Pop-up cafe can bring Hope

The Hope Cafe Christmas Celebration will be held at St Ninian’s Church today (Thursday).

The free event, which will be hosted in the church hall from 10am until 2pm, will feature a buffet lunch and a variety of entertainment, including laughter yoga, poetry reading and Christmas carols.

There will also be a raffle, and donations of prizes would be gratefully received.

Hope Cafe Lanarkshire is a peer-led community organisation promoting positive mental health and well-being.

Organisers work hard to promote positive mental health and well-being by providing access to opportunities to engage with activities proven to support a positive sense of emotional well-being.

They tackle stigma and discrimination faced by people experiencing mental health problems by speaking openly about mental illhealth.

Information stalls and free training opportunities are held for the local community, while free self-help resources and information leaflets are available at the community cafe.

The pop-up cafe runs in Stonehouse twice a month on a Thursday from 10am to 2pm.

Dates are available through the Hope Cafe Lanarkshire Facebook page, and are also printed in the Hamilton Advertiser.

For more information about the organisation, call Lisa Cameron on 07851 823683 or email lisa@hopecafelanarkshire. org.uk.

If you are experiencing a crisis with your mental health please do not hesitate to contact NHS 24 on 111 or in Lanarkshire the area contact is Chris’s House on 01236 766755.