Click here to read Dr. Brundtland’s Acceptance Speech at World Seminar 2019!!
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway and Director-General Emeritus of the World Health Organization, was the very first recipient of the prestigious Rudyard n. Propst Award, conferred by Clubhouse International in recognition of individuals who make extraordinary contributions to improving the lives of people with mental illness. Dr. Brundtland has been a longtime advocate for better mental health services worldwide, and a supporter of Clubhouse programs for many years.
Clubhouse International hosted the Clubhouse International World Seminar 2019 from September 28 through October 3, 2019, in Lillestrøm, Norway. The event was co-hosted with our two Norwegian partners, Fontenehus Norge and Fontenehuset i Oslo.
The award is named after Rudyard n. Propst, the founder and first Executive Director of Clubhouse International, who first created Clubhouse programs as an international movement and evidence-based practice. The award itself was designed and created by sculptor Kristina Kossi, winner of the top award for sculpture, “Barbara Newington Award Traditional Sculpture” juried by Stephanie L. Herdrich of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the American Artists Professional League’s 2018 Exhibit.
Pictured l-r: Clubhouse International Board Member Anette Høegh Goelet, Mrs. Brundtland holding the Rudyard n. Propst Award, Clubhouse International Board Member Knut Stubben, sculptor Kristina Kossi, and Nicholas Ratut, Clubhouse International Board Chair.
Your #GivingTuesday gifts this year are dedicated to providing scholarships to our member Clubhouses to attend Clubhouse International Training Programs. These programs focus on teaching our Clubhouses how to create sustainable, positive outcomes for their members who are looking to regain a respected place in society through work, education, wellness and community.
Give early, and double your impact! This year, the first $2,500 in #GivingTuesday donations will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous donor!
- Give now, and your $100 becomes $200!
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Welcome to Wogies + Clubhouse International NYC Pop-Up event, Wednesday, November 20, 2019. Thanks for joining us!
To continue the conversation about the importance of mental health, please support Clubhouse International today!
October 10, 2019 was World Mental Health Day; this year’s theme is Suicide Prevention. Every 40 seconds someone dies by suicide.
Throughout the month of October, we are joining the World Health Organization (WHO), International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), United for Global Mental Health (UGMH), and World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) to improve awareness of the significance of suicide as a global public health problem; improve knowledge of what can be done to prevent suicide; reduce the stigma; and let people who are struggling know that they are not alone.
We’re asking our supporters, Clubhouses and Members to speak up on World Mental Health Day to end the silence and fight for action. Click here, and follow the instructions on screen to record a 40-second message, thus adding your voice to the global movement that is calling for quality mental healthcare for all.
It’s time to take action. We hope you’ll join us! We recently took this picture at our World Seminar 2019, showing our 400+ participants from 100 Clubhouses across 20 countries taking part.
Also, in a related development, the Museum of Lost and Found Potential, created by Speak Your Mind in partnership with HSBC, will share 16 portraits of people from around the world through video, sound and real or imagined artefacts. One of the stories is a Clubhouse Member story – Paula Boyd, from California.
Remember: please join us in speaking your mind for mental health this October!
Work, Wellness and Community: A Whole-Person Approach to Recovery
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Welcome to Clubhouse International World Seminar 2019, which is happening now — from September 28 through October 3, 2019 — at the beautiful Thon Hotel Arena in Lillestrøm, Norway! This Seminar offers an exciting array of educational and networking opportunities for anyone interested in exploring Clubhouse practice, philosophy, values, organization, and culture.
About World Seminar 2019
Who is Participating
Participants at World Seminar 2019 represent more than 20 countries, 25 U.S. states and 100 community mental health programs known as “Clubhouses.” The Seminar is providing an opportunity for education, dialog and sharing of best practices developed by Clubhouse International’s Clubhouse community – now totaling over 300 Clubhouses operating on six continents.
Topical Agenda
The program will include informative plenary sessions, workshops and institutes on a wide spectrum of mental-health-related topics:
- Supporting recovery of the whole person
- Engaging the ideas and influence of people with lived experience
- Raising our collective voice to bring about change
- How to start a Clubhouse program
- How to be a great Clubhouse staff person
- Work and Recovery
- Community: the heart of healing
- Clubhouse leadership: the art of being the Director
- Successful Clubhouse partnerships with schools, businesses, and community organizations
- Getting well: integrating the 8 dimensions of wellness into Clubhouse life
- Empowering Clubhouses: collection and effective use of important data
- Synergistic partnerships to create stronger Clubhouse Supported Employment functions
- “Transitional Education” – a Clubhouse approach to supporting members to succeed in school
- Building your Board: best practices and strategies for maximum board effectiveness
- Using social media to strengthen your Clubhouse
- Clubhouse Coalitions: best practices and strategies
- Reaching out every day to end isolation and loneliness
- Techno-reach-out: using technology to enhance successful reach out strategies
- Fundraising
- Research
- Engaging Young Adults
- Housing: a safe, decent and affordable home for everyone
- Work-Mediated Clubhouse relationships
- Standards Review Hearings: Seminar attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the process of considering revisions to the International Standards for Clubhouse Programs.TM
About Our Hotel and How to Get to Lillestrøm, Norway
Thon Hotel Arena is a modern conference hotel fully equipped to accommodate conferences, meetings, and banquets of every size. The hotel is centrally located in Lillestrøm, right next door to the Norway Trade Fairs arena and a short walk to the train station. From the station, you can access both Oslo city centre and Gardermoen airport in just a little over ten minutes.
