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Local Update, 10 July 2023

Barnet Voice for Mental Health [[link removed]]

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.

Events and News from the Web Journaling and Meditation Class (From Liberate Studio), Tuesday 11 July, 5.00 - 5.30pm

Join Liberate, the world's first mental fitness studio, for a 30 minute class of breathing, journaling and meditation. Open to all levels.

Book Journaling and Meditation Class [[link removed]]

How to stop overthinking and relax (From Yaron Engler), Tuesday 11 July, 7.30 - 9.00pm

Are you tired of being trapped in the never-ending cycle of overthinking?

Do you crave more peace and relaxation in your busy life?

Overthinking has become an epidemic among us men, and it's time to break free from its grasp.

Book How to stop overthinking and relax [[link removed]]

Sustainable Arts Therapies: Networking Event for Art, Drama & Music Therapy (From The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare)

A free event for anyone wanting to connect, collaborate and advance sustainable Art, Drama or Music Therapy practice

Book Sustainable Arts Therapies: Networking Event for Art, Drama & Music Therapy [[link removed]]

ME/CFS peer support group- ONLINE (From Community Prevention & Engagement Team), Wednesday 12 July, 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? These peer support sessions aim to bring people together to share experiences.

Book ME/CFS peer support group- ONLINE [[link removed]]

Laughing Fit - a weekly online laughter class for health & happiness (From Jon Bockelmann-Evans), Tuesday 11 July, 8.00 - 8.30pm

Do you LOVE to laugh?

Do you also love being healthy?

Did you know you can use LAUGHTER as a form of gentle exercise to achieve better all-round health?

ANYONE can do it and it's completely FREE!

Book Laughing Fit - a weekly online laughter class for health & happiness [[link removed]]

Poetry Therapy (From Nation's Finest), Monday 10 July, 9.30 - 10.30pm

Join this class and de-stress with poetry! You will learn the structure of micro poems such as American Sentence, Haiku, and Sijo. Examples included for each form. Second half of class will be used for writing, sharing your work is optional.

Book Poetry Therapy [[link removed]]

Keep It Simple - practical tips for staying positive in challenging times (From Laughology Learning and Development), Tuesday 18 July, 12.00 - 12.45pm

Do you ever have wonky thoughts? Things like, I can’t do maths, my handwriting’s appalling, or I’m not a cook? Do you ever wake up with a Monday morning monk on*, worrying about things you can’t control?

Well, never fear; Laughology’s here to shift those negative thoughts and set you on the right path to feel more positive and take action when you least feel like it.

Book Keep It Simple - practical tips for staying positive in challenging times [[link removed]]

Barnet Adult Social Care: Become an Involvement Board Member

Barnet Council are recruiting for 12 residents of Barnet to volunteer to be the voices of people who draw on care and support.

What you can expect:

Have 4 formal meetings a year

Have regular informal drop in sessions

Have an opportunity to co-chair meetings

Have an opportunity to be involved in adult social care projects

Have your say on things that matter to you in adult social care

Be rewarded for your time

Register now:-

Email: [[email protected]]

Tel: 020 8359 5582

Deadline for applications Monday 28th July 2023

Podcasts Podcast: Can psychedelic drugs help treat mental illness? (From WUSTL)

This episode of 'Show Me the Science' focuses on research into how psychedelic drugs affect the brain and how such effects might help treat anxiety, depression and addiction

Listen to Podcast: Can psychedelic drugs help treat mental illness? [[link removed]]

How to be a CEO podcast: Former footballer Clarke Carlisle on why he’s helping companies with mental health (From Evening Standard)

Clarke Carlisle is a former professional footballer who now uses his own battles with mental health to advise companies on office wellbeing.

He’s joined by his wife Carrie to talk frankly about how his problems affected his career and family, and how getting help turned his life around.

