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Local Update, 9 December 2024

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.

Inclusion Barnet news and events

We’ve seen strong reactions from Disabled individuals and organisations about the Channel 4 Dispatches programme aired earlier this week.

We joined with our Campaign for Disability Justice and the Disability Benefits Consortium to call on Channel 4 to address our concerns and make corrections in a follow up programme.

If you have seen the programme and share our concerns, you can write to them directly via this link: Ofcom Complaints [[link removed]]

Read our open letter to Ofcom [[link removed]]

Events and news from the web Changing perceptions of mental health in Ukraine (webinar from FHI 360), Wednesday 11 December, 2.00 - 3.15pm

Join FHI 360 to discuss how best to address mental health stigma in Ukraine with a panel of both international and local experts.

Book Changing perceptions of mental health in Ukraine [[link removed]]

The Exchange - A workplace mental health network (online network from People First), Thursday 12 December, 4.00 - 5.00pm

A network supporting Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA), Mental Health Champions and Wellbeing Champions

Book The Exchange - A workplace mental health network [[link removed]]

Journaling for wellbeing (webinar from Mid West Aries), Tuesday 10 December, 2.00 - 4.00pm

Discover different ways to journal so you can find what works best for you.

Learn tips and techniques to get you started and keep you motivated.

Begin a journaling planner with prompts to help you tell your story.

Book Journaling for wellbeing [[link removed]]

Finding a way through: managing mental health issues (online session from Doctors in Distress), Tuesday 10 December, 12.30 - 1.30pm

3 sessions led by a nurse who has lived experience of mental illness. They will share their experiences and there will be a chance to talk with the wider group and ask questions.

Book Finding a way through: managing mental health issues [[link removed]]

How to normalise mental health conversations in the workplace (webinar from See Me), Thursday 12 December 9.30 - 11.00am

Learn about the importance of normalising mental health conversations at work, and how the Time to Talk Day campaign can help achieve this.

Book How to normalise mental health conversations in the workplace [[link removed]]

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Podcasts Podcast: Minding my own mind (from Michelle)

Minding my own mind promotes conversations and dialogues about mental health

Listen to Podcast: Minding my own mind [[link removed]]

Podcast: Diagnosing politicians? Why mental health experts refuse (from Psych Central)

Host Gabe Howard and guest Rachael Beairsto dive into the history of the 1964 Goldwater Rule, which prohibits mental health experts from publicly diagnosing public figures without firsthand evaluation.

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Articles Picking up litter can boost mental health, Southern Cross University study finds (from ABC News)

A study has found a link between picking up litter and mental wellbeing.

Dr Royce Willis from Southern Cross University says it helps people counter feelings of eco-anxiety.

Read Picking up litter can boost mental health, Southern Cross University study finds [[link removed]]

Cultivating gratitude boosts family wellbeing, experts say (from Contemporary Pediatrics)

Practicing gratitude boosts wellbeing, improves sleep, and reduces stress. Parents can foster it daily by modeling gratitude, helping others, and reflecting on positives.

Read Cultivating gratitude boosts family wellbeing, experts say [[link removed]]

The journey of SPOKE: music as mental healthcare (from We the sound)

Clinical data, academic research, and mindfulness drive most mental health tools, and there is no disputing their importance. Still, only some solutions connect with people's cultures and emotional experiences. Music has this power; it can spread positive stories (and clinical tools) and help shape society.

Read The journey of SPOKE: music as mental healthcare [[link removed]]

Set limits, find positives to minimize social media harm to kids (from American Medical Association)

Social media platforms are used by nearly everyone. So, experts say, when it comes to protecting children from their damaging effects, parents and pediatricians should tackle the topic early and often.

Read Set limits, find positives to minimize social media harm to kids [[link removed]]

Regular Events on the Web 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]]

Music To remember (online event from Music Heals Minds), Tuesday 10 December, 7.00pm

These weekly virtual recitals with Nandani “Nani” Sinha and guests stimulate remembrance and gently invite reflection through familiar and bellowed songs.

Book Music To remember [[link removed]]

International wellbeing support group (From Rain on Me), Monday 16 December, 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 Barnet Depression Alliance Peer Support Group

A local self-help group for people suffering from depression or depression with anxiety.

Meets twice a month – on a Tuesday evening in North Finchley and on a Monday evening online via Zoom. The group also runs social events throughout the year.

Address: North Finchley

Phone: 0754 118 7907

Email: [[email protected]]

Website: [[link removed]]

For more details of times and venue please telephone or email

Sanctuary in Barnet (from Mind in Enfield and Barnet)

Sanctuary in Barnet is a short-term crisis intervention and prevention service. They are open every day of the year, 4:30pm-10pm weekdays and 12-6pm weekends. They act as an A&E and Emergency services alternative, providing support to individuals in the Barnet Borough aged 18+.

More information on Sanctuary in Barnet [[link removed]]

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.

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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

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

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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