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Local Update, 13 December 2021

Barnet Voice for Mental Health [[link removed]]

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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 Events and News

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Barnet Enfield and Haringey MH Trust have been working for the last 4 years with Inclusion Barnet to put person centred care at the heart of what they do. Inclusion Barnet have helped BEH develop their Recovery Strategy by coproducing it with people who use services. This is the first ever Recovery Strategy for the Trust.

We’re helping the Trust launch the Recovery Strategy and Programme of work next year and we need YOU to tell us what Recovery means to you. We want ideas for logos and straplines, and for the Trust to hear your views. There will be prizes for a large selection of artists on the shortlist and the chance for the winner to work with a professional designer to create the finished logo. For more details please see the Enablement pages on the Trust website and the poster above.

Other Events and News Barnet Service User and Carer Forum

Date: 16th December 2021

Runs on the third Thursday of every month

Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Topic: Trauma Informed Care – how it will change community services

Barnet Mental Health services want to hear what you have to say about Adult Mental Health services. We are setting up a regular forum and need you to get involved to feedback your experiences and share your ideas. The forum encourages and promotes service users and carers working alongside staff to coproduce services.

Venue: 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 [[link removed]]

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 virtual forum.

How to cope with grief and support someone in grief, Thursday 16 December, 5.00 - 6.00pm

In the webinar, you will be provided with tips on how you can support yourself and others facing grief in your personal & professional life.

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The following online workshops are available to all adults anywhere. Mental Wellbeing group by Barnet Carers, Monday 13 December, 4.00 - 5.00pm

The focus for this week will address the struggles and rewards of being a carer.

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An Intro to Journaling & Meditation, Tuesday 14 December, 2.00 - 3.00pm

Free workshop looking at Journaling & Meditation, and the benefits for Mental Health & Wellbeing.

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Podcasts COVID-19 and mental health: where do we go from here?

Recent studies in the US and UK have shown a huge increase in the number of adults who have experienced symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder over pre-pandemic figures.

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The Calmer You Podcast

The Calmer You Podcast is about helping you to heal anxiety, quiet the inner critic and live a more expansive life of calm and confidence.

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Chadwick: why I broke my silence over TV bullies

Luke Chadwick's breakthrough into Manchester United's first team as a talented teenage winger in the early 2000s brought with it some demons that were only exorcised last year, two decades later.

Read and Listen [[link removed]]

Articles Woodland walks save UK £185m a year in mental health costs, report finds

Researchers say conservative estimate shows importance of wooded areas to wellbeing, with street trees also beneficial

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Gratitude and optimism may improve your physical, mental health

Be thankful for what you have—it might improve your physical and mental health, according to a new global study that uses cell phone data.

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Regular Events in Barnet 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

Mind & Mood Support Group has returned to face to face meetings at 55 Christchurch Avenue, London N12 0DG. To enquire about becoming a new member, please contact either Peter or Sandra below.

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.

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

The Help Hub [[link removed]] - free online emotional support sessions 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 Turn2Me [[link removed]] - free online Support Groups Useful links from Sussex University [[link removed]] - 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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