Walk & Talk Groups
Teesside Walks
Guernsey (Sundays 9am)
Guernsey (Sundays 9am)
Guernsey (Sundays 9am)
Guernsey (Sundays 9am)
Guernsey (Sundays 9am)
Meeting Point: Big Pembroke Car Park (next to The Beach House)
Hartlepool - One to One's Available
Hartlepool - One to One's Available
Hartlepool - One to One's Available
Darlington - One to One's Available
Hartlepool - One to One's Available
Hartlepool - One to One's Available
Red Balloons Ramblers
Red Balloons Ramblers 2023/24
Red Balloons Ramblers will offer the chance to build up your fitness and improve your mental health with a series of guided walks/hikes, plus fitness and mobility sessions. This year we'll also be offering Mountain Skills/Navigation Skills and Mountain First Aid Courses.
Our Peer Support Walk Leaders will be on hand to support Ramblers with their mental health.
We're hoping to start the Project in late October subject to funding, but we're organising meet-up walks for people interested in the Project. You can meet the Walk Leaders and ask any questions.
Please note - as this will be a funded Project eligibility criteria apply.
If you'd like to be part of this years Ramblers Project please email your contact number to:
Or message us through our Facebook page.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mental #physical #mentalhealthawareness #peersupport #livedexperience #physicalhealth #volunteers #teamredballoons
Projects & Partnerships
Lived Experiences Forum
We've teamed up with Starfish in Stockton to put together a Lived Experiences Forum to help shape Adult Mental Health Services in the Borough. If you live in Stockton and have experienced Mental ill health personally or as a Carer we want to hear from you. The group will be warm, supportive and welcoming and we want to hear your story.
If you're interested please call Starfish on 01642 672987 to register or pop us a message if you'd like more information.
#peersupport #livedexperience #peersupportformentalhealth #wellbeing #physical #teamredballoons #volunteerarmy #mental
#peersupport #hiking #wellbeing #mental #physical #mentalhealthmatters #safespace #volunteerarmy
Women's Peer Support Group
If you're having a tough time and need someone to talk to, or would just like a bit of company, feel free to drop in and meet our Peer Supporters.
A big thank you to our friends at Yarm Wellness for letting us use their wonderful venue for our Women's Mental Health Drop In Sessions. We're kicking this off on Wednesday 14th April at 3.30pm and it will be fortnightly.
Come along and chat to our Peer Supporters. We all have lived experience of mental ill health and tough times and can offer a safe space where you can talk about how you feel and get support. Refreshments available.
Pop us a message if you have any questions.
#peersupportformentalhealth #peersupport #safespace #mentalhealthmatters #wellbeing #physical #mental #volunteerarmy #teamredballoons
One to One Walk & Talks
One to One Walk & Talks
Various - Across Teesside
Various - Across Teesside
We have availability on various days and at various times to do One to One Walk & Talk sessions.
These sessions will last no less than 30 minutes and no longer than one hour. Multiple slots can be booked if availability allows.Book your slot by private message by clicking their 'Message to Book' button
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Various - Across Teesside
Various - Across Teesside
Various - Across Teesside
Meeting Point: Various, Teesside
Other Services
Red Balloons Message Service
🎈A daily message service from 7am - 7pm. If you need a friendly ear, somewhere safe to express any worry or concerns or simply for some friendly conversation, please message the Red Balloons page, and Claire or one of our team will be there. PLEASE remember, we are NOT trained counsellors or doctors. We are trained to listen and support on a peer to peer level.
A PRIVATE Community Chat Group
🎈 A PRIVATE community chat group in order for you to chat safely and privately amongst yourselves. Maybe it is to share tips about how to manage your wellbeing during self isolation, what coping techniques find work for you, or simply to discuss the new series on Netflix. Click JOIN on our Wellbeing Support group ⬇️ and lets support each other
Public Speaking
Does Claire’s story resonate?
Do you want to raise mental health awareness within your organisation?
Do you want to help motivate and inspire your staff and community?
Claire has been sharing her story publicly since 2018. Whether it is a 30 minute presentation or a 2 hour in depth talk, we can tailor make a package to suit you and your needs. From suicide to eating disorders,, from depression to how exercise helped save her life.
Claire has experience speaking in front of Primary School children, up to mature students in university, from small groups in an informal atmosphere, to large groups in an auditorium. The sessions can be interactive or simply a “story telling” exercise. It really is up to you.
Get in touch today to see how we can work together to show #MentalHealthMatters
Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops, designed to get people talking and to think about what they think they may know.
A fantastic way to get a group looking at new ideas, different thought processes and learning new things, in a way that is fun and interactive. We offer a safe and non judgemental space where people can also share their thoughts and experiences.
Workshops we currently offer:
- Mental Health Myth Busting
- Exercise for Mental Health
- Self Care – A Guide to Coping Strategies and Self Management
- Introduction to Gratitude and Mindfulness
- Introduction to Work Place Peer Support
Workshops can range from 30 minutes to 90 minutes, and can include time for group to come together to talk after, or for one to one questions with Claire. Minimum participants required – 4. For effective learning and safety, maximum participant number would be 30.
Peer Support
1 hour sessions designed to encourage people to come together and talk, in a safe, non judgemental environment.
There is no pressure to be involved, to share any information or to attend every week.
Refreshments will be served.
These sessions are FREE.
Claire is a qualified group facilitator and can also be booked to attend existing one off sessions.
Peer Support Training
Have you an idea for a group you want to set up in your community? Are you unsure where to start? Would you like some information and advice?
Using experience and a framework developed by GetUpSetUp and Involve4Impact, we can help you take your idea and start to make it a reality.
From cementing down core values to formulating an action plan, we can help you start, or reinvigorate your own group, working within your community to help others. Strength in numbers.