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Local Update, 14 February 2022

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 Events and News User Voice

We have hit pause on sharing the very impactful video produced to showcase people’s experiences of mental health services until we have given Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust the right to reply in light of the transformation work they are doing at present. We’re looking forward to publishing this soon, with huge thanks to everyone who contributed.

The User Voice team are now offering FREE disability awareness training to local voluntary sector organisations and community groups. If you know of someone who might be interested, please get in touch with Eve at [[email protected]] or on 07719 105 107.

Other Events and News Barnet Service User and Carer Forum

Date: 17th February 2022

Runs on the third Thursday of every month

Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Topic: Boost – employment and benefit advice service

Speaker: Andrew Potter

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.

Sports and Mental Health: What's the link? Thursday 17 February, 3.30 - 4.30pm

Foundation for Positive Mental Health, Phil Packer MBE, & World Record holder Josh Quigley discuss the links between sport & mental health

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Taking Control of Your Mental Health in the 21st Century, Friday 18 February, 3.30 - 5.30pm

With a lot of changes happening in today’s world especially within our environment and even in the business space, it takes focused effort to maintain one’s mental health and relate normally with other individuals. This is a monthly interactive session created to tackle pressing topics in the society.

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A Look At Mental Health in the Black Community, Wednesday 16 February, 4.00 - 4.50pm

Panelists Robert Bailey, a mental health clinician, and Regina Renaye, founder of Mindful + Melanated, will lead a discussion on mental health issues in the black community. Robert Bailey will offer a clinician’s thoughts on the barriers to access of care that Black males may face and what they can do to overcome such barriers. Regina Renaye will share the obstacles she faced as a patient seeking a mental health provider and how her search was the catalyst for creating her organization Mindful + Melanated which offers peer support and access to culturally competent mental wellness resources, providers, and programs.

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SURE for Mental Health - Eating Disorders Awareness, Friday 18 February, 10.00am - 12.00pm

Eating Disorders are a group of serious mental health issues that can impact not just the mind, but your health and ability to function, too. It is an issue that can affect people of any gender, or age and can result in long term consequences. This webinar provides an overview of the main types of eating disorders, the signs and symptoms to look for, treatment options and considers self help and support.

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Events, classes and information from Age UK Barnet for over 55s

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Online mental health and wellbeing workshops available to all adults anywhere

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Podcasts Let's Talk About Mental Health

A weekly podcast full of practical ideas for better mental health

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Psychology in 10 Minutes

Find out something new about psychology while you sip your morning coffee.

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Articles A million UK adults who had problems with their mental health for the first time during the pandemic have not spoken to anyone about it

One in four UK adults surveyed (25 per cent) who have experienced a worsening of their mental health for the first time during the pandemic have yet to have a first conversation about it – equivalent to around one million people – according to research

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Prince Harry has to meditate 'every single day' to maintain mental health

The duke also admits he has "experienced burnout" and was "literally getting to the very end of everything that I had" in a live stream hosted by the mental health company he works for.

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How Self-Care May Improve Your Mental Health

New research explains the relationship between self-care and depression.

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A Clean and Tidy Home Can Boost Your Mental Health—Here's Where to Start

Take small steps toward a cleaner home and improved well-being

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Don't Jealous Me on raising awareness about mental health

You might know Tolu Ogunmefun as the YouTuber and TikTok star Don't Jealous Me or by his nickname T.Boy.

Or maybe it's Nate, the best friend of reformed drug dealer Mobeen Deen in the BBC Three comedy Man Like Mobeen.

But what you probably didn't know was that while he was filming the first series of that show, he felt like he was "about to die", due to mental health struggles.

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‘Clients say it feels like we’ve always known each other’: the mental health experts who believe their autism has turbocharged their work

Therapists, psychologists and nurses who are autistic say it has made them better at their jobs, but that misconceptions about the condition are forcing them to keep their diagnosis a secret

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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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