We’ll be kicking off at 10 am with some ice-breaker activities, followed by a group session  for young people and a workshop for parents.  Then, after a buffet lunch at 12:30, we’ll be getting everyone together for a drumming extravaganza, where we’ll all be taking some time to explore our musical side…

This whole day event is totally free, as the City Bridge Trust is funding the event as part of our OCD at School project, so there’s no excuse not to come along! You just need to book your place by calling Trish on 020 7253 5272 or by emailing trish@ocdaction.org.uk, and then get yourself down to Friends House in Euston on the 18th.

For details on  how to get to Friends House, please see their website for directions:

We look forward to seeing you there!

OCD Week 20th-26th February 2012

This February, OCD Action will be running its 3rd OCD Week to raise awareness of OCD amongst the general public.

In 2010,  our first OCD Week, we were able to reach over 3million people via the media and countless more through 20 local events. OCD Week 2011 was an even bigger success, our media work reached over 6million people and we were able to double the number of local awareness events.

For OCD Week 2012 we have set some ambitious targets. This year we not only want to reach more people than ever before but we also want to make sure that our important message is heard by people that we don’t always reach such as people from minority communities.

The success of OCD Week has always relied on your help – so do please get involved.

How to get involved

We are  looking for people to step forward and help make OCD Week 2012 a great success. In particular we need:

• Media Talkers – are you willing to share your story with the media
• Awareness volunteers – Can you help to raise awareness in your community
• Fundraisers – Can you help us to raise the funds we need to provide vital services

Sign up now to register and receive further information.

OCD Action’s advocacy service is unique. Our Advocacy Manager and team of volunteers have helped people to access treatment, secure housing, stay in employment and turn their lives around. To read our recent outcomes report please click here. Advocacy Achievements

The great news is that, thanks to the support of Comic Relief, this vital service is set to expand. Over the next year, the Charity will be recruiting and training new teams of volunteers as well as an additional member of staff to provide face to face support to more people than ever before.

For more information about our advocacy service and how it can help you please click here

Below you can download some of the speaker presentations given on the day

• David Veale – What is quality CBT and how to get it
• Blake Stobie – Supporting a person with OCD – available soon
• Simon Darnley – Residential and intensive treatment – available soon
• Jude Wynne & David Veale – Accessing Specialist Care
• Rob Willson – Keeping on top of OCD
• Keira Bartlett – Inspirational Speaker
• Steve Kelly - Inspirational Speaker

OCD Parents’ Support Project

The new OCD Parents’ Support Project will provide monthly online seminars, support groups, chat forums and information specifically aimed at parents of young people with OCD.

Our first event will be a seminar on Tuesday 15^th November at 7pm entitled “Supporting your child through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)” presented by a clinical psychologist from the South London and Maudsley Hospital National and Specialist OCD CAMHS team, with time afterwards for Q&A.

This will be followed at 8pm by OCD Action’s first parents only support group.  The seminar and support group are both based ONLINE and will be FREE meaning you can sign in at any time during the session, from anywhere around the UK.

To register your place for the first event, or to find out more about any other aspect of the project, call or email Ilana on 0207 253 5272 or ilana@ocdaction.org.uk.

Please also pass this information on to any other parents you know who may be able to benefit from this project – it’s open to all parents of young people with OCD.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This is a quick and simple survey for people with OCD and should not take more than a couple of minutes. If you would like to participate please click here

Thank you

The meeting focused on developing a “Good Groups Charter” with group leaders agreeing on the key things that make a support group excellent.

Support Groups can play a significant role in helping people affected by OCD to get better and stay on top of their disorder. For this reason it  is vital that groups work together to set and achieve the highest possible standards.

Over the next month, OCD Action will be working with support group leaders to finalise the charter and start the processes of helping groups to meet standards and sign up. The Charity hopes that by next April, we will have been able to grant “good group” status to the majority of support groups.

The latest edition of Action, the OCD Action Newsletter is out now.

This Summer we are looking at what makes good CBT, the OCD at School project, what our Advocacy Service has achieved and lots more besides.

Action is available for members to download from the Members’ section of this website and a hard copy will be mailed out to members this week.