Shalheves provides retreats, workshops and activities, to enable people experiencing any life challenge to become self empowered and to feel supported.
So many of the community suffer from anxiety and mild depression which affect their lives in all its aspects. Our users have asked us to address this debilitating problem with this project, to enhance their lives by providing them with the tools they need to overcome this.
Towards this aim, we are planning a series of workshops which will take the form of monthly weekend seminars over one year. We have assessed the demand, and our plan is for each seminar to accommodate 100 women and 100 men, aiming to enhance their emotional resilience and overall mental well-being. The topics requested by our community are self-awareness and emotional grounding, supporting family members during challenging times, and parenting strategies to improve family relationships as well as reintegrating children into school routines while prioritizing health and safety. We will also include sessions on improving self confidence, reducing tension and active listening techniques. We will take feedback and decide on other topics to be chosen by users as sessions develop. All seminars will be facilitated by experts in their respective fields, and will be delivered in Yiddish/German as the language of choice of our users who are members of the Orthodox Jewish community, and need these seminars/workshops to be accessible to them in all respects.
We will enhance the atmosphere by providing refreshments, and also comprehensive leaflets and workbooks on the topics under discussion.
These seminars will be life changing, providing users with the tools and skills they need to address their emotional challenges and enable them to enjoy life fully. They will support participants to develop their emotional resilience and give them numerous benefits, including valuable information and guidance for leading better lives, the opportunity to openly discuss topics, reducing stigma, and facilitating connections between participants and professionals through individual private sessions after each seminar.
Testimonial: After attending the emotional resilience seminars, I felt better able to cope with my life. I learnt techniques and tools in how to deal with my social anxiety, so that I was able to find a job and retain it, leading to a sea change in my life. I developed social relationships, and even was able to get married to a wonderful woman so that my life has been transformed.
Since this community does not use social media, the project will be advertised locally in freely distributed newssheets, on local billboards, text messaging, and signage in local shops and synagogues, acknowledging the restrictions on internet access and the limited availability of mental health resources in our community's language.
This project offers numerous benefits, including valuable information and guidance for leading better lives, the opportunity to openly discuss topics, reducing stigma, and facilitating connections between participants and professionals through individual private sessions after each seminar.
Monthly weekend seminars:
Yiddish Therapist presenters/speakers - £600 x 12 = £7,200
Graphic design and advertising costs- £250 x 12 = £3,000
Refreshments £650 x 12 = £7800
Administration @ £300 per month = £3,600
Venue hire @ £350 per month = £4,200
Welcome pack (stationery, leaflets @ £1 per attendee = £200 per seminar) = £2,400 Banners(for notification and information) 6x£82=: £492
TOTAL COSTS: £28,692