TWR under is currently undergoing maintenance
Hey everyone if you are seeing this message when you go to http://the-waitingroom.org please note The Waiting Room is currently undergoing maintenance, nothing has happened to the website we are Read More
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training – Feb 14th-15th 2019
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) trains frontline staff and the wider community in early intervention. The 15-hour workshop held over two days teaches participants to connect, understand and assist people Read More
BWWW Conference Report 2018
BRIEF BACKGROUND TO CONNECTING COMMUNITY NETWORKS As part of Birmingham and Solihull’s Connecting Community Networks Programme, Common Unity hosted the 2018 World Mental Health Day Conference in Birmingham with a Read More
The Success of The Being Well Works Well Conference 2018
“FANTASTIC CONFERENCE!!” October 10th 2018 (World Mental Health Day) saw the “Being Well Works Well” Conference come to fruition through the leadership of Common Unity. Its aims were to provide networking opportunities locally, regionally Read More
Connecting Community Networks
What is Connecting Community Networks All About? Life can be hard…but for some, because of particular circumstances, and more often than not, through no fault of their own, life can Read More
West Midlands Fire Service endorses TWR in keeping people Safe and Well
I know will-power plays a big part but the support we provided via The Waiting Room Resource Key has been priceless for him. Aston Fire Station recently shared TWR keys amongst Read More
The Key Ring That Saves Lives
At the age of 17 I knew there was something that had changed about my Auntie. The things she was saying didn’t make sense; It’s as if overnight she had Read More
Combined Brochure
HOW WE WORK Our upstream approach achieves both indirect and direct benefits for our communities, and with this in mind, we ensure that our partners, our associates and others’ working alongside us have Read More
Man Made Family Evaluation
An Evaluation of the ManMade Family Programme May 2016 The MandMade Family programme successfully supported men to be able to talk more openly about their emotions, to build their confidence and selfesteem, to Read More
MANMADE BRIEFING
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE MANMADE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMME This short briefing paper is intended for reference by health and social care decision makers in respect of 3 Peer Support Read More
TWR Resource Key – A Road To Somewhere
It's a clever way of linking people with local support with the least amount of stress, hassle or disappointment Back in the 80's there was a song called "Road Read More
Cohesion Consultation Event and Cohesion Programme
Cohesion Consultation Event – The Community Cohesion Programme The Community Cohesion Programme focuses on the working with all communities and front-line staff. They work to increase knowledge of mental health Read More
Breaking Silence – Mental Ill Health In The South Asian Community
BREAKING SILENCE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS DVD Caron Thompson developed a short film about mental ill health in second generation South Asian women, which looked at cultural conflicts that can lead Read More
Connecting Community Networks
UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY WELLBEING Life can be hard…but for some, because of particular circumstances, and more often than not, through no fault of their own, life can be much Read More
5 Ways To Wellbeing app
The 5 way app has been designed to get people thinking about ways of using each of the Five Ways to Wellbeing by offering practical examples as well as links Read More
Beauty Shop
The Beauty Shop is a community enabling package and the sister magazine to Barbershop. Common Unity worked in partnership with the founders of Barbershop Preston and Barbershop Birmingham to develop Read More
URBRUM – Magazine
Hey everyone, want something cool?, we have just released URBRUM Magazine issue 3! Download link below: Download URBRUM Issue 3 here We have something very exciting for you, you can Read More
BVSC Update Magazine
Common Unity is a health and social care social enterprise which delivers a proactive approach to service co-ordination and development, writes founder and managing director, Caron Thompson. Common Unity was Read More
Barber Shop issue 4
The Barbershop Programme is a groundbreaking scheme in Birmingham that has a holistic, social based approach to engaging our communities, especially the youth, on the issues around mental health and Read More
Barber Shop Report
The Barbershop Programme is a groundbreaking scheme in Birmingham that has a holistic, social based approach to engaging our communities, especially the youth, on the issues around mental health and Read More
SOS Campaign
Download the document here: sos In Britain each year, over 6000 people kill themselves; that’s 4000 more deaths per year than occur on all our roads – but unlike road Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) ASIST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) knows that suicide is not being dealt with adequately because of a basic lack of awareness of suicide as a major problem and Read More
