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Local Update, 1 May 2023
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
020 3475 1314
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Welcome to our weekly newsletter about mental health services and support available in Barnet and beyond. Also bringing you updates on Inclusion Barnet mental health news. Produced by Ed Peston, Communications Assistant.
Inclusion Barnet News and Events
Job vacancy – Healthwatch Volunteer Coordinator (peer role)
We’re hiring a new Volunteer Coordinator!
Job Title: Healthwatch Volunteer Coordinator (peer role)
Hours: Permanent, Part Time, 21 hours per week
Location: Remote
Salary: £34,00 pro rata (£20,400 actual)
Closing date: 19 May 2023
Job description
Are you passionate about patient and public engagement, effecting system change, and improving services? Are you confident to support a team of engaged volunteers to conduct research, and tell the story of the findings to decision-makers? Are you excited by the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of a user-led Healthwatch? If so, we’d love to work with you in order to improve the experiences of people using health and social care services in Barnet.
Read more about Job vacancy – Healthwatch Volunteer Coordinator (peer role)
Events and News from the Web
Mental Health Online: Workplace Mental Health (From Ajuda), Thursday 4 May, 10.00am - 12.00pm
Learn more about how poor mental health can affect work relationships and performance.
Vulnerability in the workplace - weakness or an essential Leadership tool? (From Stratus Coaching), Wednesday 3 May, 10.00 - 10.45am
Often vulnerability is mistaken for weakness, especially in the workplace where the ‘dog eat dog’ mentality has often prevailed. However recent studies have shown that Leaders who display and encourage vulnerability and emotional intelligence within their organisation often end up with resilient, adaptive, creative, and successful teams who innovate and can successfully navigate the most difficult of challenges.
Book Vulnerability in the workplace - weakness or an essential Leadership tool?
Journaling Journeys (An Inside Job) with Cindy Gum, LMFT (From Breathing Spaces), Saturday 6 May, 6.00 - 7.30pm
This journaling circle will provide:
A clearly defined process for expressive writing/journaling and creating a journaling practice. The focus will be upon writing and self-reflection – what you need in order to create better self – care and compassionate conversations with yourself.
A way in which you can cultivate an intimate and kind relationship with yourself that can offer guidance and clarity. How long has it been since you made a new friend?
Book Journaling Journeys (An Inside Job) with Cindy Gum, LMFT
Understanding Dementia (From Dementia Club UK), Thursday 4 May, 7.00 - 8.00pm
This course is aimed at individuals who are caring for someone living with dementia who need a better understanding of this disease.
The course is also aimed at organisations and businesses who need to create or improve their current policies around ensuring the best customer and staff experience in situations involving those living with dementia.
UK LGBTQ+ unpaid Carers: Online Coffee Meetups (From Wandsworth Carers' Centre), Thursday 4 May, 11.00am - 12.00pm
UK-wide, online coffee meetups for LGBTQ+, unpaid Carers. You might be supporting a friend, child, neighbour, partner, chosen or birth family member who couldn't manage without you. This may be around their physical health, a disability, mental health, or substance misuse.
Activities to try with People Living with Dementia (for carers/family) (From Effro), Tuesday 2 May, 1.00 - 3.00pm
To discuss stimulating activities for people living with dementia & cover why its important to keep minds active. Aimed at Carers/Family.
Podcasts
Podcast: How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy with Dr. Lauren Osborne (From New York Presbyterian)
Some anxiety during pregnancy is normal, but this expert explains how to recognize if anxiety is healthy or harmful and tips to manage it.
Listen to Podcast: How to Manage Anxiety During Pregnancy with Dr. Lauren Osborne
Podcast: Beyond Madness (From CliffCentral.com)
Hosted by Professor Christopher Paul Szabo, Beyond Madness is a podcast series where they discuss societal issues that have potential implications for mental health and emotional well-being.
Articles
5 Reasons Why Writing Lists Is Good for Your Mental Health (From Psychology Today)
There’s good news for people who love writing lists: Evidence suggests that writing a list is more than just good clean fun; it’s also great for your mental health.
Read 5 Reasons Why Writing Lists Is Good for Your Mental Health
Benefits of swimming and blue spaces on mental health (From Open Access Government)
Better has studied the benefits of swimming on Britain’s mental health, and the results are impressive. However, despite the profound impact blue spaces can have on our health, the rising cost of living means that these leisure facilities are in danger of becoming exclusive to those with enough money to visit.
We all need good mental health to flourish in life (From Open Access Government)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health should be viewed as “a valued source of human capital or well-being in society”. Good mental health plays an integral part in the health of the population and individuals; it contributes towards welfare and happiness, permits social interaction and feeds labour force productivity, for example. Therefore, everybody needs good mental health to flourish in all aspects of life.
How to Boost Mental Health Through Better Nutrition (From American Society for Nutrition)
The relationship between nutrition and mental health is bidirectional: the foods we eat affect our mental health, and our mental health status affects what and how well we eat.
Former marine Paul Harris walks UK's coastline for mental health (From the BBC)
A former Royal Marine has described spending most of the past three years walking the coastline of the UK in a bid to improve his mental health.
Read Former marine Paul Harris walks UK's coastline for mental health
Periods: Menstrual cycle shame 'hurts mental health' (From the BBC)
Shame about periods can have a detrimental impact on women's mental health, campaigners have said.