There are 2 airports close to Oslo: Gardermoen and Oslo Torp. The Oslo Torp Airport is 140 km (87 miles) south of the city and quite difficult to transfer to Oslo and Lillestrøm.
From Gardermoen Airport: The easiest and the cheapest way to get to the Thon Hotel Arena in Lillestrøm from Oslo Gardermoen Airport is to take the local train towards Oslo S from platform 4. It is just one stop and it takes approximately 12 minutes. The cost of a one way ticket is 82 NOK.
Airport Train: An alternative to the local train is the cost of the Airport Train is 154 NOK and takes about 12 minutes as well. The hotel is a short 5 minute walk from the station.
From the Oslo Ferry Terminal: From the DFDS and Stena Line ferry terminal in Oslo it is a short 10 minute walk to Oslo Central Station. The train from Oslo S to Lillestrøm takes about 10 minutes and costs 59 NOK one way.
Parking: Hotel parking is $18 per day. There are other parking alternatives in walking distance of the hotel as well.
World Seminar 2019 Contact Information
- Clubhouse International: 747 Third Avenue, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10017 | Phone: +1.212.582.0343
- Thon Hotel Arena, Nesgata 1, 2004 Lillestrøm Norge | Phone: + 47.66 93 60 00
About Our Hosts: Clubhouse International, Fontenehus Norway, and Fontenehuset i Oslo Welcome You!
Clubhouse International is a global non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to end social and economic isolation for people living with mental illness by developing, training and supporting Clubhouse model programs in communities across the world. Clubhouses are community-based centers that offer members opportunities for friendship, employment, education, wellness support and help accessing healthcare and social services through a single-caring and safe environment. Clubhouses provide a welcoming environment and a place to belong; and hope for a satisfying and successful future. There are currently nearly 300 Clubhouses in 30 countries around the world. Every two years, Clubhouse International hosts a World Seminar offering a multitude of innovative training sessions. World Seminars offer opportunities for participants to network with Clubhouses around the world, mental health advocates, and people with lived experience.
Fontenehus Norge is the coalition for the 14 Norwegian Clubhouses in Drammen, Tromsø, Bergen, Oslo, Oslo East, Bærum, Hønefoss, Rygge, Kongsberg, Stavanger, Harstad, Asker, Gjøvik and Trondheim. Fontenehus Norge has three employed staff and a board of Directors. The coalition mainly works with political influence and starting new clubhouses.
Fontenehuset i Oslo, Holbergs gate 5, opened in 2000 and has been accredited since 2003. In 2017 we started to welcome colleagues from around the world when we became Clubhouse International’s 12th Training Base. Today, Fontenehuset i Oslo has 700 members with an average daily attendance of 52, and 13 staff, divided between 3 work units.
About Lillestrøm, Norway
Lillestrøm is a town located some 18 km (11 mi) east-northeast of Oslo, the capital city of Norway. With a population of some 14,000 inhabitants. The name means “the little [part of] Strøm”, Strøm being the name of an old and large farm (Old Norse: straumr, which also meant “stream” as well).
Lillestrøm’s history dates back to the times river powered sawmills came into use for the production of building materials. Later Lillestrøm got its own steam sawmill which laid the base for the development of the area which became the town. The area was, by and large, a moss covered swamp-like area, at the time considered almost uninhabitable. However, the almost non-existent property values were judged to be a fair exchange and so the workers started living and settling in the area around the sawmill, and Lillestrøm was born.
Facilities in Lillestrøm include hotels, Norway trade fairs, a brand new cinema, a mall, Lillestrøm torv, restaurants, a high speed commuter train that reaches both Oslo and Gardermoen airport, a community cultural house (kulturhus), a community outdoor swimming pool complex, and a variety of restaurants.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Clubhouse International expresses our sincere gratitude to our sponsors for their support of the Clubhouse International World Seminar 2019. As of this publication date, we wish to acknowledge the following sponsors:
Lucy Høeghs Stiftelse
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Seminar Sponsor
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Sponsorship opportunities are available that provide exceptional recognition and excellent benefits for your organization, including exhibit tables, seminar registrations, and more. Please contact Anna Sackett Rountree at asackett@clubhouse-intl.org or +1.212.582.0343 for more information.
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are pleased to introduce #ClubhouseWorks — a fun and easy way to get healthy, promote Mental Health Awareness, AND support Clubhouse International! How does it work?
First of all, get healthy: take your workout pic and post it to your social media pages. Get your friends to post theirs too!
Second, become a fundraiser: you and your friends can launch and run your own fundraising campaigns to raise money to help us improve the world of mental health.
It’s easy to get started – take just 5 minutes and follow 3 simple steps:
- Step One: Click here to access our new #ClubhouseWorks fundraisers page.
- Step Two: Select which #ClubhouseWorks cause you want to support:
- New Clubhouse Development – your funding will help us develop and launch more new Clubhouses in communities all around the world.
- Wellness – your funding will help us expand our efforts to improve the physical health of Clubhouse members – thus helping to improve their mental health.
- Advocacy – your funding will help us expand public support for mental health programs, and effect policy changes to improve insurance coverage for Clubhouse programs and services
- Step Three: Click to Take Your Campaign Live!
- Click the green Give Now button to make your own contribution
- Click the blue Share button to invite your social media friends to join in
You’ll be able to track how much money you and your friends have raised for Clubhouse International and #ClubhouseWorks.
What better way to celebrate and promote Mental Health Awareness Month? Get healthy and fundraise for improving the world of mental health. We hope you’ll get on board with #ClubhouseWorks!
