MoulinBurn Partnership

We've both travelled far and wide across the UK to support clients over the years... but I think I win the prize for the remotest and most scenic trip to work last week!

This is the Corran passenger "ferry" to Ardgour in North West Scotland... absolutely stunning 5 minute sail to spend the day with new clients🙂

"FIRST AID FOR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH"

Are you a parent, grandparent, teacher, youth leader or young person aged 14 or over? Would you like to learn more about the many challenges affecting the mental health of young people today, and become more confident in engaging in conversation with those who may be struggling?

Click the link below to find out more about our one-day certified workshop (running over two Saturday mornings):

WHERE? Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre...
WHEN? Saturdays 3rd and 10th February 2023
TIMES? 9.30am - 1.00pm (attendance on both dates required)

https://bookwhen.com/moulinburn/e/ev-shr1-20230204093000

Does your business or organisation have a qualified Mental Health First Aider on the team?

We are running a one-day "First Aid for Mental Health" workshop (certified at SCQF Level 5) on Friday 27th January 2023, at the Pitlochry Dam visitor Centre, from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Full details of the workshop, how to book, costs (including an "early bird" discount) can be found in the attached link to our online booking system.

Please send us a message if you'd like to find out more info before booking!

https://bookwhen.com/moulinburn/e/ev-svr7-20230127000000

Thank you Heartland FM for blogging about our "Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health" workshops! I did a little interview with their news journalist today which will go out during the news bulletins tomorrow and a wee reminder each week throughout September! Spaces still available for Dunkeld/Birnam 5th Sept, Blair Atholl 12th, Pitlochry 19th and Aberfeldy 26th. All start from 9.15am until 1.30pm... please just get in touch via FB if you'd like to book a place or email [email protected].

We have risk assessed our first venue and are all prepared with our sanitizers, anti-bac wipes and all the COVID safety measures you'd expect! It's a new way of running workshops but we hope the learning experience will be just as fruitful!

Free Mental Health First Aid Workshop Coming to Highland Perthshire A series of free mental health workshops are coming to Highland Perthshire called Awareness of First Aid for Mental Health. The workshops are organised by Ruth and Stevie McLaren who have both spent their careers working in public sector charities. Describing what the workshops are about Ruth said:....

"AWARENESS OF FIRST AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH" WORKSHOPS - UPDATE:
We've been seeking advice from the Scottish Government to make sure that we are adhering to the latest COVID safety guidelines for running workshops within the community. We have had encouraging conversations with them and all the signs would indicate that there's no reason why we can't go ahead. So, if you are resident anywhere in the Highland Perthshire area and would like to attend one of the workshops, please get in touch asap. The first workshop is on Saturday 5th Sept and we still have several places available! There are also places on the Blair Atholl, Pitlochry and Aberfeldy workshops. Places are free to participants and funded by the Enchanted Forest Community Fund. See dates and venues below...

Contact us via FB messenger or email [email protected]

DUNKELD: Guide Hall, Saturday 5th September
BLAIR ATHOLL: Village Hall, Saturday 12th September
PITLOCHRY: Moulin Village Hall, Saturday 19th September
ABERFELDY: Locus Centre, Saturday 26th September

Each workshop runs from 09.30 (prompt) - 13.30, with registration from 09.15.

Should we hear anything to the contrary regarding COVID safety measures we will always err on the cautious side and postpone until early next year.

Hope to see you there!

UPDATE ON 'AWARENESS OF FIRST AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH' WORKSHOPS!
Following our previous post at the end of June, we're delighted to announce that dates and venues have been confirmed for the above workshops across Highland Perthshire throughout September🙂. If you'd like to attend one of the workshops, please either email your contact details to [email protected] or send a private message via FB.

DUNKELD: Guide Hall, Saturday 5th September
BLAIR ATHOLL: Village Hall, Saturday 12th September
PITLOCHRY: Moulin Village Hall, Saturday 19th September
ABERFELDY: Locus Centre, Saturday 26th September

Each workshop runs from 09.30 (prompt) - 13.30, with registration from 09.15.

