Radio UP

Hello everyone,

Thank you for coming!

In today's episode, you will hear some of the UP House members talk about what they need in their journey to recovery. We will spend next several episodes talking about the reality of life with mental illness in Quebec system, and what kind of support is needed.

Enjoy listening, and feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section below!

Happy CMHA Mental Health Awareness Week!!

This week, from May 7 to May 13th is a Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual event promoted by Canadian Mental Health Association.

https://mentalhealthweek.ca/

http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-mental-health-week-is-a-good-time-to-think-about-stereotypes

For us, every day is mental health awareness day, and it is important to spread the words about the importance of taking care of one's mental wellness as well as our friends and family's. We hope that the awareness week will help spread the words and decrease stigma assosiated with mental illness!

In today's episode, you will hear our clubhouse member representative, Martin Zidulka talking about his role as a member rep, and how come it is important to have member representative at the board of directors.

Enjoy listening!

Hello everyone,

Today, we present you a members' discussion on what UP House is to them, and more!

The participants answer to the following questions.

1. What is UP House?
2. What is a task?
3. What makes UP House different from other organizations?
4. What do you expect to happen when you come to UP House?

We hope you will enjoy the show!

Hello everyone! For people with or without mental illness, isolation is harmful to one's mental wellness.

Members at UP House receive outreach calls from our active members when they stop coming to the clubhouse for a while. We want to keep in touch, and see how they are doing. Please listen to the member who is passionate about his work!

Hello!

At UP House, members have 4 guaranteed rights of membership; a right to a place to come, a right to meaningful relationships, a right to meaningful work, and a right to a place to return. In this seriese of interviews you are listening to members describing their choice of tasks here at UP House, and how meaningful these tasks are to them. Today, we present you an interview with a member who help at recception desk. Enjoy!

Hello everyone!

We interviewed three members who help at our multimedia area. Find out what our computer refurbishing program is about, and how members help each other here at UP House.

Hello, and welcome to the Roundtable Discussion of Radio UP.

In this episode, UP House members discuss where you can go in Montreal and find good food to fill your belly without emptying your pocket. Members talk about restaurants, grocery stores that have very good deals in town, and place like UP House where members can eat at a very reasonable price.

We attached a short list of reasonably priced eateries in Montreal for people who are interested.

Hello! Today, we have members who enjoy working at the kitchen at UP House. Listen up!

UP House is a member clubhouse of Clubhouse International, a world wide clubhouse movement. If you are not familiar with a clubhouse, please take a listen to today's episode.

Today, we asked one of the member representative, Marty to describe what a clubhouse is.

Enjoy listening!

Radio UP is a member project of Donald Berman UP House, a clubhouse in Quebec.

But what is a clubhouse?

It is a community organization for people with mental illness where they become members, and together, run the clubhouse. UP House is a part of Clubhouse International which has more than 350 clubhouses all over the world. You might have a clubhouse in your own city.

Today, we introduce a new episode of two interviews with members who help running the administration area of UP House. 

The first interview is with Sandra, in French, followed by an interview with Lena in English. 

Feel free to leave your comment!