My experience at a cultural centre

Hi everyone 

I wanted to share my experience with my local cultural centre because I cant speak highly enough and I recommend their help 

I have been extremely anxious  and have put off lots of appointments with them 

Back in I think it was March I had a 715, initially I cancelled, it was a very long time coming… years really that I have been putting off seeking help from them because of being anxious and past experiences with health services 

I did the 715 and they linked me in with some support across the whole service and today I had my first wellbeing appointment, I previously met the worker briefly but this was my first full appointment 

They welcomed me and my kids from the minute I got there, it took a lot of trust but they they took care of my 1,4 and 7 year olds so I could have the appointment it took a lot of trust but they fed and entertained them for the whole appointment. I was anxious about it but when I saw how kind they were when I first got there and how they treated my kids like family  I thought I will give this a go 

They were so well taken care of they didn’t want to leave, they were even taught how to throw Boomerangs

And the appointment was something I was putting off for so long because when I am not at work I usually have at least one kid with me…

We went through a few different things about my history and some goals I would like to meet they listened to and went out of there way to help in different ways 

If you can stop putting it off and instead say this is the barrier, more often then not they will do their best to help