Far South Counselling

Will you be joining us tomorrow? Swing by and come see what it is all about.

Mental Health impacts us all! This is a worthy way to spend your weekend. We want your voice to be a part of the conversation.

Join us for a lovely outdoor market, wonderful exhibitors, performances by the likes of Sun Valley Primary Choir, the Fabulous UkuLadies and Fish Hoek High Drama!

See you soon!

We are getting so excited! Can't wait to see you there.

With the Convention only a few days away we are so grateful for all of our Sponsors who have helped us pull it together.

Have a look at these wonderful organizations who are putting their voice and resources behind the cause of making Mental Health a safe topic of conversation.

In2Foods Kommetjie
Snacks for volunteers

https://www.facebook.com/in2food.group?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Headlines Barbers Fish Hoek
4x Gents haircut vouchers

Good Riddance Coffee Co.
Coffee Vouchers for our Panelists
https://www.facebook.com/goodriddance783

Aegir Project
Beers for our Performers
https://www.facebook.com/aegirproject

We're getting the word out and would appreciate it if you helped us!
Have a listen to this Cape Talk Radio interview by Jana Belter, Executive Director of Integer Network, as she shares about the WHY behind the convention.

We would love to see you all show up and join us on the weekend of the 20th and 21st. We need every voice as we work together to change the narrative around mental health and start cultivating hope together.

Community Mental Health Convention 2023 Clarence speaks to Jana Belter, spokesperson Executive director at Integer Network SA.

This year we are creating three intentional opportunities during our two-day convention to ensure that members of the community interact with each other and local service providers exhibiting around the topic of mental health. We call it Connect & Grow Pockets.

The hope is that all attendees of the convention, whether they represent the organisations exhibiting or vendors from the market or professional mental health practitioners or general public, will enjoy and participate in these pockets by spending the first 45 minutes in the main hall and then choosing to join one of the two relevant workshops that will be facilitated.

Have a look at what is in store for the afternoon Pocket on Saturday!

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

There is no better way to spend your Saturday.
This is the kind of event we get excited about.
This is the urgent SONA we should be talking about.

What is the state our country's mental health? Do all these problems we can do nothing about - loadshedding, crime, corruption etc - really affect us? And if so, how? How seriously does South Africa take mental health concerns? Have you heard of 'presenteeism'? What can we, local families, communities and business owners do about improving our mental health?

Join the wonderful UPside team and a few leading experts in the conversation.

Book you seat on Quicket here: https://qkt.io/k3NCHw
Or go to their website for more information here: https://upside.org.za

https://youtu.be/Fvm-QGE1et8

Book tickets for State of the Nation's Mental Health 2023 The World Health Organisation indicates that mental health will be the biggest crisis we will face on the planet by 2030. In a recent report by the Mental State of the World, South Africa scored the lowest average on mental health well-being among 34 countries worldwide. The data comes as no surpris...

This year we are creating three intentional opportunities during our two-day convention to ensure that members of the community interact with each other and local service providers exhibiting around the topic of mental health. We call it Connect & Grow Pockets.

The hope is that all attendees of the convention, whether they represent the organisations exhibiting or vendors from the market or professional mental health practitioners or general public, will enjoy and participate in these pockets by spending the first 45 minutes in the main hall and then choosing to join one of the two relevant workshops that will be facilitated.

Have a look at what is in store for the morning Pocket on Saturday!

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

We are so excited to be joining hands with Upside as they also put the important conversation of Mental Health on the table! This topic has so many layers and we are so pleased with the way this event supports the same narrative as the Community Mental Health Convention.

During Mental Wellness Month in October, Upside, a Cape Town-based community services non-profit, is hosting a seminar on Saturday, 7 October, on the state of South Africa's mental health and its impact on NGOs, education and the economy with:
● Prof Mario Smith, Psychologist and Professor at UWC.
● Prof Daniel Louw. Professor in Theology and Pastoral Care Univ. Stellenbosch and
● Anelia Coetzee, People and Strategy Development Expert

“Through this seminar, we hope to promote stakeholder collaboration to prioritise mental wellness through preventative action. This can be achieved through capacity building of our community leaders, positive and informative messaging and facilitating an open discussion on mental health at home, school and the workplace,” said Upside Director Neal Bresler.

Join Upside in this important conversation on mental wellness to equip community leaders about mental health, its benefits, and available resources.

Ticket sales are limited, so take advantage of this opportunity to connect with and learn from Upside's experts.
Bookings on Quicket: https://qkt.io/k3NCHw

Sharing food is one of the most powerful ways to be community!
It is around a good cup of coffee, a delicious burger or freshly baked pastries that we connect and share in our most authentic forms. It is in these spaces that we want to connect and share over mental health and the impact it is having on our community.

Come join us for our lovely local market that will include a whole range of food vendors, locally made products and other surprises.

Let's be community, let's change the narrative.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

Plans for this year's Community Mental Health Convention is coming together quickly!