If you've already noted interest and given us your contact details, you will be given priority for a place at your preferred location ... we'll be emailing you directly over the next day or so to confirm that you'd still like to attend.

There are 15 places available on each workshop and the venues are able to support the current government guidelines for social distancing. However, we will be monitoring any changes to the COVID-19 guidance for groups meeting indoors and the workshops will only go ahead if it continues to be safe to do so.

We already have quite a number of folks who have signed up so do get in touch soon to book your place! Thanks to the support of the Enchanted Forest Community Fund, there is no charge for attendance and places are available for residents of Highland Perthshire.

COMING SOON!!!!
With the generous support of the Enchanted Forest Community Trust, MoulinBurn Partnership are delighted to offer four half-day ‘Awareness of First Aid For Mental Health’ workshops, for residents of Highland Perthshire.

Venues are being identified in Pitlochry, Blair Atholl, Dunkeld and Aberfeldy and each workshop will run from 9.30-13.30 on Saturdays in Sept/Oct, with exact dates and number of participants being finalised once we have a clearer picture of Government regulations regarding social distancing, how many people can meet indoors, etc.

There’s always been, and always will be, a need for people to have a greater understanding of ‘Mental Health’ and ‘Mental Health issues’, and the likelihood is that there’s an even greater need given the impact of Covid-19 on our lives. The workshop is being provided (free of charge) for residents of communities across Highland Perthshire aged 16 years and over, and participants will have the opportunity to gain a SCQF level 4 qualification which has the title ‘Awareness in First Aid for Mental Health’.

The key topics covered are:
• What is First Aid for Mental Health
• Identifying Mental Health Conditions
• Providing Advice and Starting a Conversation
• Stress
• Mental Health Conditions

(PLEASE NOTE, this is a basic awareness workshop and it does not qualify anyone to diagnose a condition.)

If you'd like to register your interest in attending any of these workshops please email [email protected] or send a PM via Facebook.... we will keep your name and be in touch as things develop. The maximum number of participants at each workshop will be 16 and places will be on a first come first served basis.

Hope you are all having a good day! Stevie and I have now set up our new business partnership... so, "Ruth McLaren Consulting" is no more...eek! We are now called "MoulinBurn Partnership" or "MoulinBurn" for short! We'd love it if you'd still like to follow this page so we hope you'll stick with us! We'll be posting more info soon re upcoming Mental Health Awareness and/or MH First Aid workshops, and we both continue to offer coaching, Myers Briggs awareness / team development workshops.

Hope you are all keeping safe and finding new ways to do "life" during lockdown... happy to chat!

Would your business or organisation benefit from having a trained and qualified Mental Health First Aider? Here's an opportunity to develop someone in your team and enable them to have a better understanding of mental health and to start supportive conversations in your business or organisation. This workshop would also be beneficial to anyone 16 and over looking to gain a greater understanding of mental health issues. On successful completion of this workshop, participants will received an SCQF Level 5 qualification on "First Aid for Mental Health".

This is an open 1-day workshop running in Pitlochry on 28th January with some local businesses already signed up. However, we can also deliver the workshops in-house across the UK.

Full details are available on the Eventbrite link but please feel free to get in touch with us if you'd like to chat further!

First Aid for Mental Health First Aid for Mental Health - at SCQF Level 5

Meet my new recruit!! After over 7 years of going solo with my business, my other half is joining in the fun and we're very excited about extending the support we'll be able to offer clients in the future! One of the first developments Stevie will offer in the New Year will be "Mental Health First Aid" training. This course will give you an Accredited Certificate (SCQF level 5) to become a MH First Aider within your organisation and/or workplace. Further details to follow soon! 👍🙂

Feeling rather proud to be part of the GrowBiz team today! Great article in the Blairgowrie Advertiser about the amazing work GrowBiz Perthshire does to support rural businesses.... and so refreshing to see what can be achieved when people collaborate, cooperate and connect together to share expertise and support each other😀

Attention any ladies in Highland Perthshire who run their own business or are thinking of setting up! Come along to the GrowBiz Women's Enterprise Network at Hettie's Tearoom in Pitlochry on 21st February and be inspired! Starting at 6pm with a buffet supper, you'll get the chance to hear Helen's inspirational journey to becoming a gin distiller here in Pitlochry (with a wee sample of her gin thrown in!), you'll hear all about the services GrowBiz can provide to support you with your own business ideas and development... and meet other women with their own business stories to share. Please use the link below to book your place and hope to see you there!

