Raffle of beautiful colourful poppy quilt (67” by 82”) made by Kathy Lee. Tickets are £1.00 and are available from Kathy Lee, 79 Chiltern Avenue, Northampton, NN5 6AU.

Competition:
To commemorate the World Hearing Voices Day the Hearing Voices Network: Cymru is holding a competition open to anyone in the world. To enter the competition answer the following question:

What was the name of psychiatric illness given to any black slave who ran away from their “duties” thereby exhibiting an “excessive” desire for freedom? Was the psychiatric “illness” known as:

Anorexia nervosa? Bulimia? Drapetomania

Answers on a postcard or a sealed down envelop, giving your name and address and telephone number. Send your answer by 1st November to: World Hearing Voices Day Competition 2006 (Cymru). Hearing voices Network Cymru, Upper Robeston. Robeston West, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. SA73 3TL. The winner of the competition will receive the excellent, thought provoking American DVD “What the bleep do we know”, the 2 hour DVD deals with the theme of quantum physics and spirituality, implying in an entertaining, clear and effective manner that there is a reality beyond time and space.

World Hearing Voices T-Shirt
Wear it with pride – your own World Hearing Voices T-Shirt in a range of colours and sizes and with a cool WHVD logo. Price £6.99 plus p&p. Contact Peter Bullimore, Asylum Associates/Sheffield Hearing Voices Network at peterbullimore@yahoo.co.uk or phone + 44 (0)114 2728210

Dates to be determined:
“How to facilitate a voice hearing group” and
“How to successfully appeal the decisions of your managed care provider” hosted by the Madison Hearing Voices Group.

For more information contact jennybranks@hotmail.com

14th September 2006:

The Swiss Hearing Voices Network will be holding a debate and conference entitled Entendre des Voix: Faut-il s’en inquiéter? …
Speakers include:
Professeur Gilles BERTSCHY Service de psychiatrie adultes HUG.
Monsieur Eric MERCIER Témoignage
M. François LEDERMANN Thérapeute, philosophe, Président du R.E.E.V.

To be held at 20.00, Maison des Associations, 15 rue des Savoises, Salle Gandhi, Geneve.
For more information contact .E.E.V, C.P. 235, 1211 GENEVE 17, Tél. 022 – 346 48 21 (morning)

14 September 2006:
A World Hearing Voices Day Celebration will be held in Sodertalje (just south of Stockholm).
For more information contact: Anneli Westling at anneli.westling@levnu.se

12 – 14 September 2006:
A World Hearing Voices Day Celebration will be held in Umea.

From the 12th, there will be an information stand outside the library in the city centre, about the World Hearing Voices Day; about InterVoice; about the Hearing Voices Movement; and about the open meetings for voice hearers in Umea.
There will also be a poster with the INTERVOICE logo and the program for the 14th. (posters will be put up throughout the city)

On the 14th September from 11.00 to 15.00 we will also put up an information stand and table, at the same place as before, with books, articles, essays etc. Some information leaflets can also be handed out. Hopefully there will be some voice hearers present and available for people to ask questions and discuss issues. Some of the hosts from our meetings (some work within psychiatry, some in social psychiatry and some in consumer organisations) will also be there.

And in the evening, 6 p.m., two films will be shown by the user organisation RSMH: First a documentary and afterwards “Field of Dreams” There will also be room to ask questions and discuss experiences.

There will also be celebration of the day in Skelleftea. They will have their activity house open 5-7 p.m., so that people can come there to get information and coffee for free.

For more information contact Kristina Lindgren at Kristina.Lindgren@uh24.ac.se

14th September 2006

Hearing Voices Forum:
A Forum with speakers presenting on the experience of hearing voices from cultural, spiritual and clinical perspectives. Hear about different perspectives on the experience of hearing voices; Meet other voice-hearers and share experiences over a light supper; Discuss ideas for the establishment of a NZ Hearing Voices Network.
All welcome, voice-hearers, their friends and families, researchers and clinicians.

Ron Coleman from the Scottish Hearing Voices Network will speak about the establishment of this organisation and encourage discussion on the setting up of a Hearing Voices Network in New Zealand. 17.30 – 20.00 at:
Leys Institute, 20 St Marys Road, Ponsonby, Auckland (parking at back of building, off Dedwood Tce)

14 September 2006:
To mark the first World Hearing Voices Day, Pillar is holding an Information and awareness afternoon for Voice hearers, families, carers and professionals. Voice Hearers hope to share their experiences to increase understanding.
All welcome!
Time 1pm—4 pm, Venue Pillar Aberdeen, 20 Back Wynd, Aberdeen, AB10 1JP.

