Phoenix Centre
The Phoenix Centre, Matson Lane, Matson ,Gloucester, GLOS,
GL4 6DX, TEL: (01452)521557 www.glcommunities.org.uk
Mission Statement
GL Communities is an independent charity with
expertise in supporting communities through
advice, education, advocacy and social inclusion
Objectives
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Phoenix Day Centre – Provides a safe place for people to come together and meet
others within the community. Providing a welcoming and non judgemental
atmosphere to encourage people to challenge themselves to learn new skills and
join in new activities to keep active. There is also opportunities for people to get
involved in volunteering or creating craft to help raise funds to continue to
improve services at the centre and give back to the community.
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Counselling Service – Provides crisis intervention and on-going 1:1 support in a
safe environments with non judgement and empathic therapeutic relationship
based on trust and respect.
Personal Development – Provides workshops to develop skills to explore,
understand and set goal to achieve their health, wellbeing and independence
potential
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Assertiveness
Understanding and Managing Behaviour
Life Planning
Therapeutic Journal Writing
Self Harm
Who Can Access the Service
• Anyone who feels comfortable in a community
based environment is welcome to join our
classes and activities.
• We provide a service to our community and
welcome ideas and suggestion as to what
classes and activities people are interested in
Resources Available
Activities
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Seated Yoga (Monday)
Bingo (Thursday)
Arts & Craft
Church Service (Friday)
Get Active Games (Friday)
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Outside of the Centre
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Holidays
Ten Pin Bowling
Disco
Gloucestershire Voices
1:1 Counselling (Thursday)
Classes
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Computer (Monday & Friday)
Healthy Life Styles & Social Awareness
Cooking (Thursday)
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Personal Development Workshops
(Friday selected dates)
– Assertiveness
– Behaviour Awareness & Management
– Life Planning (wellbeing Planning)
– Therapeutic Journal Writing
– Self Harm
Additional Resources
(if we have enough interest)
Adult Education Courses at the Phoenix
• English – Foundation Level
• Math – Foundation Level
• Information Technology (computers) – Foundation Level
• Art
• Jewellery Making
• Singing
• Gardening
• Sewing
• Photography
• Cake Baking
• Make up
• Nail Art
Key Challenges
• Keeping up to date with the needs of the
community – if you don’t ask, we don’t know
you want it or need it.
Key Successes
• Developing individuals to achieve their full
potential. Supporting them with SMART goals
for their health, wellbeing and independence
• Believing in their ability to achieve success
• Respecting the diversity of our community,
whilst being inclusive within limits to meet
everyone's needs for a safe
environment
Case Study – Independence
Jayne (not real name) says the Phoenix centre has given
her the opportunity to try new things and this has built
on her confidence and enriched her life.
She has made good friends and is assertive in her
communication. She has challenged herself to try new
things both in the centre and outside in the community,
such as group holidays, meal outs, quiz nights and using
public transport.
The expertise of the staff at Phoenix centre in
understanding her complex needs has allowed her to take
on new challenges in a safe and secure environment.
Case Study - Counselling
Francesca (not real name) had experienced mental health difficulties
for most of her adult life and was in an abusive relationship. Although
this relationship had now ended she was struggling with many thought
and feeling around why she stayed in the relationship, why she didn’t
do more to stop it at the time and the guilt and shame of the effect on
her children and what others must have thought about her.
Through 1:1 counselling she has managed to explore and understand
herself better, why she behaved the way she did back then and how
she feels now. She has accepted what she is responsible for and has
let go of things that are not her responsibility . Through this she now
has a great awareness of her thoughts, feeling and beliefs and has
developed strategies that help her to regain her sense of calm and
allows herself to feel compassion and acceptance of herself.
Case Study – Personal Development Workshops
David (not real name) has learning difficulties, he is the
youngest of 4 children and often feels that his older
siblings treat him like a child and do not respect his right
to choose or make decisions for himself. This lead David
to have outbursts of anger due to the build up of his
frustration of feeling he didn’t have a voice or the right to
his own opinions.
Following the Assertiveness workshop, he developed
skills on how to talk to others assertively, which gave him
the voice he wanted and this removed the need to get
angry in order to be heard. He felt the workshop gave
him the guidance he needed to take control of his feeling
and respond to others versus reacting explosively.