Whole life have created this DVD featuring the perspectives of a range of people who use Whole life principles in their life and in their work. The DVD also explores what is meant by the Whole Life approach and is designed to be useful for those who have had personal experience of mental distress and for those supporting them, either as a carer, health professional or a service provider. The DVD is 23 minutes long and contains the following chapters: Introduction to the whole life approach, Change the thinking, What helps, Change the practice.
Once you have watched the Whole life film please post any comments that you have on the Whole life forum. The Whole life forum is a place for you to post your questions, stories, experiences, add video clips, network and advertise events that are happening in your area. It is also a space for you to discuss and debate key themes relating to a Whole Life approach to mental health, wellbeing and or mental distress. To visit the forum and add your comments please click here.
Although this website is currently under construction all Whole life resources including the Whole life DVD, the Whole life work book, a Whole life audio CD and Whole life posters will soon be available on this website and will provide a full multimedia experience to explore and learn more about the Whole life approach. All the resources will be down loadable and all paper down loadable resources are designed to be photocopied. Alternatively, hard copies of all Whole life resources can be obtained for free by contacting the Whole life team.
All supporting materials have been produced and published as part of the Whole Life programme by the Care Services Improvement Partnership in the East of England (CSIP Eastern. For further queries regarding the Whole life Programme and to obtain a free hard copy of any Whole Life resource please contact Paula Bastwow at paula.bastow@csip.org.uk. For further queries regarding the Whole Life Programme please also contact either the Programme Manager-Tanya Kennard-Campbell at tanya.kennard-campbell@csip.org.uk; or Programme Director-Susannah Howard at susannah.howard @csip.org.uk