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Local Update, 26 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
Help create a new Mental Health Charter for Barnet!
It’s not too late to have your say on the Mental Health Charter for Barnet.
There’s still spaces left to join the online discussion happening at 5pm today!
Remember – every attendee will receive a £15 recognition payment.
Events and News from the Web
Strategies to Increase Employee Mental Wellness in the Post-Pandemic Era (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Tuesday 27 June, 6.00 - 7.00pm
A practical guide to enhancing self-care in the workplace, building resilient teams, and creating a trauma-informed workplace.
Book Strategies to Increase Employee Mental Wellness in the Post-Pandemic Era
Zero Suicide Alliance Lunch and Learn, Monday 3 July 2023 12.00 - 13.00pm Online Event
Barnet Wellbeing Service together with Barnet Public Health is hosting a free lunch and learn session to deliver the Zero Suicide Alliance's training. You will learn how to start life-saving conversations with people who my be considering suicide.
Book Zero Suicide Alliance Lunch and Learn
Working together to prevent suicide in Barnet.
Understanding Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another [Free Webinar] (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Thursday 29 June, 6.00 - 7.00pm
At the heart of Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (previously Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy) is concern that a caregiver is either lying about an illness in a child or dependent adult, or has caused real symptoms in an otherwise healthy person. Learn the signs and symptoms of this disorder and what motivates a caregiver to cause illness in this one-hour seminar with a licensed therapist.
Book Understanding Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another [Free Webinar]
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder [Free Webinar] (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Wednesday 28 June, 4.00 - 5.00pm
Of the major mental illnesses, borderline personality disorder is among the most stigmatized. Separate myths and facts and explore the signs and symptoms, causes, and treatment of this often-misunderstood diagnosis. Gain practical tips to manage symptoms and support loved ones with a licensed therapist.
Book Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder [Free Webinar]
Wellcome Data Prize in Mental Health: Show & Tell (From the Wellcome Trust and Social Finance), Wednesday 28 June & Thursday 29 June, 12.00 - 1.15pm
Hear from five teams of researchers participating in the Prototyping phase of the Wellcome Data Prize in Mental Health as they present their progress so far in creating digital tools to enable research into anxiety and depression in young people.
Arts Well: Connect (From Jayne Howard - Arts Well), Friday 30 June, 10.00 - 11.00am
An opportunity to talk arts, creativity, health and wellbeing with others working in the space.
Podcasts
Real Health Podcast: Why being average can be your superpower with Colman Noctor (From independent.ie)
Being average isn’t really something any of us strive for. In today’s world, average is almost considered to be a negative thing. Realistically though, we can’t all be the best at everything so should we feel shame or guilt for not being so?
Listen to Real Health Podcast: Why being average can be your superpower with Colman Noctor
Podcast: Can AI Revolutionise Mental Healthcare? (From the Quint)
Are AI apps the future of mental health support? Can these applications truly understand and address the complexities of our emotional well-being? What can a user expect when they get on such an application? And perhaps the most provocative question of all, can AI truly replace human therapists?
Articles
New Research Shows The Benefits Of Teaching Pupils About Mental Health In The Classroom (From Swansea University)
Giving schools the right resources and training to teach pupils about mental health really can have a positive impact on young people’s wellbeing.
Read New Research Shows The Benefits Of Teaching Pupils About Mental Health In The Classroom
Need a mental health day but worried about admitting it? You’re not alone (From the Conversation)
There are days when it’s hard to face work, even when you aren’t physically sick. Should you take a day off for your mental health? If you do, should you be honest about it when informing your manager?
Read Need a mental health day but worried about admitting it? You’re not alone
Decades-long study showcases positive link between sports and children's mental health (From CTV News)
A decades-long study in the Netherlands is proving how beneficial sports and physical activity are for young children and how the impacts can last into adult life.
Read Decades-long study showcases positive link between sports and children's mental health
How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health (From the Conversation)
Universal basic income (UBI) is a radical but, we believe, feasible alternative to the existing, failing welfare system. It could reduce poverty to unprecedented levels, address inequality within and between regions, and massively improve the nation’s health.
Read How universal basic income’s impact on people’s finances could transform the nation’s health
Bristol student finishes life at Bristol University with ultra-marathon (From the BBC)
The University of Bristol student rarely exercised before he moved to the UK to study computer science.
"It started to really help my mental health, so I just kept going," he said.
Read Bristol student finishes life at Bristol University with ultra-marathon
Mum pays for mental health resources for young athletes (From the BBC)
The mother of competitive swimmers has launched a nationwide mental health encouraging youth sports clubs to talk about mental health.
Backed by Olympic swimmers Ed Sinclair and Jemma Lowe, the campaign by Andrea Brown, from south Gloucestershire, includes free mental first aid courses for clubs and families.
Read Mum pays for mental health resources for young athletes
Regular Events on the Web
Insight into Creative Psychotherapy (Expressing Emotions Creatively) (From Holistic Wellness Community), Monday 26 June, 6.00 - 7.00pm
A chance to express yourself creatively, using creative therapeutic techniques and exercises facilitated by Dramatherapist Emma-Jo. These classes provide insight into ways you can include creativity in your life to help process emotions, trauma, to aid healing, stress, anxiety, feeling overwhelmed and more, within creative methods to aid safety. Guided meditations will be used throughout and a chance to check in with yourself, providing a space to just 'be' in a world where we are constantly having to 'do'.
Book Insight into Creative Psychotherapy (Expressing Emotions Creatively)
Singing For Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing (From Holistic Wellness Community), Wednesday 5 July, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Come join this group on Zoom on Wednesday evenings, 18:00 GMT, for an hour of singing for the soul. Victoria will share with you some short, simple but deeply nourishing or uplifting songs that will go in easily, no matter what your experience.
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 27 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.
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 29 June, 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 11 July, 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 3 July, 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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