SWATchat 9: Intergenerational Trauma – The Missing Link in Mental Health?

Organised by Global Plymouth
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  • Plymouth Lecture Theatre, Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth

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Join Global Plymouth for SWATchat9, a thought-provoking discussion on intergenerational trauma, an often overlooked factor in understanding mental health.
This free event will:
  • raise awareness about intergenerational trauma and its impact
  • encourage open, community-driven discussions on mental health and wellbeing
  • offer unique free family counselling opportunities – up to 18 one-hour weekly sessions for 35–50 families, funded by the National Lottery and delivered by Simply Counselling CIC.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Places are limited and registration is essential.
Please be aware that registering will require obtaining free membership of Global Plymouth (see below for further information about our group).
Email poorna.gunasekera@plymouth.ac.uk for further information.
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About SWATchats

We live in a world of information asymmetry that is perpetuating inequity. Yet even those who can access ‘information’ find themselves bombarded with ‘facts’, the accuracy of which may vary widely. The line between ‘truth’ and ‘falsehood’ has become increasingly blurred, resulting in confusion and division. We seem to be rapidly losing the ability to find common ground; the practice of wholesale rejection of any opinion that does not agree with our own seems to be increasingly commonplace. We are literally ‘ghosting’ each other to oblivion.
There is a desperate need to revive the time-honoured tradition of discussion. We must re-learn that it is acceptable to agree to disagree, for the benefit of the wider community. The diversity of perspectives must be celebrated for the robustness they provide and the unseen dangers they may reveal. Indeed, we must actively seek different points of view, not automatically reject them.
SWATchats (where SWAT spells out "So What About This") were created with the specific aim of enabling members of local communities to discuss matters of global importance that were impacting locally, in a free, equitable and friendly manner.
We recruited bona fide experts on matters of importance to lead the discussions and created a discussion platform which reintroduced the very humane concept of agreeing to disagree, when seeking consensus, for the sustained benefit of the wider community.
The exact format of SWATchats may vary between time and place, yet the founding principle – the active pursuit of robustness through diversity – shall always remain. SWATchats are free to attend and open to everyone.
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Global Plymouth Meetup Group

Global Plymouth Meetup Group was formed by a group of University of Plymouth students and staff, many of international origin, in October 2021. The organisation is dedicated to forming sustainable social bonds between the residents of Plymouth and surrounding areas and our own students and staff, with the twin aims of reducing social isolation and proactively battling hate crime. The group has 1,770 members, many of whom are University staff and students. The group has organised 381 events which have helped unify our community into a welcoming, caring family.

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