A woman whose menstrual symptoms were confused with depression has devised her own social prescribing course.
Meanwhile, two sisters behind the Love Your Period campaign said work was needed to eliminate the taboos surrounding periods for young women.
Regular Events on the Web
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 2 May, 12.30 - 1.00pm
Join this session each week to know how easy it is to manage day to day mental wellbeing, especially general anxiety, using methods which are practical and easy.
Book Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety
Online wellbeing workshops from Mid West Aries
Offering a range of free courses online via Zoom. Anyone over the age of 18 with an interest in mental health and well-being can sign up for the courses.
Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents (From Jounita Wright), Thursday 4 May, 7.00 - 10.00pm
This is a free online event for any parent/carer of adolescents aged 13-20 concerned with behaviour change.
Book Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents
Online ADHD Support Group (From Tim Kiver Foundation), Tuesday 9 May, 7.30 - 9.00pm
A safe place for anyone interested in ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) in ANY way to share experiences and learn more about:
• What ADHD is
• How ADHD affects peoples every day life
• Ways to manage ADHD symptoms
• How to seek medical help for ADHD
• The Facts and Fiction that surround ADHD
International Wellbeing Support Group (From Rain on Me), Monday 1 May, 5.30pm
A free, international safe space to vent and grow with people who understand and accept you.
Regular Events in Barnet
Meridian Wellbeing in Barnet
A range of events and activities in Barnet and online including Barnet Wellbeing Hub, Barnet IAPT, Wellbeing Cafe, Wellbeing Workshops, Chinese Wellbeing Services, Supportive Online Communities
More information about Meridian Wellbeing events and activities
Barnet Carers
Barnet Carers provides support and information for unpaid, informal, carers across the London Borough of Barnet. Includes yoga, meditation and mindfulness.
Building Friendship
Building Friendship is a free weekly drop in every Friday for those with mental health difficulties.
Meet at East Barnet Baptist Church hall, EN4 8PS. Come along for a cup of coffee and a friendly chat between 10am and 12noon.
For more information email: [email protected]. Or leave a message with your name and contact number on 020 8449 5320.
Weekly online social group from Mind in Enfield and Barnet, Fridays from 6.00 - 7.00pm
This group takes place by Zoom, and the session is broken up into a few casual activities such as:
Catch up about each other’s week
Play a quiz where everybody provides 3 questions
Share and discuss TV, movies and news that has inspired us this week
If you would like to attend, please email Sam Brown at [email protected]
Mind and Mood Support Group
We celebrated our eighth successful year on 4th January 2023 and have a group of regular attendees (usually around 6, but this may vary). The first half of the meeting our Guest Speaker speaks (on the day we have one) for approx. 20 mins, following this members are free to ask questions. Then half-way through, about 6.45 we have a comfort break with tea, coffee and biscuits. The second half, we all share our experiences of where we are since the last meeting.
The group is facilitated by Sandra Turner and Peter Sartori, both with considerable experience of the mental health system.
Since the Pandemic. Our group has gone through necessary changes. One week our group meets via Zoom from 6-7.15pm. Alternate wks. we meet, in person at 55 Christchurch Avenue 6-7.30pm. No-one is allowed to join our meetings without prior arrangement.
If there is anything else you wish to know, please do not hesitate to contact:
Peter Sartori e: mailto:[email protected] m: 07947 713306 Sandra Turner e: [email protected]
If you wish to subscribe to our monthly “Creativity & Wellbeing Newsletter” please email Sandra with “Subscribe to Newsletter” in the subject of your email.
About Inclusion Barnet
We are a Peer-Led Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO).
Nearly all of our directors and staff have lived experience of disability, including mental health issues and/or long-term health conditions.
We believe that learning to use our lived experience for social change is a skill. We have become experts in harnessing the lived experience of our staff, members, volunteers and the people who use our services to design and deliver higher quality, more person-centred services.
Other services run by Inclusion Barnet that you might be interested in are:
Benefits Advice Service (supporting disabled people in Barnet to access the benefits they are entitled to).
Touchpoint (supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need).
Healthwatch Barnet (an independent, statutory organisation dedicated to improving health and social care services in Barnet).
For more information about the wider range of other work we do please visit our website www.inclusionbarnet.org.uk
Useful links for mental health and wellbeing
Click on the title to go to the individual websites.
LOCAL
- Mind in Barnet - counselling
- Mind in Barnet Sanctuary - find calm, make space, move forward
- Barnet Wellbeing Service
- BEH-MHT* crisis helpline 0800 151 0023 24/7, 365 days a year.
(*BEH-MHT = Barnet, Enfield Haringay - Mental Health Trust)
LONDON & NATIONAL
- The Help Hub - free online emotional support sessions
- Good Thinking - free online Mental Wellbeing for London
- Kooth - free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
- Qwell - free online safe and confidential space to share & support
Shout - free, 24/7 text messaging support - text SHOUT to 85258 - Samaritans - free phone & email support in a crisis
- Useful links from Sussex University - lots of useful links to MH resources
Independent Living Centre, c/o Barnet & Southgate College,
7 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 4BR
Inclusion Barnet is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Registered Charity Number: 1158632
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