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Local Update, 28 June 2021
Have you completed our survey on Barnet Mental Health services yet?
Inclusion Barnet are preparing a paper on people's experiences of mental health services in Barnet, & particularly on what happens when services close. We’d love to hear your views on this topic.
Join Inclusion Barnet's Co-Produced Steering Committee
Do you, or does someone you know, currently use Barnet Social Care services? If so please share this information about Inclusion Barnet's new project "The Co-Produced Support Project". They are looking for volunteers to join their steering group as part of their peer led research, policy and campaigning project focused on improving Barnet adult social care.
For more information visit their website page The Co-Produced Support Project or contact the project lead, Banos Alexandrou 07719 105247 or email him at [email protected]
Free Online Mental Wellbeing Support Sessions, every Friday, 10.30am - 12.30pm and 6.00 - 8.00pm
Meet like-minded people, build confidence and share ideas. It's an opportunity to check in with yourself, speak about things you've been struggling with in a space where you'll be understood and supported, and hopefully come away with some new self-care tools.
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Hear Us Mental Health Open Forum - July, Tuesday 6th July, 1.00 - 3.15pm
Hear Us Mental Health Open Forum enables service users to have a constructive voice in the commissioning and design of services
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Hendon Hub Public Consultation
There are currently plans to redevelop a large area of Hendon, and this area includes the site of the Meritage Centre.
A wellbeing centre similar in scope to the existing Meritage Centre is important to be preserved for the area and for the wider Barnet Community.
Please see below a link to the Hendon Redevelopment site with details about the virtual Public Consultation sessions that the council have and will be holding.
The following online workshops are available to all adults anywhere.
Mind and Mood Support Group
Mind & Mood Support Group celebrated its sixth birthday on 6th January 2021.
During the Covid 19 crisis, we have been running our mental health support group via Zoom.
We are interested in setting up a group for new members via Zoom during this uncertain time. For further information, please contact
Peter Sartori e: [email protected]
Sandra Turner e:[email protected]
Both Peter Sartori and Sandra Turner have extensive experience of the mental health system.
We are an independent support group, run by ex service users, for service users, their carers and supporters.
Spark and Co. x Inside Out Wellbeing: Your Mental Health During Covid-19, Wednesday 7th July, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Spark and Co. are excited to partner with Inside Out Wellbeing to bring you this workshop series on navigating your mental health during (and after!) Covid-19. The pandemic has affected all of our lives in many ways - from lockdowns and not being able to see loved ones, to fears and anxieties about the future. Inside Out Wellbeing is a social enterprise committed to helping people improve their mental health and wellbeing. They believe everyone should have access to mental health education, no matter what stage of the journey they are at. Using psychology, education and creativity, they educate, engage and entertain.
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About Inclusion Barnet
www.inclusionbarnet.org.uk
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).
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
- Turn2Me - free online Support Groups
- 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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