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Local Update, 14 August 2023
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
020 3475 1314
[email protected]
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
Trainee Benefits advisor (peer role)
This role involves working with people across all Barnet’s diverse communities. Therefore, we’re looking for people with a demonstrable commitment to the social model of disability and disability equality, with their own lived experience of disability (which could include mental health issues or a long term condition), and an ambition to contribute to a fairer society for all.
Forensics User Voice Officer (peer role)
This role works with people using North London Forensics Consortium (NLFC), and you will be supporting the Patient Council to provide feedback to the mental health trusts to create positive change for their users.
More information on Forensics User Voice Officer (peer role)
Membership Development Officer x 2 (Peer role)
The successful candidates will spend their time supporting the local voluntary sector, working as part of our award-winning Barnet Together partnership with Young Barnet Foundation and Groundwork London.
More information on Membership Development Officer x 2 (Peer role)
Community Organisation Support Manager (Peer role)
The successful candidate will lead on delivery of our voluntary sector support activity, working as part of our award-winning Barnet Together partnership with Young Barnet Foundation and Groundwork London. Managing a team of four, you will ensure we continue a strong delivery of our offer and that we increase membership and engagement, and act as Inclusion Barnet’s Operational Lead within the partnership.
More information on Community Organisation Support Manager (Peer role)
Events and News from the Web
Barnet Service User and Carer Forum
Date: 17th August 2023
Runs on the third Thursday of every month
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Speaker: Carol Moyo – Managing Director of Barnet Mental Health Services
Topic: Opportunity to meet Carol, hear her vision for Mental Health Services in Barnet and ask any questions you may have.
Carol will be joining us online.
Barnet Mental Health services want to hear what you have to say about Adult Mental Health services. Their forum encourages and promotes service users and carers working alongside staff to coproduce services.
They have speakers arranged each month and a chat about other topics our attendees may want to discuss. They also share useful information about things happening in Barnet.
Venue: In person at The Network, 24 Hendon Lane, London, N3 1TR
OR
Microsoft Teams, join by clicking the link or entering the details below. MS Teams link is also available on the BEH trust website.
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only) +44 20 3321 5208,,325359623# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 325 359 623# Contact Jess Lashko at [email protected] to request the MS Teams link, or if you need additional support to attend the forum.
Green Walking in Mental Health Recovery - Networking Group (From The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare), Thursday 17 August, 12.30 - 1.00pm
An informal space to support people running or wanting to start green walking groups in psychiatric inpatient settings.
Book Green Walking in Mental Health Recovery - Networking Group
Barnet Wellbeing Service Review questionnaire
The Barnet Wellbeing Service offers many different services and activities to help you with your mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Barnet Council would like to know what you think about these services and activities. They want to gather as many different opinions and experiences as possible. This will help them make sure that the services they provide in the future are based on what our residents need.
Please let them know your thoughts by completing the short form below whether you have used the services or not. If you can, it would be great if you could pass this message and the form to family members and friends for them to complete as well.
Barnet Wellbeing Service Review (office.com)
The last day to share your thoughts is 31 August 2023.
Mental Health - Supporting My Teen (From Action for Children), Wednesday 16 August, 1.00 - 2.00pm
This online workshop has been designed to give parents some useful strategies and techniques to enable them to support their child to maintain healthy mental health and wellbeing.
Empowering Loved Ones [Free Webinar] (From Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Thursday 17 August, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Providing effective support to friends and family members with a mental health disorder is an essential part of the recovery journey. Discuss the complications of mental illness, the four dimensions of recovery, and how to develop a recovery plan with a licensed therapist.
Re-assess your Stress (From LifeLink), Tuesday 15 August, 10.00 - 11.30
Learn to understand the causes behind feelings of stress, worry and anxiety and strategies to manage feelings.
Watercolour Relax Painting (From Yara Lopes), Sunday 20 August, 7.00 - 8.00pm
Relax painting, also known as mindfulness or calming painting, is an art-based activity that can significantly benefit mental health .
Living Well with Chronic Conditions Workshop (From Community Health Care), Tuesday 15 August, 6.00 - 8.30pm
Free online workshop series for adults with chronic physical or mental health conditions, held via Zoom.
Journaling and Meditation Class (From Liberate Studio), Wednesday 16 August, 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.
Borough of Culture #OurBarnetCanvas (From LB Barnet)
Barnet Council has the ambition to be a borough of fun. To help achieve this, they’re developing a Culture Strategy and are aiming to be London Borough of Culture in 2027 – and that’s why they’re asking for five minutes of your time to share your ideas and suggestions.
Podcasts
See, Hear, Feel Podcast (From Professor Christine J Ko, MD)
Experts in psychology explain important concepts that will improve your ability to observe, listen, and manage emotions.
Just Listen | a mental health podcast (From Changing Minds)
Just Listen is a seven-part mental health podcast series by Rākau Roroa Tall Tree and NZME journalist, Juliette Sivertsen. The series explores how to support a person in serious and ongoing mental distress.
Articles
How does reading improve mental health in the elderly? (From Barchester)
The benefits of reading books can be seen at all ages, but keeping up the habit can be particularly important for the elderly.
How to Take Care of Your Mental Health on High-Pain Days or Weeks (From Creaky Joints)
Chronic pain demands coping mechanisms that go beyond simple phrases like "breathe deeply" or "just stay positive.
Read How to Take Care of Your Mental Health on High-Pain Days or Weeks
5 Tech-Driven Ways to Boost Mental Health With Exercise (From Make Use Of)
Exercise is crucial to your mental wellbeing, and you can use technology to help in several ways.
Read 5 Tech-Driven Ways to Boost Mental Health With Exercise
2 Profound Benefits Nature Can Have On Mental Health (From Psychology Today)
Here's how the great outdoors can also heal what's on the inside.
The kindness of acquaintances is important when recovering from a mental health crisis (From the Guardian)
The people closest to you bear the brunt of the trauma, but we chronically undervalue the support of those on the periphery
Read The kindness of acquaintances is important when recovering from a mental health crisis
Mark Cavendish hopes his documentary makes mental health issues more relatable (From News Chain)
Mark Cavendish wants to make mental health problems more relatable after opening up on his struggles with depression in a new documentary.
In ‘Mark Cavendish: Never Enough’, which launches on Netflix on August 2, the Manxman describes his battle with the Epstein-Barr virus and how a diagnosis of clinical depression left doctors worried about the prospect of self harm.
Read Mark Cavendish hopes his documentary makes mental health issues more relatable
Regular Events on the Web
Poetry Therapy (From Nation's Finest), Monday 14 August, 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.
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 15 August, 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 17 August, 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 12 September, 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 21 August, 5.30pm
A free, international safe space to vent and grow with people who understand and accept you.
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
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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