WELL-COME WEDNESDAYS
Wellbeing support for members and carers
WHO?
Well-come Wednesdays is led by Joey.
Joey has worked with people living with disabilities for 10 years, specialising in nutrition and wellbeing. She is currently completing a counselling qualification with a focus on social justice. Joey is interested in a global view of what it is to be human within the universe, the natural world and society. This is an alternative approach to some traditional wellbeing approaches that centre self improvement as the outcome. In line with the wider Pelican program, these sessions focus on an individual’s lived experience, promoting unbounded expectations for connection with themselves and the wider community, a space to be heard, understood and celebrated just as they are.
WHAT?
Our wellbeing program offers members 1:1 sessions, where they are supported to explore feelings in relation to their lived experience, in a safe space, held by our Wellbeing lead, Joey. Sessions are currently run on Wednesday mornings, for 45 minutes per session.
Wellbeing can mean different things to different people. Joey’s holistic approach explores our bodies, our relationships and our feeling of purpose through a range of interactions and activities that are tailored to each individual member. This might include talking, non-verbal communication, music, drawing, painting, clay-work, dance, movement or guided meditations.
Sessions are not limited by specific outcomes, but may include work that brings awareness of past experiences and how these impact the here and now, or focus on building a connection to themselves, the wider family/ support unit and community. Sessions may also provide a space for peace and respite in an otherwise busy routine.
WHY?
Neurodiverse young people have extra considerations in their daily lives. Communication, therapies, medications, appointments, mobility, relationships with carers and behaviour strategies to name a few. As young adults, they may also be contending with uncertainty around where they will live and who will support them. Families in transition are also working tirelessly to secure basic needs for their loved ones. Mental health and wellbeing can often be at the bottom of the list.
Our wellbeing program was set up in response to the lack of mental health support specifically designed for the neurodiverse community, despite the growing awareness of its importance in the wider population. As well as a series of sessions, the program is a movement that seeks to explore how this inequality can be addressed, with the our members voice at the heart of its design.
WHERE?
Positive Light Projects
WHEN?
Wednesday Mornings
(term time only)