We have some exciting live music lined up for outside, some wonderful performances and speakers scheduled for the Connect & Grow pockets during the course of the weekend and fantastic workshops ready to go.

What will you be joining us for?

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

This year we are creating three intentional opportunities during our two-day convention to ensure that members of the community interact with each other and local service providers exhibiting around the topic of mental health. We call it Connect & Grow Pockets.

The hope is that all attendees of the convention, whether they represent the organisations exhibiting or vendors from the market or professional mental health practitioners or general public, will enjoy and participate in these pockets by spending the first 45 minutes in the main hall and then choosing to join one of the two relevant workshops that will be facilitated.

Have a look at what is in store for the Friday Pocket!

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

Our Sponsors have been rolling in and we couldn't be more grateful!
Have a look at these wonderful organizations who are putting their voice and resources behind the cause of making Mental Health a safe topic of conversation.

Romans Pizza
Romanspizza.co.za
Eight R100 vouchers for speakers/facilitators

Longbeach Craft Market
021 7857259
R200 gift voucher for speakers/facilitators

Daley Bread
078 008 9331
Instagram: daleybread_journals
Journals for speakers/facilitators

The Cutting Room Fish Hoek
https://www.facebook.com/TheCuttingRoomCT
Gents haircut voucher

H2O Longbeach Mall
021 785 7292
100 litres of water

Saveur Simon's Town
063 6040547
www.saveur.co.za
2x R250 vouchers for our facilitators

Valley Moms Wholesale
www.valleymoms.co.za
Sponsoring an exhibitor's table

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

Our exhibitor stands are starting to fill with some really exciting names. It is amazing to see how much is happening and available in our Valley.

Come join us for the weekend to chat to these incredible organizations and find out more about how to access their services and support the work they do.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

We have more wonderful Sponsors to thank!
Have a look at these wonderful organizations who are putting their voice and resources behind the cause of making Mental Health a safe topic of conversation.

The Brass Bell
Tel. 021 7885455
www.brassbell.co.za
1 x R500 voucher for speaker / facilitator

La Femme Health and Beauty Noordhoek
021 7892425
www.lafemmebeauty.co.za
A facial, neck and back massage worth R720.

Peak Café
071 093 7033
72 Main Rd, Fish Hoek
Donating a R300 voucher for our speakers/facilitators

Dixies Restaurant
021 786 2105
https://www.dixiesrestaurant.co.za/
R350 voucher

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23
🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

Our Sponsors have been rolling in and we couldn't be more grateful!
Have a look at these wonderful organizations who are putting their voice and resources behind the cause of making Mental Health a safe topic of conversation.

Kres Livery & Lessons, Noordhoek
Tel. 072 2182244
Kirsty Richardson
https://m.facebook.com/KRESriding
2 beach horseriding vouchers worth R1200

Mantelli's Direct, Valyland
Tel. 021 8791632
Shelly Crowling
www.mantellisdirect.co.za
200 individually wrapped cookies

Wordsworth Books
Tel. 021 7051868
Robyn Wessels
www.wordsworth.co.za
12 Notebooks for speakers/facilitators.

Rush Indoor Trampoline Park, Claremont
Tel. 021 683 3841
Richard Poulton
www.rushsa.co.za
3x 1 hour jump vouchers for our raffle prize.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23
🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor:
https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

📣 Calling all local Food Vendors, Thrifters and Crafters to join our Community Market! 📣

We would also love to have a variety of marketeers/entrepreneurs selling their handcraft / homemade / homegrown products, thrifting wares and fresh produce as part of our Convention market.

With our excellent location on the corner of Ou Kaapse Weg and Buller Louw Drive and right across from Longbeach Mall, where attendees and customers will be able to park, we are bound to attract many intentional visitors as well as the attention from traffic passing by.

On top of that you will have eager customers amongst the participants of the convention who will be buying meals and refreshments at the market between their activities inside.

This opportunity is yours for a once-off payment of R250.

This is a wonderful opportunity to support and align with an event that focuses on mental health care and the well-being of our community.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7

We are so excited about welcoming Zone Radio on board as a partner for the Community Mental Health Convention.

Zone Radio is such a key part of the Valley and they do so much for the community. We are thrilled that they will be broadcasting live from the event on both the Friday and the Saturday.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

A big event like this takes many hard working hands to pull it together.

Do you want to be a part of our team of volunteers? We would love to have you. Volunteers will be helping with set up, logistics and the overall smooth running of the event over the weekend. Led by Family Counselling Centre Volunteer Counsellor Sean Seymore our group of volunteers will be a key part of this wonderful weekend.

Fill in our volunteer form by following the link below.
🙌 https://forms.gle/ZHB78noCdmZcAXwUA

We are so excited that the wonderful team at Exhale Massage & Beauty Spa have come onboard again this year as a SPONSOR!

They have donated two 60 min massage vouchers for speakers or facilitators. What a meaningful way to make self care possible to the people who give so selflessly.

