The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly swept across the world and is inducing a considerable degree of fear, worry and concern in the population at large and among certain groups in particular, such as older adults, care providers and people with underlying health conditions. In public mental health terms, the main psychological impact to date is elevated rates of stress or anxiety. As part of our community response, the Creating Sustainable Communities project is working with training partners to develop community training programs  on the mental health and psychosocial support aspects of COVID-19. We are pleased to partner up with Zest for Life Conselling & Training Services to begin roll-out of a range of community mental health courses focusing initially on promoting mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19. Theses courses offered initially via Zoom will be delivered by accredited trainers will be experiential in nature and contain tools and techniques suitable for use with service users. will commence during the summer of 2021 and we are now actively seeking enrolments from individuals and groups. 

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