A Mind of Their Own - Gloucester

You’ll leave with:

• A greater understanding of the pressures affecting your child and the impact this can have on their mental wellbeing
• Tools to help your child build resilience that enables them to bounce back from challenges, grow in emotional strength and move forward in their character development.
• Ways to talk to your child about positive body image
• An appreciation of how vital your child’s identity is and strategies to help them become confident in it
• Tips to help your child learn to deal with failure and criticism well
• The knowledge that negative thought patterns can be rewired to become more positive

Event info

Anxiety levels and struggles with mental health are on the rise in children and young people and unfortunately, access to support is not keeping up with this demand. As mums and dads, seeing the impact this is having on our children can be overwhelming.

But there are ways that you can make a difference and help your children build more resilience and take steps towards healthier mental wellbeing.

A Mind of Their Own is packed with simple and effective strategies for you to use at home, helping you to better understand what’s going on in your child’s head. Together with Katharine Hill and Sim Dendy, we’ll explore the science of the mind, and why children act and react the way they do.

Featuring interviews with mental health professionals, Dr Rob Waller and Dr Kate Middleton, this event will expand your understanding of the unique pressures and opportunities facing young people today, so you can help your child develop an emotional resiliency that lasts.

Booking info:

• Early bird tickets are £6 (up to and including 17 July 2024).
• Standard tickets are £11.
• Booking for 3 or more? Take advantage of the group ticket rate of £8 each!
• We never want money to stop anyone from accessing our events. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we are able to offer some complimentary tickets. If this would enable you to attend, please contact us at [email protected] and we'd love to help.
• The event will start at 7.30pm and finish at 10.00pm.
• Doors open at 7.00pm.
• Bookings are made through Eventbrite.
• Alternatively, feel free to call us on 029 2081 0800 and the team would be glad to help you with your booking.
• Please note we do not have facilities to accommodate babies and young children at this event.
• Care for the Family is built on Christian principles, but we want our events and resources to be accessible to everyone. This event does not contain any faith-specific content.
• Please note this event is not suitable for children.

Venue and transport information:

• By car: Kingfisher Church is approximately 14 minutes from J12 on the M5. There is parking for a limited amount of cars at the church (roughly 50), disabled parking is limited and will need to be booked in advance to ensure a space is reserved. There is also street parking in the area, please be considerate when parking away from the church.
• By bus: The bus station is opposite the train station in the city centre and there are 2 buses from the centre of Gloucester, service 1 and Service 2 to Matson. The buses run every 8 to 10 minutes and the bus stop is at St James Club. The buses run from 7am to 11pm and the venue is a 7 minute walk from the bus stop. Further information is available online: https://www.stagecoachbus.com

• By train: Gloucester railway station is 1.5 miles from the venue and roughly a 7 minute taxi ride. There is an Uber service that operates in Gloucester also which can be contacted using the Uber App, alternatively, Andy Cars operates a 24-hour taxi service: https://www.andycarsgloucester.co.uk or Tel: 01452 523000

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Kingfisher Church, Moor Street, Gloucester, United Kingdom