Thank you for all you do for the community and the impact that you have on the Valley.

Go have a look on their website for all their incredible offerings:
www.exhalebeautyspa.co.za

Are you interested in becoming a sponsor? We'd love to chat.
Contact us at [email protected]

Our exhibitor stands are starting to fill with some really exciting names. It is amazing to see how much is happening and available in our Valley.

Come join us for the weekend to chat to these incredible organizations and find out more about how to access their services and support the work they do.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

Our dream for the Community Mental Health Convention this year is to see people come together.

We want to see our community come together to talk about the hard topics.
To learn and be empowered.
To connect and grow.
To enjoy each other's company.

That is why we are excited about the MARKET element of this year's convention. We'll have food, live music, local products from the community and all kinds of surprises available.

So come and be a part of this incredible weekend
🛒 Be a vendor at the market:
https://forms.gle/HfuSKgamGxwhNinp7
💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

We are so excited about this year’s Community Mental Health Convention run in collaboration between Family Counselling Centre and Integer Network.

The core purpose of the event (as it was when first launched in 2022), is to bring together like-minded individuals and organisations who are already active in offering services addressing mental health challenges in the South Peninsula communities.

A secondary and very important focus of the event is raising awareness of and support for the work of Far South Counselling (FSC), an NPC and sister organization of TFCC, who is making professional mental health services more accessible to communities who generally have little to no access to it.

Read more about this exciting and community orientated event by visiting www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

This year we are creating three intentional opportunities during our two-day convention to ensure that members of the community interact with each other and local service providers exhibiting around the topic of mental health. We call it Connect & Grow Pockets.

Each of these pockets will start with a performance by a local school/artist/band/performer. Some of the exhibitors (local service providers and organisations/NGO’s) will then have the opportunity to introduce their services to the audience. The public attending the convention will be invited to listen to a speaker and then attend one of two relevant workshops with a small entrance fee.
Each of our three pockets are built around a theme that supports the overall theme of Cultivating Hope.

On Friday afternoon the focus will be on the Mental Health challenges of our children and young people, Saturday morning we’ll look at the connection between our physical and mental well-being and in the afternoon, during our last pocket, attention will be given to the impact of trauma on the community.

The hope is that all attendees of the convention, whether they represent the organisations exhibiting or vendors from the market or professional mental health practitioners or general public, will enjoy and participate in these pockets by spending the first 45 minutes in the main hall and then choosing to join one of the two relevant workshops that will be facilitated.

Find out more at www.integernetwork.com/cmc23

“The core of mental toughness is actually self-compassion,” Brown said. “People who are mentally tough stay mentally tough because they don’t slip easily into shame or self-criticism or self-loathing.”

Science has proven that when we do not feel like we are performing out best we spiral into a cycle of self-criticism that makes it emotionally impossible for us to learn from our mistakes. We get trapped.

Understanding that struggling with your mental health is not an exclusive club and that we all need support is a powerful first step towards a society that can break the spiral of self-criticism and move towards healthier humans who can learn and grow from the challenges that life presents.

“What makes us vulnerable makes us beautiful and our vulnerability is our primary source of strength and you don’t see that very often,” says Brown.

Come be part of the narrative that embraces this beautiful vulnerability of humanity.

💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

⏰ Last day to register with the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL for exhibitors! ⏰

Far South Counselling (FSC) is the sister organisation to The Family Counselling Centre (TFCC). Its vision to offer professional mental health services to those who have little to no access to mental health support.

FSC was born out of pro-bono services offered at TFCC since 2015 and officially as its own entity in 2022. Through our work with organisations like Valley Development Project, the local child protection unit; The Safe House Trust, the local Women’s Shelter for victims of gender-based violence and domestic abuse; local schools and Masicorp (an NGO providing quality education, training and support to the community of Masiphumelele), we have become increasingly aware of the immensity of mental health challenges in the surrounding communities.

Through raising awareness and support for FSC at the CMC23, we aim to increase our visibility and services across the Far South community with a specific focus in Ocean View, Redhill and Masiphumelele.

Being a part of the Convention this year is also a chance to be a part of the work that Far South Counselling aims to do. Help us take quality counselling care to everyone, regardless of their home address or financial situation.

💻 Register here to be an exhibitor: https://forms.gle/dTrNyZq3kcS3xvJp7
📅 Mark your calendars to join us on the weekend

“There are so many community and mental health needs right here on our doorstep,” says Andrea Nettel (CEO, FSC). “Likewise, there are so many individuals and organisations who are both passionate about and able to respond to these needs and, in that, contribute to the well-being of the community. However, that is only ONE aspect of the convention. The other desire is for us to attract as many people as possible, from all the communities in the area, to see what services, opportunities and support structures exist for their benefit. By bringing all parties together, with a dedicated focus on discussing needs and available resources, our goal is to create a network for all to benefit from.”

This is the heart of the Community Mental Health Convention.
We would love for you to be a part of it.

Read more here: www.integernetwork.com/cmc23