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Local Update, 28 November 2022
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
020 3475 1314
[email protected]
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.
Please note there will be no newsletter next week due to staff annual leave. The next issue will be on Monday 12 December.
Inclusion Barnet Events and News
Inclusion Barnet AGM 2022
You’re invited to our Annual General Meeting!
Date: Thursday 15th December 2022
Venue: Inclusion Barnet offices or online via Zoom
Time: 1.30 pm to 3pm
Plus festive refreshments and social time from 3pm to 3.30pm
Please email us or call us on 020 3475 1314 to reserve a place or request the Zoom link. If you are unable to access phone or email you can text us on 07719 105 534 to book.
This is a great opportunity to come and meet some of our staff and Trustees. Two of our staff will also be doing short presentations on the work they’ve been doing around Benefits advice and Healthy Heart support in the Carribean, African and South Asian communities in Barnet.
If you can’t make it to our office, you can still join the meeting via Zoom, though I am afraid we won’t be able to post you a mince pie!
Job vacancy – Head of Peer Services (peer role)
Part-time: 28 hrs per week, contract until 31st March 2025, extendable subject to funding
Location: NW9, London (Hybrid)
Salary: £43,000 per year pro rata, actual salary £34,400
Closing date: 1 December 2022, 23:59
This is an amazing opportunity for someone with lived experience of disability (which could include experience of mental health issues or a long-term condition) to lead on our Peer Services function. This is really varied and interesting role, where time will be split between supporting our service manager, developing and delivering training, advising on co-production, and leading practitioner meetings around related topics, including safeguarding.
More information on Job vacancy – Head of Peer Services (peer role)
Events and News from the Web
Mental Health in the Workplace – Understanding the Impact of Trauma (From Breathe UK), Wednesday 30 November, 10.00 - 11.00am
The last two years have been challenging, as we’ve faced Covid, the cost of living crisis, racial violence, political upheaval, environmental disasters, war, and more.
There are many ways that trauma, adversity and distress show up in people’s lives. Acknowledging what somebody is experiencing helps to better support them and find solutions together to move forward.
Here’s what you can learn
• The importance of a psychosocially healthy culture and good relationships in the workplace
• What does being a trauma-informed organisation mean and why is this important
• Recognising the effect of traumatic experiences on mental health and how often people's thoughts behaviours and feelings can be understandable coping strategies for dealing with what life throws at us
• How to have safe and productive conversations about trauma, distress and mental health.
Book Mental Health in the Workplace – Understanding the Impact of Trauma
Weekly online social group from Mind in Enfield and Barnet, Fridays from 6.00 - 7.00pm
This group takes place by Zoom, and the session is broken up into a few casual activities such as:
Catch up about each other’s week
Play a quiz where everybody provides 3 questions
Share and discuss TV, movies and news that has inspired us this week
If you would like to attend, please email Sam Brown at [email protected]
From academia to action: How do we turn mental health research into policy? (From Mental Health Research Matters), Thursday 1 December, 5.30 - 7.00pm
In order to be effective, mental health research must influence change. But how does mental health research inform and change policy?
Book From academia to action: How do we turn mental health research into policy?
Online mental health and wellbeing workshops available to all adults anywhere from Mid West Aries
Book Mid West Aries online mental health and wellbeing workshops
How to prioritise self-care when working in music (From Help Musicians), Monday 28 November, 11.00am - 12.00pm and fortnightly after that.
While a career in music can be fun and rewarding, it can also create difficult conditions in which to look after your mental wellbeing. Long periods spent away from home, lifestyle factors, irregular work, financial difficulties, isolating work conditions, and lack of routine all have the potential to exacerbate any struggles you may already be experiencing. These situations can have a very real impact on your ability to fully engage with and to enjoy what you do. Developing coping strategies to overcome these difficult moments will help you keep alive your love for your profession, allowing you to enjoy more fully the amazing parts of working in music and make the most of your career in the long term.
Singing For Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing (From Crawley Mindfulness Centre), Wednesdays 6.00 - 7.00pm
An hour of singing for the soul. Victoria will share with you some short, simple but deeply nourishing or uplifting songs that will go in easily, no matter what your experience. Attendees are muted for the songs which means you can sing out loud without any inhibition! And even ad lib over the top if you want! Attendees can also keep videos off if preferable.
Understanding Acute Mental Health Services for Families, Carers, Supporters (From Mid West Aries), Tuesday 29 November, 2.00 - 4.00pm
This workshop is specifically created for families, carers and supporters with a loved one who has experienced or is experiencing acute mental health challenges. It is to give a greater understanding of the Acute Mental Health Services. In particular:
How admission to an Acute Psychiatric Unit works.