Women's Enterprise Network, Pitlochry Join us for this informal networking evening where we'll hear from award-winning gin distiller Helen Stewart of Badvo Distillery, Pitlochry. https://www.badvo.com/ Helen is the founder and distiller of Badvo Gin, which started operations in 2017 when Helen was only 21. Helen's family have been farmi...

Congratulations to my fellow GrowBiz colleagues on this huge achievement!

Read more about our Perth and Kinross LEADER Programme funded Enterprising Rural Perthshire Mentoring Programme, which has become the first in Scotland to achieve the Scottish Mentoring Network Quality Standard.

Our CEO Jackie Brierton said “To have gained this official accreditation from the Scottish Mentoring Network is a fabulous achievement and testament to the hard work and commitment of everyone involved and we are very proud to be the first business mentoring programme in Scotland to be accredited.”

https://www.growbiz.co.uk/news/smn-mentoring-news-nov18/

Nothing in the diary on Thursday 14th June from 6-8.30pm? Pop along to Hettie’s Tearoom, Pitlochry for a great evening of networking with like-minded businesswomen, be inspired by Donna’s story... oh, and did I mention all the scrummy sannies, cake and tea drinking?! Click on the link below for booking details... hope to see you there!

Women's Enterprise Network - Highland Perthshire A free event starting with a light buffet, followed by an informal chance to meet other like-minded women, meet some of the Growbiz team and hear from an inspirational speaker.

What a great start for the GrowBiz Highland Perthshire Women’s Enterprise Network last night! Thanks to Clare, Heather and the team from “Hettie’s Tearoom, Pitlochry” for the most amazing “afternoon tea” and wonderful service.... and a huge thanks to all 28 ladies who came along to this first event... what a range of talent and expertise in the room last night! It was so inspiring to hear of the range of businesses being developed and led by women on our own doorstep here in Highland Perthshire!
Looking forward to our next meeting on 14th June... details will be publicised soon.

Ruth gets our inaugral Highland Perthshire Women's Enterprise Network up and running in Hettie's Tearoom, Pitlochry

Still time to book!

We are thrilled to be hosting the first Highland Perthshire Growbiz event, for women in business. Whether starting, running or growing Growbiz can help. To book go to www.growbiz.co.uk/events

Ladies!! If you are based in the Highland Perthshire area, thinking of setting up in business or have already done so, you may want to come along to Hettie's Tearooms in Pitlochry on 10th May at 6pm to meet others who are in a similar position! You can read about the event in the attached article, or visit www.growbiz.co.uk to learn more about the support and learning opportunities GrowBiz can offer you. I'll be facilitating this first meeting of the Women's Enterprise Network for Highland Perthshire and look forward to seeing you there... details on how to book are in the article and please just get in touch with me if you have any questions.

We're expanding our Women's Enterprise Network into Strathearn & Highland Perthshire! Come along for an informal chance to meet other like-minded women, meet some of the Growbiz team and hear from an inspirational speaker.

HOT OFF THE PRESS... GrowBiz win Business Project of the Year 2017 at Scottish Mentoring Network National Recognition Awards!

I'm very proud of GrowBiz for winning yet another national award this year! This time it's for their Mentoring Support Progamme, which also happens to include the mentor training that I co-facilitate along with the very talented Jennifer Lindsay-Finan. My input covers the section on "self-awareness" using the Myers Briggs (MBTI) personality assessment tool. It's been a real privilege to support the GrowBiz Mentors in understanding their own preferences whilst at the same time, gaining an awareness of how their preferred ways of functioning in life may differ completely from the people they may mentor in future!

Congratulations GrowBiz!!

growbiz.co.uk A fantastic testament to our team and the clients we work with.

