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Local Update, 16 May 2022
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
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
Inspirational Quotes and Mental Health
My latest blog in which I look at how inspirational quotes, many of which are freely available online, might help one feel better and take on a more positive outlook.
Job vacancy – Peer Communications & Engagement Officer
Are you great at connecting with people? Are you looking for a great opportunity to showcase and develop your writing and engagement skills? If you have lived experience of disability, which could include a long-term health or mental health condition, then you could really thrive at our inclusive organisation.
We are looking to recruit a Peer Communications and Engagement Officer role to work closely with our Comms Lead to help bring a fresh energy and greater capacity into our comms team.
Events from the Web
Young People, Co-production, Creativity & Mental Health Services Webinar Tuesday 17 May, 10.00 - 11.30am (From National Centre for Creative Health)
An online event to discuss how co-production and creativity with young people can influence mental health service design and delivery.
The psychedelic effect of art & why we should harness it for mental health, Monday 16 May, 6.00 - 7.30pm (From Barts Psychiatry Society)
Join BL Psychiatry society for a talk by Dr Maria Grazia Turri . She will explore the psychedelic effect of the arts and why we should harness it for mental health.
Improve Your Happiness, Confidence & Resilience, Wednesday 18 May, 7.30 - 8.30 (From Natalie Read)
Free 1 hour mental health seminar brought to you by counsellor, coach and author Natalie Read
Talk for Health Taster: Learn to Talk for a Fit Mind, Wednesday 18 May, 11.00am - 1.00pm (From Talk for Health)
The Taster will give you a chance to experience some of the four key learning areas of the Talk for Health full programme:
Open and truthful talking
Empathic listening
Basic counselling skills
How to set up an ongoing group to take care of your own wellbeing and enable others to do so
Come Back Punching - understanding depression and how to to fight it, Tuesday 17 May, 7.00 - 8.00pm (From Matthew Williams)
In this free 1 hour session you will:
1) size up the opponent and get a better understanding of what depression is and how it affects you
2) identify ways that you can fight your way back off the ropes and knock out depression, so that you can get your life back and feel like you again.
Online mental health and wellbeing workshops available to all adults anywhere
Podcasts
Me, Myself, & Isla Podcast - Lifting the Lid on Loneliness (From Isla Stewart)
Isla talking to people who are comfortable speaking about times in their life when they have felt lonely, and what they did or are doing to find a way through.
Mentally Yours Podcast (From Metro)
Ellen Scott and Yvette Caster chat to people who have lived with mental illness, from shop workers to celebrities, to educate, empathise and challenge stigma.
‘What Happens Next?’ (podcast) : Are We Lonelier Than Ever? (From Monash University)
In an age of digital connection, why is humanity feeling more lonely than ever? What are the modern roots of loneliness? What are its hidden costs? And can we address the issue without upending society as we know it?
Articles
10 Ways To Improve Your Mental Health At Work (From Forbes.com)
The pandemic, inflation, political unrest and numerous other stressors have made mental health at work a top priority.
Huw Edwards: colleague told me BBC ‘doesn’t want a nutter reading the news’ (From The Guardian)
Newsreader recalls mixed reactions at the broadcaster after he told them he had depression
Standup comedy course for men at risk of suicide wins NHS funding (From The Guardian)
Comedy On Referral will help vulnerable adults in London after successful course in Bristol for trauma survivors
How to start conversations on mental health with someone you’re worried about (From Metro)
Mental Health Awareness week is upon us, so it’s a good time to ask: is there anyone I’m worried about?
Ben Stokes aims to encourage mental health conversation as England captain (From Yahoo! News)
Ben Stokes says he will utilise his personal psychiatrist to help deal with the pressures of England captaincy and allow him to continue being a confidant to his teammates.
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
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
- 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
- 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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