The different members of the Care Team and their roles.
The jargon or terms you may hear.
What supports are available to you and your loved one.
How to support your own mental health and wellbeing.
Book Understanding Acute Mental Health Services for Families, Carers, Supporters
Free Webinar: A Conversation Around Men's Mental Health (From Mid West Aries), Wednesday 30 November, 2.00 - 3.00pm
What is men's mental health and is it different? Do men find it difficult to talk about their mental health? What are the challenges in asking for help or support?
Book Free Webinar: A Conversation Around Men's Mental Health
Insight into Creative Psychotherapy (Expressing Emotions Creatively) (From Crawley Mindfulness Centre), Monday 28 November, 6.00 - 7.00pm
A chance to express yourself creatively, using creative therapeutic techniques and exercises facilitated by Dramatherapist Emma-Jo. These classes provide insight into ways you can include creativity in your life to help process emotions, trauma, to aid healing, stress, anxiety, feeling overwhelmed and more, within creative methods to aid safety. Guided meditations will be used throughout and a chance to check in with yourself, providing a space to just 'be' in a world where we are constantly having to 'do'.
Social media: Connecting us or creating distance? (From Charlie Waller Trust), Monday 28 November, 6.00 - 8.00pm
Teens spend more time on social media than ever before. But how is this affecting them? What’s the impact on their mental health?
Addictive Eaters Anonymous online meetings, Thursdays 6.30 - 7.30am and Fridays 7.00 - 8.00pm
Addictive Eaters Anonymous (AEA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from addictive eating.
AEA has members who have suffered from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating. Many have been underweight, overweight or obese; others were people of average weight yet suffered with an obsession with food. Members may have used exercise and other substances to try and control their weight. Before coming to AEA, members found that they were powerless over food, and unable to stop the food obsession.
PeerFest22: A celebration of Peer Support (From Mind), Thursday 8 December, 11.00am - 9.00pm, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL
Mind's annual celebration of peer support and mental wellbeing.
Positive Wellbeing, Feel like you again (From Creative Minds), Thursday 1 December, 2.00 - 3.00pm
Understand the importance good mental health and wellbeing. Take away tips on how you can improve your own mental health and wellbeing.
Journaling for well-being (From Gemma Brown Coaching), Monday 5 December, 8.30 - 9.00am
A free workshop community to inspire you on your journaling journey - join for new techniques and monthly themed prompts
The Rainbow Room: A young people's LGBTQ+ online space (for ages 17-24) (From Rainbow Mind), Thursday 8 December, 6.00 - 7.30pm
A fortnightly, young LGBTQ+ online space to connect, share and explore mental health and wellbeing.
The Cost of Living and Anxiety (From Creative Minds), Wednesday 30 November, 3.00 - 4.00pm
There is so much uncertainty around us, it can make us feel unwell and maybe even a little vulnerable.
The cost of living is constantly rising and this alone can cause unwanted and unhelpful thoughts.
* Learn what anxiety is and how to identify symptoms and triggers.
* Learn different strategies to help you manage your wellbeing and situation more effectively.
* Learn where there is help if you need to reach out
Understanding Anxiety (From Stratus Coaching), Wednesday 30 November, 9.30 - 10.00am
This interactive webinar is on understanding Anxiety and will look at:
Understanding anxiety
Common signs and symptoms
Mitigating anxiety
How can leaders/managers support people
BAPAM's P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E. Series: N is for Nutrition with Lucy Swain (From British Association for Performing Arts Medicine), Tuesday 29 November, 3.00 - 4.15pm
This workshop will be looking at:
What is a healthy diet?
How nutrition impacts performance
Is healthy eating possible when on tour?
How to plan a healthy diet
The importance of staying hydrated
Book BAPAM's P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E. Series: N is for Nutrition
Working minds - Supporting employers to promote good mental health
Last year more than 17.9 million working days were lost as a result of stress, anxiety, or depression. While the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be fully understood, work-related stress is the number one reason given for sick days in the UK.
The Health and Safety Executive is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. Their campaign "Working Minds" campaign aims to help businesses recognise the signs of work-related stress and make tackling issues routine.
To find out more including free toolkits and advice, visit:-
Free Workshop: Creativity for Wellbeing (From Mid West Aries), Thursday 1 December, 10.00 - 12.00pm
* Explore what the term “creativity” means and the wide range of creative activities available.
* Gain an understanding of the important role creativity has in enhancing our sense of wellbeing and improving our mental health.
