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Local Update, 6 January 2025

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 My mental health - empowerment and self-advocacy (online workshop from Mid West Aries), Wednesday 8 January, 10.00am - 12.00pm

In this workshop they will explore what empowerment means discuss what we can do to empower ourselves. They will also explore what advocacy means and discuss and share ways we can prepare to advocate for ourselves.

Book My mental health - empowerment and self-advocacy [[link removed]]

Smile with chronic illness! Mid-morning session (online drop-in from Rogue Debby CIC), Tuesday 7 January, 10.30 - 11.30am

Online Peer-Support drop in, for people living with the mental and physical symptoms of chronic illness.

Book Smile with chronic illness! Mid-morning session [[link removed]]

Mindsnaps online (webinar from Steve Rose), Wednesday 8 January, 7.00pm

Mindsnaps strives to bring mindful photography into people’s everyday lives with a goal to educate about mental health and making mental wellness discussions easier and more accessible.

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Motivation and decisions: how neuroscience and psychology shape our choices (webinar from Dr. Sajid), Wednesday 8 January, 6.30 - 8.30pm

An engaging course/webinar exploring the neuroscience and psychology of motivation, with a focus on Decision making.

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Mindfulness and breathwork for people with MS (online session from Regina Beach), daily Monday - Thursday, 12.30 - 1.00pm

A 30-minute meditation, gentle movement, and breathwork session for people with Multiple Sclerosis and related conditions

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Podcasts Podcast: Professor Frédéric Gachon: The impact of light on our physical and mental health (from Joy)

Light isn’t just about what we see—it’s about how we feel, sleep, and thrive. Listen about how light impacts our physical and mental health, from regulating our circadian rhythms to boosting our mood and energy.

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Podcast: ZOE Science & Nutrition (from ZOE)

The latest health, nutrition and gut health research

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Articles The gift of hope: tap into its transformative power (from Psychology Today)

Hope is a skill that can be learned, practiced, and strengthened over time.

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Lily Allen opens up about mental health struggles as she admits she’s stopped eating (from the Independent)

‘I’m not really in a great place mentally at the moment,’ the singer said

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Meta-analysis finds 10-minute nature exposure boosts mental health (from MSN)

"Nature exposure, even as little as 10 minutes, is likely to yield short-term benefits for adults with mental illness: A meta analysis," showed significant, moderate effect sizes for all studies, and smaller, but significant, effect sizes for studies with control groups.

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One Good Thing: why it’s time to commit to healing your inner child (from Stylist)

Healing your inner child is transformative because it reveals the underlying reasons you are the way you are as an adult.

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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.

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Music To remember (online event from Music Heals Minds), Tuesday 7 January, 7.00pm

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

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International wellbeing support group (From Rain on Me), Monday 6 January, 5.30pm

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

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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+.

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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

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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

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Barnet Carers

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

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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.

Fortnightly meetings will now be held at Friern Barnet Community Library,

Friern Barnet Road, N11 3DS.

Bus routes 221, 382 & 43 stop nearby.

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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