Time has flown by since I’ve had the chance to come on and talk about what’s been going on in my crazy world. I have been very busy as usual, looking after myself and concentrating on the PD page.

Last Friday I went to the http://www.emergenceplus.org.uk/ first open day and I am really glad that I was invited! I had to travel into London to do so and I am not the greatest with public transport but I faced my fears and so  am proud of that. I did drive part of the way, he he but most of the journey was done on the tube and all was fine. The day was great, it was a place where service users, staff and clinicians all joined together to talk about the great work that Emergence are doing. Emergence are also the people who I did my PD training with; which is giving people knowledge and a better understanding of what PD is all about. The day was hosted by Kath Lovell and she did a great job and we also got to meet some of the staff that do a wonderful job with Emergence. The speeches’ were wonderful and interesting and the short play was great, big shout out to Fiona!

Emergence also do a lot of arts and creativity work for service users which I feel is a great to be able to express yourself and how you are feeling. Recently there was a competition and the postcard winners were presented with their framed work which I thought was really nice.

We all signed a pledge which is part of the Emergence’s message which is: Changing attitudes and building lives… which is what we all intend to do. The pledge’s are going to be blown up and put onto a banner so I will be looking forward to seeing it.

I am hoping at some point I can become more involved in what they do as there’s such a family feel about how they all work together. I also look forward to another event like this as it was such a nice day. I had to rush off slightly early as I had my car parked near a station and Friday evening rush hour to contend with. Thank you for such a nice day.

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