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Local Update, 17 March 2025
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.
Please note there will be no newsletter next week due to staff annual leave. The next issue will be on Monday 31 March
Events and news from the web
Barnet Service User and Carer Forum
Date: 20th March 2025, runs on the third Thursday of every month
Time: 14:00 –15:30
Topic: Barnet Adult Psychology Services & CEN Pathway, service updates
Speakers: Vivienne Smith, Clinical Psychologist & Deputy Manager, Adult Psychology Service and Jennifer Bourne, Nurse Specialist Therapies Practitioner & Deputy Manager, CEN Pathway
Barnet North London Foundation Trust want's to hear what you have to say about our Adult Mental Health services, your feedback is valued.
The purpose of Barnet Forum is to encourage and promotes service users and carers to work alongside staff with the aim of improving our services.
They have different speakers arranged each month, and encourage Forum attendees to attend and chat about other topics that would be of interest to them.
They also share useful information about different community events and other relevant information around what is happening within 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#
Barnet Forum Contacts
Jessica Lashko, Ella Goldberg, or Ioanna Xenophontes
[email protected]
An open discussion on black mental health (webinar from Teakisi), Tuesday 18 March, 10.00am - 12.00pm
Mental health affects us all, but Black communities often face unique challenges - whether it’s stigma, access to care and more.
Money, identity and mental health in comms (webinar from State of Us), Wednesday 19 March, 1.00 - 2.00pm
Discussing the challenges of entering the PR and comms industry when you come from a socio-economically disadvantaged background.
Mental health & addiction in the construction industry (webinar from CIBSE Home Counties South East), Wednesday 19 March, 6.30 - 8.00pm
In this webinar, they will consider:
What are the causes of mental health and addiction?
What is good mental health?
What is burnout?
How can we overcome adversity?
What are the roles and responsibilities?
How can we manage stress?
What solution based methods are there to help?
Remote work and mental wellness: tips for thriving in a virtual environment (webinar from Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Thursday 20 March, 3.00 - 4.00pm
Workplace culture is evolving. Remote work promotes inclusivity and has proven to be a benefit to many, though there are potential negative effects – loneliness, lack of clear boundaries, stress, and burnout can worsen mental health. Explore the psychological advantages and challenges of remote work and learn how to maximize focus, productivity, and well-being.
Book Remote work and mental wellness: tips for thriving in a virtual environment
Building an equitable approach to mental well-being (online event from The International Centre for Sustainability), Wednesday 19 March, 10.30 - 11.30am
A conversation with Prof. Rina Arya and Sarah Hughes, CEO of Mind, on mental health challenges in a post-Covid environment.
Rainbow Mind's radical self-care workshops for activists (LGBTQIA+ BAPOC) (virtual workshop from Ranbow Mind), Wednesday 26 March, 2.00 - 4.00pm
Are you an LGBTQIA+ BAPOC (Black, Asian, Person of Colour) or racialised activist based in Europe? Join this online event to explore our shared connection and how we can take care of ourselves and each other with mindfulness.
Book Rainbow Mind's radical self-care workshops for activists (LGBTQIA+ BAPOC)
Women's mental health - for women with women (online workshop from C&D Learning Solutions Ltd), Saturday 22 March, 9.00 - 10.00am
Come along and join like minded women interested in their mental health and wellbeing and together explore what can impact wellbeing and how we can work with it.
Got a relevant event to share in this newsletter?
Let us know by emailing the details to [email protected]
Podcasts
Podcast: Hope starts with us: what employees need for their mental health (from nami)
Discussing stigma surrounding mental health at work, and how employers can best support their workforce.
Listen to Podcast: Hope starts with us: what employees need for their mental health
The pulse podcast (from NPR)
Exploring unexpected corners of the health and science world each week.
Articles
Cultivating happiness: a scientific approach to a fulfilling life (from Avenue Mail)
Happiness is more than a fleeting feeling; it’s the bedrock of a good life and a thriving society. While “happiness” and “well-being” are often used interchangeably, understanding what truly makes us happy is key to living well.
Read Cultivating happiness: a scientific approach to a fulfilling life
The future of your mental health on artificial intelligence (from Psychology Today)
How AI impacts our mental health and what we can do about it.
Read The future of your mental health on artificial intelligence
Making workplaces healthier: ideas and innovations for a better work environment (from Mental Health First Aid)
Mental wellbeing is more important than ever for keeping employees engaged, productive and happy at work. As workplaces evolve, it’s clear that understanding and supporting mental health is key to success.
Read Making workplaces healthier: ideas and innovations for a better work environment
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.
International wellbeing support group (From Rain on Me), Monday 17 March, 6.00pm
A free, international safe space to vent and grow with people who understand and accept you.
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: http://www.barnetdepressionalliance.org/
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+.
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.
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.
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
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
- 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
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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