• Time: Meet at 6:00 pm in Dianbadianer Hongyou Dumplings, we’ll end at 8:00 pm ( you don’t have to stay the whole time)

     According to experience with our past closed group support group hangout, we usually end up staying longer and end at 10:00 pm!

 

• Restaurant: Dianbadianer Hongyou Dumplings (B1-238 1F SOHO shopping mall, 点吧点儿红油抄手) & Doner Kebap ( 6-116 1F SOHO shopping mall)

If you love spicy food you must not miss these authentic Sichuanese snacks! Hongyou Dumplings also offer limited vegetarian options, though Doner Kebab has a wider choice for vegetarians. 

 

• Not pet friendly

 

• Ticket fee:

There are five available prices and you can pick a donation of your choice

• 100 RMB – standard fee
• 130 RMB – 100 standard fee + 30 donation to CandleX’s support group
• 160 RMB – 100 standard fee + 60 donation to CandleX’s teen project
• 190 RMB – 100 standard fee + 90 donation to CandleX’s teen project
• 80 RMB – for students and people with financial difficulty, CandleX will subsidize 20 RMB

 

Early bird registration closes on December 25th 6:00 pm, after that the standard fee would be 120 RMB.

 

 

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FOUNDER

CandleX was born on April 1st 2015 in Beijing. The organization was founded by Xiaojie QIN who has been working with International Non-Profit Organizations in China since 2008, and has a strong personal concern and care for our social mental wellbeing.

GOAL

CandleX has the overall objective to increase awareness and knowledge of depression and bi-polar disorder, reduce social stigma attached, and to provide social support for those who are experiencing depression, mania and/or anxiety.

TARGET GROUP 

The international community in Beijing including expats and English speaking Chinese

VALUE

Respect – People with mental health problems and/or mental illness are treated with dignity and respect.

Diversity – The unique needs and circumstances of people from diverse backgrounds are acknowledged.

Participation-The participation of our audience across all aspects of the project is acknowledged and encouraged as fundamental to building good mental health and to enriching community life.

Leading – People with mental health problems and/or mental illness are engaged in advocating and leading mental health developments in the community.

INTERVENTION MODEL

CandleX’s intervention model is built in line with the international mental health interventional model, positioning ourselves at the bottom two layers serving the largest scale of the general population: universal prevention interventions, and selective preventative interventions.

KEY PROJECT

Provide Social Support:

1. We established an English Speaking Peer Support Group for people with depression, bi-polar disorders, anxiety and those who are going through difficult situations in life；

2. We introduce tools to build up mental resilience, eg. Emotional wellbeing workshops, improving the social environment for people with depression through scaled campaign.

Awareness Raising on mental health and public education

through community events: We conduct presentations, speeches, movie screenings and workshops on depression and bi-polar disorders in high schools, local community groups, embassies, government agencies and companies, etc; We design and implement campaign projects that engage media, key individuals, counselors, patients, and community members to awareness on depression via interactive and artistic approaches.

through online media: We produce Candlex media productions including videos, documentaries on depression; run Candlex columns of “My Story with Depression” and “Classroom” to engage community members to share their story and develop coherent curriculums to educate the public; we actively engage media to report on depression by attending TV interviews and newspaper/magazines interviews, etc