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equipping - connecting - supporting

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Celebrating 15 years of Capacitar Scotland with Pat in 2024

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        Over the past 15 years, over 300 people across Scotland have done the training with founder Dr Pat Cane or local Trainers. We use this training regularly for our own personal well-being and spiritual nourishment. But in the spirit of 'healing ourselves - healing our world' many of us also offer well-being sessions or workshops in our local communities: in special schools for children; with nurses; in universities; with survivors of domestic abuse; with refugees and people seeking asylum; with people living with mental health challenges; in hospices and with people living with cancer and other life-threatening diseases; with midwives and pregnant mums; with carers; in spiritual direction and on spiritual retreats.
        We send out a regular newsletter (sign up if you would like to receive it) which provides information of local sessions, taster days and training.  Capacitar International has a dedicated YouTube Channel with Pat Cane (and others) demonstrating many of the practices.  
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QNIS and Capacitar have been nurturing an ever-strengthening relationship that, over the past 5 years, has seen 40 nurses going through the 4-module Trauma Healing and Transformation Training.  Among them have been Nurse Educators, Care Home Managers, Health Visitors, District Nurses, Prison Nurses, Community Mental Health Nurses, and Nurses who hold Executive positions in the community. We worked together to source funding for the nurses which included the Royal College of Nurses  “COVID-19 Health Care Support Appeal” and the Scottish Government’s “Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care”
In order to continue to support the nurses who have done the training, QNIS has developed a Community of Practice to help nurses keep connected and share experiences of using Capacitar practices, as well as providing a safe space for peer support. 
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QNIS has highlighted the need to engage with and raise awareness about the importance of Self Care and Wellbeing.  They now have a section of their website dedicated to resourcing their membership in Wellbeing, including several videos of Queen’s Nurses demonstrating the Capacitar practices they have learned (see the images below).

But perhaps most importantly for Health and Social Care professionals in the UK is that Capacitar International and QNIS/Capacitar Scotland collaborated to provide a new Capacitar manual that will support this sector in the UK in a way that is accessible and sensitive to their specific needs. "Holistic Tools for Heath & Social Care Professionals: Healing Practices for Ourselves, Our Teams & Our Communities" is another invaluable tool for promoting wellness in the Health and Social Care Sector in the same way that the other Capacitar manuals have provided support and empowerment for Refugees, Climate Activists, Children and Families, People living with Cancer and their Carers, etc. Click here if you are interested in obtaining a copy.​
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  • "We have seen the role of the Nurse change dramatically over the years.  With our social crisis and following the covid pandemic, more than ever nurses need the Capacitar wellness practices to care for themselves…while providing the self-care tools to share with others to help prevent mental illness and burnout."

  • "Capacitar affects the way in which people respect others, it brings positivity into our practice, creating more meaningful conversations between staff, and with their residents and relatives. It creates a positive and safe working environment that will ultimately bring care teams closer together, positively impacting on the work culture and the care that our residents then receive."
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  • "If I were to have a vision, I would like to see Capacitar teachings and practices become part of the foundation curriculum for all undergraduate and post graduate health professionals.  This will help facilitate a holistic approach, enhance self-care and may even improve communication."
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For more information, please get in touch using the Scotland Contact Form below.
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Capacitar Training and  Taster Sessions can be found
on the Training Page

 
​Towards Health and Well Being Sessions
(using Capacitar practices)


These 'face to face' sessions are offered across Scotland:


Sheila Mae Hamilton (Isle of Skye) 
Fridays at 11.00 am - one hour
Capacitar Wellbeing session in An Crubh, Isle of Skye
for more information, contact Sheila.


 June Underwood and Glen Cousquer (Edinburgh University) 
Tuesdays at 1.10 pm - 40 minutes
Capacitar Tai Chi  at the Chaplaincy Centre -
Edinburgh University -- or join on Zoom
Meeting ID: 837 5537 1490  Passcode: taichi2122

for more information please email June

 Bield Capacitar Team  The Bield - (Blackruthven) 
Wednesdays at 1.30 pm - 30 minutes
Wellbeing Session with Capacitar Practices at The Bield, Blackruthven, Perth
for more information please email Valerie


Fran Marquis and Linda Nicolson (Arbroath)   
Thursdays at 10.30 am - one hour
Wellness Class at the Old and Abbey Church Hall
for more information please email Fran

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Shona Grimmond (Forfar)   
Mondays at 10 am
Wellness Class at Kingsmuir Village Hall, Lownie Road, DD8 2RT
for more information please email Shona

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Helen Kinloch (Ashfield)  - 30 min session
Each Sunday at 9.45 am
for more information  please email Helen
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 Christopher Rowe (Milton) - 40 minute session (in person & on Zoom)
Wednesdays at 10 am
Tai Chi practices at Colston Milton Parish Church - Milton G22 7QP. 
for more information and the ZOOM link, email Christopher

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 Claire Young  (Connexions Fullarton, Irvine) - one hour session
Tuesdays at 11 am
This is a class of predominantly Capacitar practices, a bit of general physio-type stretch and strength and small amounts of info re the body mind connection.
for more information  email Claire Young

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 Claire Young  (Girdle Toll Parish Church, Irvine) - one hour session
Wednesdays at 10.30 am
This is a class of predominantly Capacitar practices, a bit of general physio-type stretch and strength and small amounts of info re the body mind connection.
for more information  email Claire Young

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Finn's Place, Wellbeing in Southside Glasgow  -   1 hour sessions
Wednesdays  2.00 pm with Corrinna Bain and Lorna Wallace
Fridays 10.00 am with Sonia Hurel

for enquiries please contact Finn's Place  or 0141 632 7520

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Alison Bunce  (Greenock) - one hour session
Every 2nd Friday evening at 6.30 pm
St John's Episcopal Church Hall, Greenock 

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Linda Nicol (Inverkeillor)   
weekly Wellness Class with Capacitar Practices 
for more information please email Linda

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join a zoom session: 

Weekly ZOOM with  Jane Groombridge - one hour session
Monday (2 pm) for those who have completed the 4-module Training;
For Anyone: Tuesday (1 pm); Wednesday (8 pm); Saturday (9.30 am)

for more information and the ZOOM link, email Jane 
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Daily ZOOM with Nancy Adams - 30 minute session
Daily at 5.30 pm
A 'meditative movement' session to bring a gentle close to the day.
We do Tai Chi of the Elements, followed by one of the short Capacitar 'dances'

for more information and the ZOOM link,  email Nancy Adams 

RESOURCES
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Trauma Healing and Trauma-Informed Workplaces
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 We have practitioners across Scotland who work with some of the following:  nurses and other people in the health sector; survivors of rape and domestic abuse; families; children; teachers; environmental activists; etc.  If you are interested in finding out more about how we might be able to support you in your workplace, please fill in the form above.
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