By Lucy on January 23, 2019
We’re delighted to announce that the “Interesting Minds” peer-support group in Greenwich is relaunching! The group is for 12-18 year olds who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual sensory experiences. The group was set up in partnership between Voice Collective and Greenwich CAMHS, but you don’t need to be using CAMHS services to join the group. To join or find out more, contact Colin, Hannah or Matt at Greenwich CAMHS on 0203 260 5211.
The group will be held every Thursday from 5 – 6.15pm at Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, SE18.
Download the flyer here: Interesting Minds Group Poster
By Lucy on January 16, 2019
We’ve booked a host of new London dates for Voice Collective trainings, including our regular ‘Level 1, 2 and 3’ trainings, our 3-day Group Facilitation training, and special trainings in areas such as supporting Young Offenders, supporting young people who hear voices and Use Drugs or Alcohol, Self Harm, or experience Paranoia or Unusual Beliefs.
For more info on our training dates see the ‘Event Calendar‘ section of our website, or visit Voice Collective’s Eventbrite page for more information about course content and to register your place on our trainings.
By Lucy on January 16, 2019
Voice Collective is teaming up with Raw Sounds to offer you this two-hour songwriting workshop for under-19s, to give you the opportunity and the support to write your own song. The workshop is for young people (under-19) who hear voices, see visions, have other sensory experiences, or experience multiplicity or unusual beliefs.
Your song could express your feelings, experiences, what it’s like to be you, or anything else you want to write a song about. It is up to you what you do with your song, too – it could be a song to combat stigma and get your voice heard, a song to share with friends or family, or it could be a song that remains personal to you.
An experienced songwriter from Raw Sounds will be there to share her knowledge of songwriting and to support you to create your very own song, and the Voice Collective team will be there at all times to chat about anything that comes up in the session.
The workshop is a great opportunity to meet other young people who hear voices or have other sensory experiences, too!
The workshop will be held on Monday 18th February 2019, at Voice Collective’s base at Mind in Camden, Barnes House, 9-15 Camden Road, London NW1 9LQ. If you have any questions about the workshop, email us at info@voicecollective.co.uk
Download the Flyer for the Songwriting Workshop here: Voice Collective Songwriting Workshop Flyer
To register your place on this workshop, visit Voice Collective’s Eventbrite page for this event.
By Lucy on January 16, 2019
We’ve written a new leaflet called ‘Taboo Voices, Visions & Other Sensations’ based on the experiences of young people we’ve talked to.
The leaflet is aimed at young people and gives an understanding of taboo voices & visions, why they happen, what they’re like to live with and some ideas of how to cope if you’re having experiences like these.
You can download the leaflet here: Taboo Voices & Visions Leaflet
The leaflet is part-funded by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Young Voices Study, BBC Children in Need and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
By Lucy on November 13, 2018
We’re so pleased to announce a new peer support group for students at the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University who hear voices. The group runs on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month. Get in touch at vlab2@kent.ac.uk to find out more. 
By Lucy on August 28, 2018
Voice Collective is launching ‘Thinking Space’, a peer support & reflective practice space for those working with children & young people, up to the age of 25 who hear, see or sense things that other people don’t, or experience paranoia, unusual beliefs or multiplicity.
It will be a space to connect with others, share what’s going well and what’s challenging, and think collectively about how to support children & young people in distress. For more info and to book, go to the Thinking Space Eventbrite page.
It would be brilliant if you could share the link with any colleagues who might be interested in joining us. Hope to see you there :).
By Lucy on August 28, 2018
Voice Collective has teamed up with the filmmakers at Fitzrovia Youth in Action (FYA) to offer you the opportunity to write, produce and direct your own short film about what it’s like to live with voices, visions or other sensory experiences. These films will be hosted on the Voice Collective and FYA websites and Youtube channels. They’ll also be shown in schools and youth organisations to raise awareness of hearing voices, helping other young people in distress.
You’ll have the freedom and control to tell your personal story in your own way, whether that’s through documentary filming, drawing/painting, computer animation or otherwise – the possibilities are endless! We know it’s a really big thing to share your story with the world, so we can explore lots of creative ways to protect your identify if you’d prefer to make your film anonymously.
The workshops will be held over 6 evening sessions in September and October at our office at Mind in Camden, but we can be flexible with the programme and you needn’t have to attend every session to be able to make your film. There will be an optional film screening celebration at the end, where you can choose to share your film with anyone you wish to see it.
The Voice Collective team (Eve and Lucy) will be on hand at every session, to chat through any worries or to give support if things are feeling difficult. If you’ve got any questions about the programme you can get in touch with us on info@voicecollective.co.uk or 020 7911 0822, or visit the Eventbrite page to book.
By Lucy on June 4, 2018
If so you’re not alone. Being trans and having unusual sensory experiences can be really overwhelming, so we’ve published a new leaflet called ‘Voices, Visions & Gender’, written for young trans people who hear voices, see visions or have other sensory experiences.
The leaflet was written in collaboration with Action for Trans Health, with input from young trans people with lived experience of hearing voices.
By VC-Admin on February 2, 2018
INTEGRATED VOICES – ONLINE CONSULTATION
Have you ever searched online to try to find good quality information about voice-hearing & different support options?
Would you like to have a say in how a new website about voice-hearing will be built?
Hearing the Voice at Durham University is working with people who hear voices to develop a new website called Integrated Voices. The site will help people of all ages find clear and balanced information about voice hearing, and the things that can help.
They hope that Integrated Voices will make it easier for people to find information about different approaches to voice-hearing and ways of supporting those who are struggling with the voices they hear. But, to make this work they need your help 🙂
You can help to shape the project by filling out an online survey telling the team what you’d like to see on the website. The survey is available at: https://tinyurl.com/integrated-voices-YP
About Hearing the Voice:
Hearing the Voice is a large interdisciplinary study about voice-hearing, based at Durham University and funded by the Wellcome Trust. Their international research team includes academics specialising in Philosophy, Psychology, Psychiatry, Cultural Studies and more. They also work closely with clinicians, voice-hearers and other experts by experience.
In addition to exploring the personal and biological experience of hearing voices, they are investigating the links between voice-hearing and creativity, and exploring the ways in which voice-hearing has been understood and represented in different cultures, religions and historical periods. Many of their researchers are developing new and exciting ways of improving clinical practice, helping people who find their voices distressing.
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