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🟩 Support Group Break (April 8 - 21)
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If you don't know what a Support Group break is, click the spoiler below. ⤵
What is a Support Group break?
Roughly three times a year, we have a week (or two) where we take a break from running group chats.
These breaks allow staff, volunteers, and you guys to take a breather. If you use Support Groups often, breaks are a good opportunity to try new services and expand your support network.
When we can, we also use these periods to review community feedback, reflect on how things are going in the community, and look what we might want to work on next.
When are they?
Typically, there is a break around January, May, and September.
Roughly three times a year, we have a week (or two) where we take a break from running group chats.
These breaks allow staff, volunteers, and you guys to take a breather. If you use Support Groups often, breaks are a good opportunity to try new services and expand your support network.
When we can, we also use these periods to review community feedback, reflect on how things are going in the community, and look what we might want to work on next.
When are they?
Typically, there is a break around January, May, and September.
When is the next break?
The next break will be from Monday 8th April - Sunday 21st April.
This break will include support groups and Friday chat threads. The usual Support Group schedule will resume on Monday 22nd (head over to our Support Group calendar for more information).
Support Circle for Survivors of Sexual Violence will still be running on Thursday 11th and 18th of April. You can read more about these sessions here.
There may be a Community Quiz! Keep an eye out for an announcement about that. 👀
Where can I go instead?
These discussion boards will be open as normal, 24/7.
If you're at breaking point and need help urgently, head to this thread for crisis options.
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But that's definitely something we can bring in. Thanks for the suggestion.
What would y'all find most helpful? 2 weeks, or maybe a bit longer?
They'll always be around roughly the same time (Jan, April/May, Sept)
Our Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence is still running on the 11th and 18th of April, so please see here if you're interested in coming along.
We'd love to still run a quiz, we'll all be back together as a team tomorrow so we'll keep you all updated about when it will be soon