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Local Update, 23 January 2023
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.
Events and News from the Web
Free Adults Online Workshop - Stress and Wellbeing, Thursday 26 January, 4.00 - 5.00pm (From the Retreat Clinics)
A free workshop for an hour, to think about how people can be affected by stress, and learn some ways of managing it well.
Free Workshop: Let's Talk Depression, Tuesday 24 January, 2.00 - 4.00pm (From MidWest Aries)
This workshop provides a space to discuss the impact of depression, exploring practical tips that can be used when managing depression and reflecting on the personal and individual nature of depression.
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
Positive Wellbeing, Feel like you again, Wednesday 25 January, 3.30 - 4.30pm (From Creative Minds)
Understand the importance gof ood mental health and wellbeing. Take away tips on how you can improve your own mental health and wellbeing.
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 24 January, 12.30 - 1.00pm
Join this session each week to know how easy it is to manage day to day mental wellbeing, especially general anxiety, using methods which are practical and easy.
Book Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety
Meridian Wellbeing in Barnet
A range of events and activities in Barnet and online including Barnet Wellbeing Hub, Barnet IAPT, Wellbeing Cafe, Wellbeing Workshops, Chinese Wellbeing Services, Supportive Online Communities
More information about Meridian Wellbeing events and activities
Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents, Thursday 26 January, 7.00 - 10.00pm (From Jounita Wright)
Free online event for parents or carers concern with their adolescents' behaviour change.
Book Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents
Manage Anxiety: Your Way - open morning, Thursday 26 January, 10.00 - 11.30am (From Inner Flame)
Do you recognise how poor support for young people and their mental health is holding them back in life?
Do you feel you've got the skills or would like to develop the skills to support those individuals?
Inner Flame are in the process of finding some new facilitators to help deliver our online mental wellbeing provisions. Could this be you?
Age UK Barnet Activities
Classes and activities in the New Year including Mindfulness Course for over 55s, Memory Matters! 8 week course to improve your memory! and Managing Money in Later Life.
NHS digital skills classes from Age UK Barnet
Use your smart phone and laptop to sort your healthcare needs by learning how to use the NHS app, managing your appointments online, booking blood tests and more. Starts on Monday 30 January 2023 at 2-4pm for 6 Mondays. Takes place at Finchley Memorial Hospital, Granville Rd, London N12 0JE. Free parking. To book contact Howard on 0208 432 1415 or email [email protected]
Mental Health Awareness - Short Online Course (studying online any time with 3 weeks to complete) (From West Suffolk College)
This course is an ideal starting point if you are interested in mental health, either for your personal life, or professional interest.
This self-study bite-sized course is interactive and flexible giving you the ability to study at your convenience at a time and day suitable to you.
Mind in Barnet - online courses
A series of online wellbeing courses including Anger Management on Thurs 9 Feb (10am-1pm); Gratitude for Wellbeing on Thurs 16 Feb (10am-1pm). Learn about the science of happiness, and the power of gratitude, which includes an introduction to keeping a gratitude journal. For these and other courses on mindfulness and yoga, for example, contact Martine on [email protected]
Self-care - Setting your Actions for 2023, Monday 23 January, 12.30 - 1.30pm (From Protea Solutions)
In this short practical session you will:
Increase understanding of mental and physical wellbeing and the impact of stress.
Identify simple ways to help overcome obstacles to prioritising self-care.
Develop a clear, practical, and realistic self-care plan to suit your life.
Peer Support Group Facilitation Training, Wednesday 25 - Thursday 26 January, 10.00am - 4.00pm (From Voice Collective)
This is a 2 day training (10am-4pm each day) to support your service to set up your own hearing voices peer support group, or if you would like to volunteer with Voice Collective and co-facilitate one of their own peer support groups at Voice Collective.
The strength of working mothers: finding it, keeping it, sharing it, Tuesday 24 January, 3.30 - 4.30pm (From Rebecca Portmann)
This workshop is designed specifically for working mothers who struggle emotionally, mentally or physically with all the conflicting demands of work life and family. Combining these two careers simultaneously can be very challenging and feeling stressed and overwhelmed is very common.
Book The strength of working mothers: finding it, keeping it, sharing it
Three stress-free ways to successfully fulfill your New Year's resolution, Thursday 26 January, 1.00 - 2.00pm
Learn three stress-free ways to achieve your goals in 2023.
Here’s what you will learn:
How to motivate yourself so you won't quit.
How to and where to find support. How to get free help without even asking for it.
Available tools, techniques and products to help you with creating and maintaining the right mindset, attitude and approach in order to achieve your goals, stress-free.
Book Three stress-free ways to successfully fulfill your New Year's resolution
Exploring Mind's eLearning courses (From Mind), Wednesday 25 January, 10.00 - 10.45am
A panel discussion: How can eLearning help you create a mentally healthy workplace?
