Unison leaflet

This is the leaflet that Unison has produced. If you would like copies of this to give out to the public, please speak to the Unison office, or email saveourservices@gmx.co.uk.

Leeds City Council is proposing to close services:

They plan to close:

·        The Vale Mental Health Day Centre

·        Stocks Hill Mental Health Day Centre

This will leave only a pared down service which will run at Lovell Park Centre.

Mental health day centres are staffed by skilled and experienced staff. These community based centres provide a wide range of services to help people to recover when they have been unwell and to prevent relapse. They do this by providing:

• A warm and welcoming atmosphere in which people can make friends
• A personalised approach. People have their own support plan which is just right for them
• Individual key working which helps people make changes in their lives
• A wide range of groups to encourage new interests and to rekindle old ones 
• Education classes for the whole community
• Support with volunteering and/or returning to paid employment
• Individual sessions out and about, helping people to overcome anxiety and get on with their lives.
• Hope at those times when everything feels hopeless

Leeds City Council also plans to close

·        Leeds Crisis Centre

This award winning centre helps people who find themselves in a crisis. Maybe a relationship has come to an end or perhaps there has been a death in the family. Anyone who is experiencing a crisis and feels that they’re not coping can contact Leeds Crisis Centre for help. Using counselling as an intervention, experienced and skilled staff help people to deal with a crisis in a positive way. There is no other service like this in the city.

Learn more by visiting http://saveleedscrisiscentre.wordpess.com/

SAVE OUR CENTRES is a campaign to keep these vital and cost effective frontline services. Please help:

• Send an email to branch@leedsunisonlg.org.uk

We’ll keep you in touch with what’s going on

• Tell others – friends, family and colleagues
• Write to your local councillors and visit their surgeries

Details at your local library or visit www.leeds.gov.uk

• If you’re in a trade union, raise it at your Branch
• If you’d like copies of this leaflet let us know
• If there are other ways you can help, please tell us by email or by phoning 0113 245 8442

We look forward to welcoming you to the campaign

Thank you to the Unison staff and reps involved in producing this.