My thanks to all the participants on yesterday's "Presenting Yourself with Confidence" workshop - Part 2! I hope you felt it was worth coming back for more! Your openness, honesty and willingness to push yourselves made it a real treat to work with you all. Huge thanks too to Deirdre Davis for co-facilitating this pilot workshop and for all the expertise you were able to bring to the event! Last, but by no means least, thanks to GrowBiz Perthshire for inviting us to deliver this workshop on your behalf.... it's great to be part of such a forward-thinking and dynamic organisation!

GrowBiz Perthshire ran a follow-up workshop on Presenting Yourself with Confidence today for clients who had attended a previous workshop. This time, attendees had to face their fears, stand up and give a talk lasting around three minutes. Whilst everyone who took part was game for this, there were nerves all round! However, Ruth McLaren Consulting, ably assisted by actress Deirdre Davis gave such constructive criticism, hints and tips that it is fair to say by the end of the afternoon everyone there, without exception, showed amazing improvement in both their confidence and their delivery of their talks. With great feedback too, we have a feeling this won't be the last time we run such a workshop!

GrowBiz Perthshire

Running your own business in the Perthshire area? ... or thinking of starting up on your own? GrowBiz can provide you with a business mentor (free of charge!) and you're welcome to come along to a Mentee Awareness Session in Ballinluig on Monday night... booking details below.

There is still time to book a place on our Mentee Awareness session to be held in Nae Limits Adventure cafe, Ballinluig on Monday. Find out how a business mentor could benefit you and your business.

Highland Perthshire Learning Session - Presentation Skills for Yourself & Your Business (Pitlochry)

Are you running or setting up your own business in the Perthshire area, or do you know someone who is? Do you sometimes struggle with confidence or self-belief to present yourself or your business in the best way possible? Read on!....
I'm delivering this 2-hour "Presenting yourself with confidence" workshop on behalf of GrowBiz from 6.30-8.30 on Monday 8th May in the Pitlochry Business Centre. There are up to 10 places available - booking details in the link below.

http://growbiz.co.uk/events/hpls-presentationskills-may17/

growbiz.co.uk How to make the most of face to face opportunities to present yourself and your business.

I love my job!! Facilitating last night's "Presenting yourself with confidence" workshop reminded me of the huge privilege it is to support people in their individual personal development.
Thanks to all participants who came willing to share their experiences, their fears, their aspirations, in such an honest way. The peer support and encouragement you gave each other throughout the evening was exceptional!
Thanks too to GrowBiz Perthshire for supporting and hosting this workshop as part of their learning programme.
Looking forward to the next one in Pitlochry on 8th May!

GrowBiz Perthshire

On my way to deliver this "Presenting yourself with confidence" workshop in Blairgowrie this evening but here are the details on how to book for the next workshop in Pitlochry on 8th May.

"Presenting Yourself & Your Business" Learning Session in Pitlochry on 8th May with Ruth McLaren Consulting
Pitlochry Business Centre The Quair Magazines - Covering Highland Perthshire & Strathearn

GrowBiz Perthshire

Really excited to be running the "Present yourself with confidence" workshop on behalf of GrowBiz in Blairgowrie on 20th April! No-one will be put on the spot and it will all be good fun... and hopefully you will end the evening feeling more empowered and confident to promote yourself and your business to others!

Find out how to better present yourself and your business to others at our Learning Session on 20th April in Blairgowrie. With Ruth McLaren Consulting who we are sure will have lots of useful hints and tips to share.

GrowBiz Perthshire

Looking forward to facilitating the Myers Briggs (self-awareness) sessions as part of the Growbiz Mentor training workshops in Pitlochry over the next two weeks! Great to be involved with such an inspirational organisation supporting business in my own local community!

We are holding two Learning Sessions on Becoming a Mentor in Pitlochry on 11th & 18th Jan. Email [email protected] to discuss further.

