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We wanted to let you know that SMART is moving!

Whilst our building on Gertrude Street receives some much-needed TLC, we’ll be relocating for up to 12 months. But rest assured — everything you know and love about SMART will continue, including all our sessions with fantastic partners like mindfulness and massage.

The café will be based at Chelsea Theatre, and RBKC are also exploring other nearby spaces for us on the World’s End Estate. Our garden and Sheds project will remain exactly where they are, and thanks to the generosity of Cadogan Pier, we’ll also have access to their beautiful community room if we need additional space.

Things are moving quickly — but there’s still plenty of time to talk, plan, and shape this next chapter together.

You can watch a short message from Amelia here: Amelia’s Update on Instagram. And of course we will be in touch with further updates.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch — we’d love to hear your thoughts.

SMART will be co-hosting a Summer Event with Chelsea Community Champions and Earl’s Court Community Champions on Thursday 14th July 2022, from 11.00am – 7.00pm.

There’ll be table top sales, a crafts stall, craft activities, raffle prizes to be won, bubbles, music, food, and the event will wind down with evening mocktails.

This event is free, and everyone, of all ages, is welcome to attend.

If you have any questions about this event, please call  Leny on 07557 237 697, or Sarah, on 07341 560 625.

As we mark the 5th anniversary of the Grenfell fire, we continue to remember and reflect.

If you need support, you can call us on 020 7376 4668 or 07341 560 625

You can also click here for information about activities and support during this week: Grenfell Events & Support 2022

Position: Young Adults Navigator

Are you…

• Looking for full time, meaningful work?
• Wanting to be part of an amazing team?
• Passionate about supporting people with experience of mental health difficulties?
• Interested in working with a diverse group of people?

Have you got…

• Lived experience of recovery from mental health challenges?
• Paid or unpaid experience of working in a health and social care setting?
• An interest in developing knowledge of community services and organisations that promote recovery, change and hope?

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join a new Young Adult Mental Health & Wellbeing Partnership team. The ‘Young Adults Navigator’ will work on a 1:1 basis with those aged between 16 and 25, offering peer support, assistance with practical issues, and empowerment to take an active role in their care.

Through the sharing of your own lived experiences you will support service users to regain control over their lives, their decisions and their own unique recovery journey.

Employed by SMART, you will work with Community Living Well ( a partnership between NHS Integrated Mental Health services and voluntary sector organisations) to support people across Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please email helen.little9@nhs.net . You can find out more about Community Living Well here.

 

We have some exciting new opportunities available within the SMART Team:

Barista (2 posts)

Full training will be provided for this role.

Builder

An experienced builder, you will be working with our members to co-facilitate DIY projects within and around SMART.

Business Manager

You will be managing the business side of a community bakery. Full training will be provided for this role

Chef

An experienced chef, you will be leading the development of our café, and catering projects.

Serving Lead

Full training will be provided for this role.

If you’re interested in any of these roles, please email your contact details to amelia.mustapha@smartlondon.org.uk

All pay will be disclosed on request.

On 15th December, we held our first Christmas Carols & Crafts get-together! It was a great opportunity for a lot of us to see one another in person, and socialise with old friends, after a long period of not having done so.

Fortunately for us, especially considering the time of the year, the weather was mild, so we were able to hold our event, as planned, in Gillian’s garden (the small garden on the hospital side of SMART).

We had a craft stall set up for people to buy lots of goodies, including Christmas cards and jewellery made by our members during our recent “Crafts for Christmas” sessions, as well as the ever-popular spider plants, and SMART cookies. A fantastic amount of money was raised, and it’ll be used to support SMART’s ongoing work.

Aside from the craft stall, we had mulled apple juice, hot food, awesome Christmas sing-alongs, Sharon won our best outfit prize, magic from Magic, and Santa came along to give out gifts.

A good time was had by all, and hopefully we’ll be able to come together again like this soon.

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SMART will not be running live Zoom online sessions on Good Friday, April the 10^th and Easter Monday, April the 13^th. You can join our online yoga, chair exercise and Tom’s art sessions located on our website anytime; we also have some great recipes from SMART’s kitchen. If you are feeling groovy you can send Sarah some of your favourite songs for SMART’s playlist!

Useful websites:

http://www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/crisis/

www.thecalmzone.net

CNW-tr.SPA@nhs.net

Useful telephone numbers:

People who need mental health support and their carers are urged to use the Single Point of Access telephone number on 0800 023 650

Samaritans number 116 123