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Topic Threads Schedule: Every Saturday 🍀

ellaella Community Manager Posts: 485 Listening Ear
edited June 5 in Community Announcements
Hello everyone,

Lots of you have been sharing that you'd like more support here on the boards, and we absolutely hear you. We want to reassure you that we're still aiming for our vision of providing 7-day-a-week support, and we're working towards building the volunteer capacity that will allow us to offer that <3

In the meantime, we're pleased to announce that we'll be introducing weekly support threads every Saturday afternoon at 2-3:30, starting on March 1st. These threads will offer a focused space to connect with others and explore specific topics you have identified as important. These topics were chosen based on the poll we ran last month, and we hope they will be helpful as we aim to grow our support services.

Here's the schedule for March:

Saturday, March 1st: Managing Anxiety
Saturday, March 8th: Dealing with Stress
Saturday, March 15th: Sleep/Insomnia
Saturday, March 22nd: Dealing with Low Mood
Saturday, March 29th: Communication in Relationships

These threads will mostly be ran by myself and Sian and mods :3

I hope this is good news for you all on this rainy day :star:
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  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,780 Extreme Poster
    edited April 4
    Hey everyone!

    Thank you so much to all of you who have attended our Saturday Topic Threads throughout March! It's felt like such a positive space to chat together and help one another out.

    I'm very pleased to say that we've consulted the poll of Topics yourselves have voted for, and the April Topics have now been confirmed!

    These are:

    2-3:30pm - Saturday 5th April: Building Confidence and Self-Esteem
    3:30pm - 5pm - Saturday 12th April: Coping with Procrastination
    2 - 3:30pm - Saturday 19th April: Setting Boundaries - with Self and Others
    3:30 - 5pm - Saturday 26th April: Thriving Friendships


    Why are we hosting Threads at these times?
    To help ensure as many people as possible can attend, I will be alternating the times of the Threads to offer X2 daytime threads, and X2 late-afternoon threads.

    Please note, at the moment these Saturday Threads are being run by staff (which means we're limited to running them within our working hours 9am - 5pm), however, we are in the process excitingly of recruiting more volunteers, and look forward to hopefully being able to introduce Saturday Topic Thread moderators soon!
    Post edited by Sian321 on
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,780 Extreme Poster
    edited April 26
    Hey everyone,

    Thank you so much to all who have joined and taken part in our April Topic Threads! They've felt like really fruitful and honest spaces.

    I can confirm that our May 'set-list' is now up and ready, based on your responses to our previous poll:

    2-3:30pm - Saturday 3rd May - Mornings and Daily Routines
    3:30pm - 5pm - Saturday 10th May - Studying
    2 - 3:30pm - Saturday 17th May - Money
    3:30 - 5:00pm - Saturday 24th May - Finding Hobbies you Love

    Saturday 31st May 2-4pm - Watch Party instead! - https://community.themix.org.uk/discussion/3606752/what-should-we-watch-on-may-31st-from-2pm-4pm#latest

    Feedback:
    Do you have any feedback about Topic Threads specifically? What's been working well? What kind of topics feel most interesting? What isn't working for you so far?

    We'll love to hear!
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,780 Extreme Poster
    edited May 26
    Hey everyone,

    Please find here your June scheduel for Topic Threads happening each Saturday this month:

    Saturday 7th June - 1:00 - 2:30pm - Making Life Changes (Navigating Careers and Study Choices)
    Saturday 14th June - 3:00 - 4:30pm - Coping with Loneliness
    Saturday 21st June - 1:00 - 2:30pm - Creativity - Talking all things personal-creative-projects, favourite books and movies, or dealing with creative blocks
    Saturday 28th June - 2-4pm Watch Party! (Vote here for what you'd like to watch!)

    The themes and topics for these Threads are being pulled from this Poll here: https://strawpoll.com/e7ZJaVBDBg3.

    If you have not voted yet and would like to get more of a say over which Topic we're covering, please do add your thoughts and suggestions through this link!

    How are you finding Topic Threads so far? What's working for you, what's not working? We'd love to hear your feedback!
    Post edited by Sian321 on
  • nemnem Posts: 150 Helping Hand
    How do I join the thread on Saturday?
  • RedemptionRedemption Community Connector Posts: 4,598 The Mix Elder
    edited June 12
    nem wrote: »
    How do I join the thread on Saturday?

    Go on recent discussions around the time the thread starts, it should be near the top


    https://community.themix.org.uk/discussions
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,780 Extreme Poster
    Hey everyone, the time has come to place your votes for the Topics we're going to cover in July in our Saturday Topic Themed Threads!

    Please place your votes below for the topics you'd most want us to cover. We'll be selecting the top 3 for July, with the last Saturday of July being a Watch Party again instead.

    Happy voting! -

    https://strawpoll.com/e2naXJXrMyB
  • Sian321Sian321 Community Manager Posts: 1,780 Extreme Poster
    July Topic Thread Themes Announced!!

    Thank you so much everyone for your votes via the poll above. Please do keep voting and we'll take this into consideration for the August Threads too.

    The Topics we'll cover through July include.....

    Saturday 5th July - 3:30 - 5pm - Alcohol (as part of Alcohol Awareness Week) - https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/alcohol-awareness-week-1
    • How would you describe your relationship with alcohol? What's working well for you when it comes to the role that alcohol plays in your life? What's not feeling so good?
    • What thoughts, feelings, and beliefs do you hold towards alcohol or those who drink alcohol?
    • What does staying safe around alcohol mean to you?

    Saturday 12th July - 3:30 - 5pm - Navigating Social Media and the Impact on Mental Health
    • What's your favourite and least favourite thing about social media?
    • How would you describe your current relationship with social media platforms? What's working well? What doesn't feel so good?
    • How does social media impact upon your mental health, for better or for worse?

    Saturday 19th July - 3:30 - 5pm - Anger
    • What does the experience of being angry look and feel like to you? How does anger show up and express itself?
    • What thoughts, beliefs, or biases might you hold towards the emotion of anger (whether you own anger or other people's)? Where do these beliefs stem from?
    • How do you feel about expressing anger? Is that easy for you? Really hard or awkward?


    Please know that Saturday 26th July we'll have a Watch Party. Please stay tuned on Boards for the poll to vote for what you'd like to watch.

    Looking forward to diving into these topics with you!
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