A view of loneliness and isolation and its impact on mental wellbeing (From Faith in Older People), Thursday 26 January, 4.30 - 6.00pm
Loneliness and mental health have always been intertwined issues and this will continue to be the case in the future. Whilst loneliness is not a mental health condition in and of itself, it can (and does) often lead to mental health problems. Jeremy Sharpe is the National Director of Linking Lives UK and is based in Reading, Berkshire; Jeremy will be leading this webinar -
Effective Responses to Loneliness & Mental Health.
Book A view of loneliness and isolation and its impact on mental wellbeing
The Barnet Wellbeing service are encouraging people living with mental health conditions to have regular annual health checks provided by their GP.
It is recommended by NHS England that these health checks happen once every year as they can reduce the risk of developing physical illnesses.
They would like to invite you to book your physical health check.
At a physical health check, the GP will:
· Check your blood pressure.
· Measure your height and weight.
· Test your blood glucose for risk of diabetes.
· Check your blood cholesterol levels.
· And ask some questions about any smoking or alcohol habits.
Your physical health is just as important as your mental health.
They will be at various locations in Barnet to engage with the public, promoting the importance of this message - details of which will be published on their website and across their social media channels.
Please email their Health and Wellbeing Manager Kolsum if you have any questions or would like to support this project in any way.
Jobs - Mental Health Peer Support Worker
Responsible to: Mental Health Programme Co-ordinator
Salary: £26,265 - £29,417 per annum pro rata + 6% pension
Hours: Part time (flexible)
Based at: Chestnuts Community Centre
Contract: fixed term to March 2023 (with possible extension to March 2024)
Closing date: 5pm on 27 January 2023
Interview date: 10 February 2023
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and The Bridge Renewal Trust are working in partnership to encourage residents of Haringey who may be at risk of admission, discharged from mental health services or have identified that they require some support to come and join a variety of groups and activities with a view to engage them through a difficult time.
Read more about Jobs - Mental Health Peer Support Worker and apply
Insight into Creative Psychotherapy (Expressing Emotions Creatively) (From Holistic Wellness Community), Monday 23 January, 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'.
Singing For Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing (From Holistic Wellness Community), Wednesday 25 January, 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.
Podcasts
Podcast: Nutrition and brain health explored (From Jefferson Public Radio)
While it's true that the treatments for mental and physical illness differ, there is some overlap. For one thing, a healthy lifestyle can contribute to overall wellness in either realm, and that includes eating well.
Experts in Sport podcast: How to stay motivated on your new year fitness journey (From Loughborough University)
January always begins with our best fitness intentions but how do we keep motivated beyond the initial post-Christmas effort?
Listen to Experts in Sport podcast: How to stay motivated on your new year fitness journey
Articles
Let's Talk About Mental Health: 7 Habits That'll Make You Happier in 2023 (From CNET news)
It's time to prioritize your mental health, and these daily habits are a good place to start.
Read Let's Talk About Mental Health: 7 Habits That'll Make You Happier in 2023
How can you cope with stress in the cost of living crisis? We asked experts at leading mental health charities (From Big Issue)
If you’re struggling to get by, you are far from alone. Around one in six people in the UK are battling moderate to severe symptoms of depression, the government has found.
Mental health struggles often go hand in hand with money problems, with one in four people who cannot afford their energy bills facing depressive feelings.
The Positive Impact of Mentoring on Mental Health (From Guider)
At its core, mentoring is about helping another person. A mentor is somebody who advises, supports and guides another in the right direction.
There are many benefits of mentoring, which is why this type of relationship is established in schools, universities and organisations the world over. Many celebrities have cited their mentors as having played a huge role in their success, and finding a mentor is on the top of many people’s career development lists.
Not just hot flushes: how menopause can destroy mental health (From the Guardian)
Women are increasingly discussing the forgetfulness, anxiety and suicidal thoughts they have experienced as their hormones change in midlife. Why is more help not available?
Read Not just hot flushes: how menopause can destroy mental health
New research finds watching accurate mental health storylines can improve people’s mental health as Mind launches media guidelines for fictional mental health depictions (From Mind)
Soaps and dramas featuring characters with mental health problems like depression, anxiety, and panic attacks are helping people to realise for the first time they may be experiencing a mental health problem.
5 Ways Michael Phelps Plans to Care for His Mental Health in 2023 (From Healthline)
Michael Phelps has launched a campaign with Talkspace to encourage people to incorporate mental health care into their new year’s resolutions.
The campaign focuses on sleeping, moving, breathing, disconnecting, and reaching out for help to ensure mental wellness.
Phelps hopes to help more people gain the tools they need to better care for their mental well-being throughout the year and beyond.
Read 5 Ways Michael Phelps Plans to Care for His Mental Health in 2023
New Dog Café Opens in London for Mental Health (From Yahoo News)
Cat cafés have been on the rise in recent years, but what about their canine counterparts?
How libraries can support mental health and wellbeing in their communities (From Press Reader)
The right training can equip librarians to teach mental health workshops and show community members how to access library resources on mental illness and related subjects.
Read How libraries can support mental health and wellbeing in their communities
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.
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]
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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