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Local Update, 4 July 2022
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
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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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Events and News from the Web
Mental Health Online: Seeking Help for Mental Health (From Ajuda), Thursday 7 July, 10.00am - 12.00pm
Learn ways of finding support services for mental health problems and begin the healing journey.
Mental health and wellbeing plan: discussion paper and call for evidence (From Department of Health and Social Care), deadline 7 July
This discussion paper and call for evidence seek views on what we can do to improve everyone’s mental health and wellbeing.
Hub Connections Returns Face-to-Face: Relearning Healthy Habits (From Community Barnet)
Hub Connections is back with its first face-to-face event in two and a half years - 'Relearning Healthy Habits; Looking After Yourself.'
The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns profoundly affected our way of living - less exercise, more comfort eating and an increase in alcohol sales - it's unsurprising that we may have slipped from our usual healthy habits.
This legacy persists for many, so Hub Connections have invited experts from a wide range of organisations who will guide us through the building blocks to returning to our healthier selves.
It is a packed afternoon of presentations and activities, including a demonstration on cooking healthy meals on a budget, using leftovers creatively, yoga, Zumba and more.
There will be a return to networking, community stalls, and of course, food and refreshments will be on offer.
As usual, you will hear updates from the Barnet Wellbeing Service and partners.
Thursday, July 14th, 1:00-3:30 PM,
The Meritage Centre, Church End, London NW4 4JT
Sign up here - https://member.communitybarnet.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=386&noFullMsg=true
Towards a racially responsive approach to young people's mental health (From UK Youth), Thursday 7 July, 12.30 - 1.30pm
Join Kadra Abinasir from the Centre for Mental Health for an overview of the evidence on the impact of racial inequalities on children and young people's mental health and the responses from a national and local perspective. The session will distil key learnings and practical insights from innovative programmes such as Young Changemakers and Shifting the Dial.
Report Launch: LGBTQ+ Youth & Mental Health (From the Kite Trust), Monday 4 July, 4.00pm
LGBTQ+ young people experience higher rates of mental illness and distress than their peers but are likely to be underrepresented in accessing mental health services. Researchers at The Kite Trust have spent the last year exploring the factors that help and hinder LGBTQ+ young people in accessing the mental health support they need, when they need it, and to make recommendations on how this might be improved. This event is a chance to come and hear key findings from the research.
Gender, Suicide, and Culture: a one day symposium (From University of Birmingham), Friday 8 July, 10.00am - 4.30pm
This one-day symposium seeks to engage with a range of interdisciplinary discussions on the link between gender, culture, and suicide. It aims to explore the ideas around gendered approaches to suicide, and how cultural frameworks and representations shape them.
The Rainbow Room: A young people's LGBTQ+ online space (for ages 17-24) (From Rainbow Mind), Thursday 7 July, 6.00 - 7.30pm
A fortnightly, young LGBTQ+ online space to connect, share and explore mental health and wellbeing.
Barnet Council Healthy Eating Videos
Working with Bread n Butter, Barnet Council have produced a range of videos on healthy eating. These videos include advice on store cupboard cooking, healthy eating on a budget and cooking for one. There are also videos providing useful advice on sugar and food labelling.
To accompany these videos is a series of recipe cards for you to make these foods at home yourself.
Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) Consultation
TFL are consulting on proposals to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone London-wide on 29 August 2023. They want to hear your views on the proposals. These proposals are part of the commitment by the Mayor of London and TfL to help improve air quality and public health, tackle the climate emergency and reduce traffic congestion across Greater London.
Online mental health and wellbeing workshops available to all adults anywhere
Making the invisible visible: Challenging stigma through research (From UCL, in person, Darwin Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6XA), Tuesday 5 July, 5.30 - 6.30pm
In her inaugural address, Prof. Scior will talk about her research and the work of the UCL Unit for Stigma Research (UCLUS), which seeks to advance an understanding of stigma and how to challenge it through evidence based intervention.
Disability Rights UK campaigning conference: 28 July
Disabled people are finding it tougher than ever to have our voices heard. Many of us feel ignored or left out of the conversation. But we know that through difficult times, Disabled people always show resilience and drive, to continue campaigning for equality and inclusion.
To mark the tenth anniversary of Disability Rights UK and to celebrate the collective power of the disability movement, we are holding an online campaigning conference on Thursday 28th of July 2022 offering a range of masterclasses and workshops to support our joint efforts to campaign for equality and inclusion.
Masterclasses will include sessions on using the law, improving communication messaging and social media skills. Workshop topics will include social care charging, the cost of living crisis, employment and Disability Hate Crime.
The conference is a chance to share our experiences, learn new skills, build on successful campaigning methods and develop campaign plans and networks.
Look out for more information on the Conference and register for the Conference online.
Podcasts
Inside Bipolar Podcast: Should you Disclose Bipolar to Your Friends and Colleagues? (From PsychCentral)
When you have bipolar disorder, making new friends can be complicated. For example, when do you tell them about your diagnosis? Do you even need to tell them at all? How can you manage your feelings if they react poorly to the information?
The psychiatrists who don’t believe in mental illness – Audio Long Reads (From New Statesman)
As rates of diagnosis rise, a fierce debate rages in psychiatry. Are we experiencing a parallel pandemic or responding rationally to a traumatic world?
Articles
Sajid Javid tells of heartache over brother’s suicide (From the Guardian)
Health secretary urges men to discuss mental health and to ‘seek help’ when they need to
Get Out and Get Moving: Exercise for Mental Health (From Psychology Today)
Exercise remains underappreciated for mental health concerns.
Frankie Bridge reveals controversial treatment she considered for depression (From Hello!)
Speaking on the Should I Delete That? podcast, Frankie shared that she takes medication for her depression, but has toyed with the idea of trying out newer treatments, such as microdosing ketamine, which she said she would "love to try."
Long Covid 2: supporting the mental and physical needs of patients (From Nursing Times)
Long Covid affects patients physically and mentally, requiring an integrated approach to care.
Holidays ‘could help boost wellbeing of mental health and dementia patients’ (From the Independent)
We’ve heard of music and art therapy, but now ‘travel therapy’ could change how we view the tourism industry
We’ve Gone From One Negative News Cycle to Another — Why That’s So Triggering (From Everyday Health)
Here’s how experts say you can take care of yourself if upsetting news headlines have you feeling sad, worried, angry, or retraumatized.
Men urged to talk about mental health to prevent suicide (From Department of Health and Social Care)
Health and Social Care Secretary set out actions being taken to prevent suicides in a speech at the suicide prevention charity Papyrus’s headquarters in London.
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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