Tel: (01224) 621266 / 642854,
E-mail: info@pillaraberdeen.co.uk
Visit : www.pillaraberdeen.co.uk

14 September 2006:

Celebrating World Hearing Voices Day

9th September 2006

A local Hearing Voices meeting with a symposium was held in Okayama city. This was linked directly with the WHV Day on the 14th. 32 people got together at the meeting. Wakio Sato, an INTERVOICE member, presented an outline of the hearing voices ideas and approaches, two voice hearers and another person with a delusion of reference presented their life stories with hearing voices or delusions, all of which were moving.
Lastly, a psychiatrist using holistic medicine learnt from the Hearing Voices approach presented his experiences. Among the 32 attendants, 21 were newcomers all of whom but one voice hearer were parents and care workers. The event was advertised in a local newspaper covering Okayama and neighborhood prefectures. We had enthusiastic Q&As and very good discussions.

14h September 2006 A community mental health care group named Foo in Ibaragi prefecture met on the 14th September with their users hearing voices as a programme of one of their groups called “Information Explorers”.

23rd September 2006 The Suita Voice Hearers Group in Osaka prefecture held their regular meeting on 23rd September. The information from the worldwide events marking the WHV Day stimulated them and their worldwide voice hearing fellows.

14 September 2006:
Giornata Mondiale Uditore Di Voci to be held at the Casa Della Cultura, Firenza (Florence), Via Forlanini, 164.

All day seminar from 10.00 – 16.30 with presentations by Donatella Miccinesi on the progress of the progress of Hearing Voices Groups; Pino Pini on the theoretical and practical differences in contrasting the work of Kraepelin (who developed the concept of schizophrenia) and Marius Romme who developed the work on hearing voices.
Also presentations by voice hearer’s Consuelo Rossi, Salvatore Cesario and Guiliana Missio on their personal experience of hearing voices.

For more information contact: Telephone: 3285493504
or email romatur@libero.it

11th of September 2006:
Press Conference to launch new book by voice hearer Hannelore Klafki.
Peter Lehmann Publishing has organized a press conference for the new book by Hannelore Klafki Meine Stimmen – Quälgeister und Schutzengel. Texte einer engagierten Stimmenhörerin in which she talks about her experiences with her voices (see publications in this forum).
Peter will also talk about the World Hearing Voices Day. The book will be published on the 14th of September to coincide with WHVD.
For more information contact + 49 (0)30 8596 3706 Mo – Fr 10.00 – 16.00 (central European time)
or email info@peter-lehmann-publishing.com

14th of September 2006:
In Frankfurt and in Berlin there will be World Hearing Voices Day information booths.

All members of the German HV Network were informed about the day through a letter and there is information on the website homepage.

A press release has been sent to 25 newspapers and journals and they have contacted radio and TV station, some have already answered and are interested in publishing articles.

A letter was sent to the Federal president, the health minister, the mayor of Berlin, and the local health minister for Berlin to inform them of the day and ask for support.

For more information contact: stimmenhoeren@gmx.de

14th September 2006:

“International Stemmehører Dag” in Aarhus 2006, to be held at Lokalpsykiatri Centrum, Kanikkegade 12, 8000 Aarhus C.
For more information contact: www.hearingvoices.dk

14 September 2006:
There is a seminar being held in Helsinki to celebrate the World Hearing Voices Day.
For further details contact moniaaniset.ry@kolumbus.fi or telephone +358408309663

5th September 2006:
Hearing Voices Day Celebration: With guest speaker Peter Bullimore from the Paranoia Network/Hearing Voices Network will be talking about how he regained control of his life. 10.00 – 14.00 at the Meadowbrook, Recreation Room, Salford.
For further information contact 0161 772 3761 email: jamiebarsky@bstmht.nhs.uk

6th – 8th September 2006:
“Stories of Hearing Voices: Restoring human experience to communities”:
Three day conference, see programme on http://www.asylumonline.net/. For more information contact asylumonline@ntlworld.com

14 September 2006:

Picnic to celebrate World Hearing Voices Day.

As part of a worldwide initiative, the Hearing Voices Network Australia joins international groups in their efforts to mark this day by holding a picnic and increasing awareness of the voice hearing experience.

For more information see the poster

To celebrate World Hearing Voices Day an All-Austrian seminar for and by voice hearers was held followed by a reading from an Austrian author – Brigitte Schwaiger.

All-Austrian seminar for and by voice hearers and then a reading from an Austrian author – Brigitte Schwaiger. Ms Schwaiger wrote a very popular book in the late 70’s that has become part of the Austrian canon and is therefore well known in Austria and in Germany. She has written a new book about her experience a psychiatric patient and voice hearer. This book came out the same month as WHVD. She agreed to do a reading from this new book in cooperation with our project and the local library. The reading attracted a lot of attention in the media.

For more information email: stimmen@exitsozial.at