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Location: The Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre This interactive/activity-driven workshop will be facilitated by Ian and we plan to explore issues related to: – the lived experiences of ‘hoarding’ – the value and meaning of possessions – beliefs about acquiring items – avoidance and decision making The emphasis will be on individual and small group activities which will result in the …

The HHH Peer Group has now started meeting again, every two weeks, at Toxteth Town Hall. The meetings are from 13:00 – 16:00 and the next one is due to take place on Wednesday 15th September. If you would like to attend this meeting, or any meeting in the future, please let either Mark Jones (07525804469) or John Sutemire (07855114303) …

It’s been an extremely hard year for everyone, and unfortunately the group is still not able to meet, though we are hopeful this will change in the early months of 2021. We currently have nine people waiting to meet the group for support and information and we are sorry to these people who are struggling. The HHH peer group would …

Due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, our peer group has not been able to meet for approximately four months. This has obviously been hard for everyone concerned, particularly when people with this issue are normally quite isolated to begin with. We are still in contact with each other and hope that it is not too long now, before we can …

Many thanks to Trish and Jill from Lancashire County Council who attended our meeting on Monday! They are Enablement Support Workers and primarily deal with people with disabilities. They came to get advice and guidance from the group on how best to work with people dealing with clutter. Trish was kind enough to give us a bit of feedback: ” …

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In 2019 Merseyside Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) and John Moores University (JMU) teamed up to develop a guide, designed to support practitioners who work with adults that self-neglect and hoard. As part of the research for this document the two organisations hosted seminars for professionals; from housing, the NHS, social care, the fire service, and more. They also requested to …

Merseyside Safeguarding Adults Board (MSAB) arranged a number of events to raise awareness/engage people in discussions during National Safeguarding Adults week: 18-25th November. One of our Peers was invited to participate in a radio interview, the film of our ‘voice’ was played at a number of events and six of the group were invited to attend and contribute to a …

This is the link to Malcolm and Kathy’s brilliant script at The Merseyside Safeguarding Voices event on 25th June 2019 (please click on the title to view the video).

On 25t July the group visited Llandudno for the day. It just so happened to be the hottest day of the year to date, but luckily the coach was air conditioned! After arriving at noon, the group had a group lunch together at Habit café on Mostyn Street and then headed to the beach for a group photo. After a chat and admiring the …