Ruth McLaren Consulting | Releasing Potential in Individuals, Teams and Organisations

Today marks the launch of my new website! I've been working with the very talented Sam Winter from "Geekpoint" to redesign the site and, 4 years on from setting up "Ruth McLaren Consulting", it's been good to take time out to focus on the key services that I can offer. Check it out at www.ruthmclarenconsulting.co.uk!

You can also check out Sam's work by visiting www.geekpoint.co.uk.

ruthmclarenconsulting.co.uk Ruth McLaren Consulting specialises in personal & executive coaching; MBTI personality type assessments; team development and confidence-building workshops

Ruth McLaren Consulting's cover photo

Make-I-do

Turning Dreams into Reality... how many of us spend our lives dreaming about doing something but stopping short at actually making it happen?! Well, the other week I had the pleasure of spending time with one talented lady in her new business premises here in Pitlochry who has done just that! Take a look at the Make-I-Do page below and you'll see what Elaine is up to! Better still, you can support the launch of her new business on Sunday 24th April at the Atholl Palace Hotel's Wedding Fayre. It's been wonderful to watch Elaine take her natural talent and creativity and turn it into a fantastic business venture! Step by step she has worked her way through all the loops and hurdles that sometimes can stand in the way and distract us from reaching our goals.... what I think is amazing is that other people will now benefit from Elaine's insights, talent and creativity. So remember, put some realistic goals against these dreams of yours, do a reality check and come up with a set of options... most importantly, ask yourself have you got the will to make it happen and find a way forward?! (Ok, so that was a quick lesson in the G.R.O.W. coaching model!).... very best wishes Elaine for a successful Wedding Fayre on Sunday!

Make-I-do offers a personalised event styling service. Offering a bespoke approach to creating unique décor for a wedding or event with a difference.

At the beginning of September I was privileged to spend 5 inspirational days facilitating a course for cancer patient advocates at the Bart's Cancer Institute, London. The course is a collaboration between the charity, Independent Cancer Patients' Voice, and Bart's. The passion, dedication and commitment of the scientists and researchers to helping the delegates, most of whom have experience of cancer themselves, was truly humbling and inspiring. Even more humbling was the drive and passion of the delegates to learn more about the science behind cancer so that they can better inform the future of cancer research from the patient's perspective. I may have been the Facilitator but I sure did learn lots too (and wish I'd stuck in better in my biology class!).

Great to be back at The Christie School of Oncology in Manchester this week to deliver the Professional Development Programme to NSH staff. Thanks to all 16 delegates for being such willing and interactive participants! Makes my job a whole lot more fun! Thanks too to Shirley in the admin team for all the 'behind the scenes' work that goes into making the whole programme run so smoothly.... couldn't do it without you!

http://www.crncc.nihr.ac.uk/about_us/ccrn/gm/news/news_archive/Northern-Region-Workforce-Development

The NCRN Northern Region Workforce Development Group have much to celebrate! They have been collaborating across the North of England for 5 years to bring together high quality training and personal development opportunities for all their clinical research staff.... they are a great model for what CAN be achieved with a minimal budget, an innovative approach and a huge heart for the development of their staff! I'm proud to be helping facilitate at their anniversary workshops on 14th March... congratulations to all involved! http://www.crncc.nihr.ac.uk/about_us/ccrn/gm/news/news_archive/Northern-Region-Workforce-Development-Anniversary-Workshops

crncc.nihr.ac.uk

Start the New Year with Confidence!

Happy New Year everyone! Really looking forward to delivering this workshop in Coupar Angus on Tuesday night.... all going well, I hope to develop this mini workshop into a full day event in 2014.

growbiz.co.uk The Women's Enterprise Network meeting in Coupar Angus on Tuesday 7th January is all about 'presenting with confidence' - a mini-workshop by Ruth McLaren for an energetic kick off to 2014.

"Consulting at its best is an act of love: the wish to be genuinely helpful to another...to use what we know, or feel, or have endured in a way that lightens the weight on another" - quote from "Flawless Consulting" by Peter Block. This pretty much sums up why I became a freelance "consultant" 18 months ago. It's such a huge privilege to share my passion for developing people and to watch lots of "light bulbs" go on in people's minds when they engage in personal development opportunities!

The Bothy