Listen to How to be a CEO podcast: Former footballer Clarke Carlisle on why he’s helping companies with mental health [[link removed]]

Articles Recovering From Serious Mental Illness: 6 Key Themes (From Psychology Today)

How do people with severe psychological conditions grow in the face of trauma?

Read Recovering From Serious Mental Illness: 6 Key Themes [[link removed]]

Presenter and mental health advocate Anna Richardson on life's highs and lows (From Happiful)

TV presenter, producer, podcast host, and long-time mental health advocate Anna Richardson knows the life-changing value of hypnotherapy, as well as the stigma-busting impact of discussing life’s highs and lows – and she’ll happily start the conversation by sharing her own experience.

Read Presenter and mental health advocate Anna Richardson on life's highs and lows [[link removed]]

Fixing my mental health with my grandfather’s old map (From Big Issue)

'Through adolescence and adulthood, I have had patches when life became overbearing. A number of years ago, after a single unimportant event left me helpless, I had to admit that I needed help.'

Read Fixing my mental health with my grandfather’s old map [[link removed]]

10 Mental Health Tips for Coping With Work-From-Home Burnout (From Psychology Today)

Working remotely can affect your mood, but there are steps you can take.

Read 10 Mental Health Tips for Coping With Work-From-Home Burnout [[link removed]]

“I love being deaf but the mental health impact is exhausting – here’s how you can help lighten the load” (From Stylist)

In a piece for Processing, a Frame Of Mind series, comedian and author Samantha Baines reveals the unexpected mental health impact of being deaf.

Read “I love being deaf but the mental health impact is exhausting – here’s how you can help lighten the load” [[link removed]]

Regular Events on the Web Singing For Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing (From Holistic Wellness Community), Wednesday 12 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.

Book Singing For Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing [[link removed]]

Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 11 July, 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 [[link removed]]

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.

Book Online wellbeing workshops from Mid West Aries [[link removed]]

Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents (From Jounita Wright), Thursday 13 July, 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 [[link removed]]

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

Book Online ADHD Support Group [[link removed]]

International Wellbeing Support Group (From Rain on Me), Monday 17 July, 5.30pm

A free, international safe space to vent and grow with people who understand and accept you.

Book International Wellbeing Support Group [[link removed]]

Regular Events in Barnet Andy's Man Club in Barnet, Every Monday at the Meritage Centre, 7.00 - 9.00pm

Andy's Man Club run talking groups for men who have either been through a storm, are currently going through a storm, have a storm brewing in life or just want to meet a good group of people with the aim of improving one another. No referral, no registration and no charge. Even the brew and biscuits are free!

The Meritage Centre,

Church End,

London

NW4 4JT

Visit the Andy's Man Club Website [[link removed]]

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 [[link removed]]

Barnet Carers

Barnet Carers provides support and information for unpaid, informal, carers across the London Borough of Barnet. Includes yoga, meditation and mindfulness.

Read about and book Barnet Carers Events [[link removed]]

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.

Do you feel isolated or lonely? Come along to Building Friendship. Free. remaining info repeats in main article." width="503" src=" 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

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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 [[link removed]] (supporting disabled people in Barnet to access the benefits they are entitled to).

Touchpoint [[link removed]] (supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need).

Healthwatch Barnet [[link removed]] (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 [[link removed]]

Useful links for mental health and wellbeing

Click on the title to go to the individual websites.

LOCAL

Mind in Barnet [[link removed]] - counselling Mind in Barnet Sanctuary [[link removed]] - find calm, make space, move forward Barnet Wellbeing Service [[link removed]]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 [[link removed]] - free online emotional support sessions Good Thinking [[link removed]] - free online Mental Wellbeing for London Kooth [[link removed]] - free, safe and anonymous online support for young people Qwell [[link removed]] - free online safe and confidential space to share & support

Shout [[link removed]]- free, 24/7 text messaging support - text SHOUT to 85258 Samaritans [[link removed]] - free phone & email support in a crisis Useful links from Sussex University [[link removed]] - 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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