Gypsy Travellers Wales, Citizen Church Spears, Cyfle Cymru, Cardiff Foodbank, The Shed at the Pavillion, Inspire Training and Pathways to Prison.
Mae ‘Tîm Lles Personol‘ St Giles Cymru yn cynnal Diwrnodau Cymunedol Iechyd Meddwl y Byd
Cynhaliodd tîm St Giles Cymru Ddiwrnodau Cymunedol yn eu swyddfeydd yn Abertawe, Caerdydd, Casnewydd a Wrecsam o gwmpas Diwrnod Iechyd Meddwl y Byd. Cynhaliwyd sesiynau lles ar gyfer cleientiaid, ar y cyd ag asiantaethau partner, gydag iechyd meddwl ar flaen y gad yn y dyddiau.
Mae’r Gwasanaeth Lles Personol yn cael ei ariannu gan y Weinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder ac yn cefnogi dynion dros 18 oed ledled Cymru, sydd wedi cael eu rhyddhau o’r carchar neu ar brawf yn y gymuned ac wedi cael eu cyfeirio i mewn gan eu Ymarferydd Prawf.
Ei nod yw cynnig arweiniad a chefnogaeth i dorri’r cylch o aildroseddu, gyda gwaith yn cael ei gyflawni gan dîm sy’n cynnwys yn rhannol weithwyr proffesiynol sydd wedi cael profiad byw o lawer o’r amgylchiadau y mae eu cleientiaid yn eu hwynebu.
Gall ymyriadau a sesiynau gynnwys:
- Mynd i’r afael â dewisiadau ffordd o fyw
- Gan gynnwys cefnogaeth ynghylch pwysau cyfoedion a gwneud penderfyniadau
- Lles emosiynol
- Siarad am ddiagnosis iechyd meddwl
- reoli dicter
- ‘sbardunau’ personol a newid ymateb
- Mynd i’r afael â materion teuluol, gan gynnwys:
- Cymorth gyda chyfryngu teuluol neu therapi
- Sesiynau rhianta cadarnhaol
- gynllunio diogelwch
Yn ystod y dyddiau, canolbwyntiodd y sesiynau ar les cyfannol, gyda’r sesiynau cynnal amserlen mor amrywiol â myfyrdod a thai chi i gerddoriaeth ac ‘arferion atomig newidiadau bach, canlyniadau rhyfeddol .’
Dywedodd Debbie Rourke – Rheolwr Cytundeb Lles Personol:
“Roeddem yn falch iawn o gynnal digwyddiadau cymunedol am yr ail flwyddyn yn olynol yn ein swyddfeydd yng Ngogledd a De Cymru o gwmpas Diwrnod Iechyd Meddwl y Byd. Ochr yn ochr â’r gefnogaeth ddyddiol a gynigiwn i’n cleientiaid drwy’r Gwasanaeth Lles Personol ledled Cymru roedd yn gyfle pwysig i feithrin perthnasoedd agosach â phartneriaid a chychwyn sesiynau lles cyfannol wrth i ni barhau i ymdrechu i adeiladu dyfodol cadarnhaol i’r bobl rydym yn gweithio gyda nhw.”
Diolch i rai o’n partneriaid a fynychodd, gan gynnwys: Mind, Cyn – filwyr Cymru, Maximus, Eden Gates, Mae Rhieni yn Bwysig, Papyrus, Rhythm Gwyllt, Teithwyr Sipsiwn Cymru, Citizen Church Spears, Cyfle Cymru, Banc Bwyd Caerdydd, The Shed at the Pavillion, Ysbrydoli Hyfforddiant a Llwybrau i’r Carchar.