Shine in Gloucester
Creative sessions and peer support on our courses and our weekly drop-ins…
Gloucester Shine
Creative Therapy & Wellbeing Sessions
Tuesday, 12:30- 2:30
Brockworth Children’s Centre, Moorfield Road, Brockworth, GL3 4 JL
Creativity, support and advice in a safe, child-free space (we provide a loving creche for your little ones) for you to work through worries and concerns, while gently creating a piece of art that you can be proud of. The course also covers a wide range of arts and coping strategies, giving you a mindfulness toolbox to help and support you with anxiety and depression.
(12-week courses, running throughout the year, starting April 2025, September 2025, January 2026, please email kirsty@shine-support.org)
Shine Drop-ins
Friday, 10.30 - 12pm, Brockworth Childrens Centre, Moorfield Road, GL3 4JL
(£2.50 recommended voluntary donation)
We run a weekly drop-in session in Gloucester, which is an informal and open space which welcomes mums, and their babies and toddlers, in a safe space when you can let the mask drop, and share your experiences with other mums, going through the same things.
(Runs throughout the year, drop-in, all mums welcome, please contact Hannah gloucestershinepnd@gmail.comfor more information)
~ Our Gloucester Team ~
Kirsty Griffiths
Gloucester Lead
Hannah Garrett
Drop-In Lead
I struggled with postnatal depression after the birth of my eldest and anxiety around the birth of my youngest. When I found myself at Shine, listening to other mums talking about their struggles, I suddenly didn't feel alone or broken anymore. Everyone had told me how amazing having a baby was. But no one really talked about the harder feelings; the tiredness, the mum-guilt, the feeling of losing your previous life. Shine allowed us all to be honest and to heal together, alongside other mums on the same journey; acknowledging the changes and our new feelings, and finding ourselves again.
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.”