{"id":674,"date":"2011-05-11T06:07:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T06:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:17:08","slug":"more-about-support-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/more-about-support-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"More about support groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Support can be experienced in a number of ways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Face to face encounters in local groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>National or regional charities with magazines, pen pal schemes etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Online communities such as forums or message boards, chat rooms, e-mailing lists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Social networks such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Plaxo, LinkedIn, Yahoo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tips to get the most out of support groups:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do try to participate and offer support &amp; your experiences to others \u2013 even sharing stories about your failures can be helpful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep an open mind \u2013 the people you meet will come from many walks of life and may have different perspectives of the illness and what helps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>When joining an online group, be friendly but limit the amount of personal information you share in order to maintain your privacy and prevent possible identity theft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure your anti virus software is installed and up to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Consult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycloudtech.com\/ultimate-guide-to-internet-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines<\/a> to protect children online. <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommunities.gov.wales\/file\/internet-parental-controls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Set internet safety parental controls<\/a> with Windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Always investigate before trying any thing that could affect your health and well being, even if it comes highly recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Check that the group offers what you want: informal chat &amp; sharing, organised discussion groups, lectures, social activities or a chance to gossip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support can be experienced in a number of ways: Face to face encounters in local groups National or regional charities with magazines, pen pal schemes etc. Online communities such as forums or message boards, chat rooms, e-mailing lists Social networks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/more-about-support-groups\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-674","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5qkYK-aS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15472,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/674\/revisions\/15472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}