* Identify the potential barriers to creativity and explore ways in which we can build in creativity to our daily lives.
* Start a creativity planner to help us get started, whether it’s learning something new or revisiting an old hobby.
Sound Bath Relaxation - Free Online (From The Yoga Company), Tuesday 29 November, 7.00 - 7.45pm
You will be invited to make yourself comfortable with blankets and pillows and listen to various sounds with your headphones on and your eyes closed. The entrancing tones produced on Himalayan & Crystal Singing Bowls, a wind Gong and a variety of percussion instruments will gently settle you into a deep, restorative, relaxation. It is a truly immersive experience.
Thriving with nature (From Mental Health Foundation)
A guide about making the most of the UK's natural spaces for our mental health and wellbeing.
Podcasts
Real Health Podcast - Food and mood: How what we eat can help how we feel (From independent.ie)
We know that exercise can trigger a positive feeling because of endorphins, but what about food?
Can it make us feel better?
Or should we be wary of using it as a coping mechanism for when we feel low?
Listen to Food and mood: How what we eat can help how we feel
Podcast: Unbreakable with Jay Glazer (From iHeartPodcasts)
In this new podcast, which is an extension of his widely-acclaimed, best-selling book “Unbreakable,” Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer shares his personal mental health journey with the audience, including the tools and techniques he’s developed to “live in the gray” – his term for living and thriving with anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Articles
I’m A Celebrity stars Owen Warner and Seann Walsh praised for ‘refreshing’ talk about men’s mental health: ‘We need more of this’ (From Metro)
Owen Warner and Seann Walsh have received high praise for their frank chat about men’s mental health on I’m A Celebrity…. Get Me Out Of Here!, with the pair commended for helping to ‘normalise’ the conversation.
Tennis-Mental health not helped by tough tour demands, says Federer (From WTVB)
The demanding schedule on the ATP and WTA circuits can have a negative impact on the mental health of players, tennis great Roger Federer said on Saturday.
Read Tennis-Mental health not helped by tough tour demands, says Federer
Calls for mental health support for unpaid carers (From the BBC)
A woman who became a full-time carer to her husband after he became paralysed has said that mental health is "a big problem" among unpaid carers.
Mental health has ‘failed to rebound’ after Covid amid financial worries (From Evening Standard)
Around three in 10 adults’ mental health has deteriorated since the start of the year, research suggests.
Read Mental health has ‘failed to rebound’ after Covid amid financial worries
Community garden projects helped reduce loneliness and boost wellbeing during COVID pandemic (From Science Focus)
Investing more in therapeutic gardening projects could help take some of the strain off the NHS, the researchers say.
Read Community garden projects helped reduce loneliness and boost wellbeing during COVID pandemic
7 Ways To Practice Radical Self-Care When Your Mental Health Is At Stake (From Forbes)
Radical self-care involves going beyond merely saying no and setting boundaries. It entails going against popular opinion or refusing to appease others, even when they call you selfish or weak.
At the 2021 French Open, for example, Naomi Osaka was suffering from anxiety and depression. After openly sharing her vulnerability with the powers-that-be, the tennis great refused to talk to the media.
Read 7 Ways To Practice Radical Self-Care When Your Mental Health Is At Stake
How To Maintain Mental Health While Building A Career (From Shout Out UK)
Whether you work entirely remotely, work 9 to 5 in the office, or balance a remote and in-person work paradigm, our professions and careers can be heavy burdens.
Football and mental health: Defying the game's 'hypermasculine' culture of silence (From the BBC)
David Wheeler's frustration is tangible.
A 32-year-old who's played for seven clubs and at every professional level below the Premier League, he has seen numerous team-mates suffering from depression, eating disorders and gambling addictions.
The midfielder has also been witness to what he calls a culture of 'hypermasculinity' - "outdated perceptions of what it is to be a man" - preventing players from "admitting vulnerability".
Read Football and mental health: Defying the game's 'hypermasculine' culture of silence
Why mental health and human resilience are key to climate action (From WE Forum)
The climate crisis negatively impacts mental health, which in turn reduces our ability to deliver the changes needed for a sustainable planet.
At COP27, the issue of human resilience will be integrated into the United Nation’s Race to Resilience initiative.
The COP2 (Care of People and Planet) group of climate and mental health organizations is collaborating to recommend mental health action for nations as part of their climate response.
Read Why mental health and human resilience are key to climate action
Want to boost your mental health? Take a walk (From American Psychological Association)
It’s a message that bears repeating: Even moderate amounts of exercise can help ward off depression
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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