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Local Update, 5 June 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
Volunteers Week Blog: Why volunteering benefits us all
1-7 June is Volunteers Week, a week when charities large and small celebrate the massive contribution that volunteers make to our communities. At Inclusion Barnet we’re no exception: without them we wouldn’t be able to run South Friern and New Barnet Libraries, in conjunction with Barnet Council.
Continue reading Volunteers Week Blog: Why volunteering benefits us all
Events and News from the Web
Celebrating Carers Week (From Barnet Carers), Thursday 8 June, 12.00 - 2.00pm, Ballards Lane London N12 8NP
This is a chance to come and enjoy a beverage and light lunch to celebrate carers week with other carers in Barnet. Come and meet the team and other carers.
Tuesday Confidence Café: Resilience Reboot - Weekly Drop in Zoom (From Dr Lizzy Bernthal), Tuesday 6 June, 1.00 - 1.30pm
This is a safe non-judgemental, confidential space without criticism or comparison to ask any questions to:
Gain some practical tools and techniques on resilience and confidence that you can put in practice straight away
Be part of a community
Network
Find your genius as the true essence of you within to embrace 2023!
Feel free to bring a cuppa and drop in for 10 minutes or the whole 30!
Book Tuesday Confidence Café: Resilience Reboot - Weekly Drop in Zoom
Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Mental Health Strategies (From Health Choices Global), Wednesday 7 June, 10.00 - 11.00am
The webinar will cover a range of strategies for building resilience, including techniques for managing stress, coping with change.
Book Building Resilience in the Face of Adversity: Mental Health Strategies
Journaling Journeys (An Inside Job) with Cindy Gum, LMFT (From Breathing Spaces; Family Caregiver Support Network), Saturday 17 June, 6.00 - 7.30pm
Led by Cindy Gum, LMFT, this journaling circle is open to anyone who wants to use writing to become their own best friend.
Book Journaling Journeys (An Inside Job) with Cindy Gum, LMFT
ME/CFS peer support group- ONLINE (From Community Prevention & Engagement Team), Wednesday 14 June, 2.00 - 3.00pm
Do you or some-one you care for have a diagnosis of ME/CFS? Do you have an interest in this condition? This peer support session aims to bring people together to share experiences.
Understanding Compassion Fatigue & Burnout [Free Webinar] (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Wednesday 7 June, 4.00 - 5.00pm
Does compassion cause suffering? When does it go too far and how can caregivers protect their own wellbeing? Learn the warning signs, who is at risk, and how to restore your emotional energy with a licensed therapist.
Book Understanding Compassion Fatigue & Burnout [Free Webinar]
Understanding Bipolar Disorder [Free Webinar] (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Tuesday 6 June, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Everyone experiences ups and downs, but bipolar disorder is different. An accessible guide to understanding the types of bipolar disorder, their symptoms, common misconceptions, and how relationships are impacted. Discuss treatment options and learn practical tips for managing symptoms and helping others in this one-hour seminar with a licensed therapist.
Podcasts
Podcast: Going There with Loren Gray: Accepting All the Different Parts of Ourselves (From Consequence Podcasts)
How the Guilty artist makes sense of the various experiences in her life
Listen to Podcast: Going There with Loren Gray: Accepting All the Different Parts of Ourselves
Podcast: Maintaining your mental health as an elite athlete | Irish cricketer George Dockrell (From Newstalk)
Irish cricket player George Dockrell was in the OTB AM studio to talk about the importance of looking after your mental health and how cricket Ireland are teaming up with Inspire to help their athletes.
Articles
AI can assist in reducing waiting lists for mental health services (From Open Access Government)
The NHS is currently overwhelmed with long waiting lists of people trying to access mental health services. How could AI streamline these lists?
Read AI can assist in reducing waiting lists for mental health services
How to Improve Your Mental Health: Focus on What You Control (From Psychology Today)
Regulating these four variables can make you healthier and more resilient.
Read How to Improve Your Mental Health: Focus on What You Control
How Manchester United Foundation Promotes Positive Mental Health (From Manchester United)
Manchester United Foundation is delivering year-round activities to encourage young people to look after their mental wellbeing.
Read How Manchester United Foundation Promotes Positive Mental Health
Why Reading to Your Child Is Good for Their Mental Health (From Psychology Today)
Reading to your child can help bolster their mental well-being by providing communication tools.
Reading creates the vocabulary children need to process their emotions and express their needs.
Reading teaches empathy, increases attention span, and provides strong parent-child connections.
Read Why Reading to Your Child Is Good for Their Mental Health
The unexpected mental health benefits of online gaming (From Spectrum News)
Online gaming has become a source of solace and support for a mother and daughter duo, shedding light on the often-overlooked benefits of virtual worlds.
4 Nutrition Lessons for Mental Health (From Psychology Today)
Nutrition is the missing link to mental health.
Probiotics have also been called psychobiotics because they enhance our psyches.
By reducing stress, it is possible to reduce inflammation and improve mental health.
Sport is a powerful tool to improve our mental health' (From Archery GB)
Archery GB junior ambassador Patience "P" Wood tells how sport helped her anxiety by encouraging her to step out of her comfort zone with the help of the archery community.
Regular Events on the Web
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 6 June, 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.
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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 8 June, 7.00 - 10.00pm
This is a free online event for any parent/carer of adolescents aged 13-20 concerned with behaviour change.
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Online ADHD Support Group (From Tim Kiver Foundation), Tuesday 13 June, 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 5 June, 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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