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Local Update, 30 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
Talking About Mental Health and Wellbeing At Work (From Stratus Coaching), Tuesday 31 January, 9.30 - 10.00am
Open conversations about mental health are more important than ever. This webinar, presented in recognition of Time To Talk day on 2 February, aims to help people open up and be honest about mental health, without the fear and stigma often attached to the topic.
Making sense of Digital Support options for better youth mental health (From BFB Labs), Thursday 2 February, 2.00 - 3.00pm
The strain on children and young people’s (CYPs) mental health services is apparent and acute, resulting in a frustrated workforce having to deal with the added challenge of increasing levels of complexity and acuity in cases.
Digital health technologies (DHTs) provide a compelling solution to fill this gap and adoption rates have increased significantly since the onset of the pandemic. However, navigating ‘which’ DHT to adopt, integrate into care pathways and ‘how’ is complex, with multiple barriers and pain-points.
Book Making sense of Digital Support options for better youth mental health
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
Free Workshop: Managing Wellbeing and Mental Health Recovery (From Mid West Aries), Wednesday 1 February, 10.00am - 12.00pm
In this workshop you will build your knowledge of recovery and well-being in mental health and improve your understanding of how the mental health service works. You will explore how to use the CHIME (Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment) model as a practical recovery tool to maintain your recovery and well-being.
Book Free Workshop: Managing Wellbeing and Mental Health Recovery
Mindly Weekly - Practical Tips on Mental Wellbeing & General Anxiety (From Step8up Mindly), Tuesday 31 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
Free Workshop: Let's Talk Resilience (From Mid West Aries), Thursday 2 February, 10.00am - 12.00pm
In this workshop there will be a discussion of what resilience means and why it is important for mental health and well-being. You will discuss and experience personal tools and skills that can be applied in your lives now and in the future to be resilient people.
Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents (From Jounita Wright), Thursday 2 February, 7.00 - 10.00pm
This is a free online event for any parent/carer of adolescents aged 13-20 concerned with behaviour change.
The aim is to help parents/carers reduce the likelihood of adolescents' mental health crisis or parental/carer burnout.
Book Psychologically Informed Reflective Practice for Parents
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.
Free Workshop: Creativity for Wellbeing (From Mid West Aries), Tuesday 31 January, 2.00 - 4.00pm
Join this workshop where it will be discussed how you can tap into your creativity to enhance your daily life and improve your wellbeing.
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]
Book Launch & Panel: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change - Mick Cooper (From Mick Cooper), Tuesday 31 January, 12.00 - 1.00pm
In these troubled times, there is a need for a new approach to politics. Psychotherapy – and its parent discipline, psychology – offers a vibrant, nuanced and highly practical understanding of human well-being and distress. In his new book Psychology at the Heart of Social Change (Policy Press, 2022), Mick Cooper describes a progressive political approach that integrates insights from psychotherapy and psychology, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding to work with others in a spirit of collaboration, dialogue and respect.
Book Book Launch & Panel: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change - Mick Cooper
Self-care - Setting your Actions for 2023 (From Protea Solutions), Monday 30 January, 12.30 - 1.30pm
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.
Five Ways to Wellbeing - Train the Trainer (From Spark Somerset), Tuesday 31 January, 10.00am - 12.30pm
The Five Ways to Wellbeing have been identified as simple actions that anyone can take to improve their day-to-day wellbeing.
This short course will equip you with skills that you can share with others to help them take simple, evidence-based steps to take to look after themselves.
How to Conquer Your Saboteurs and Master Your Mind (From Moon Li), Tuesday 31 January, 5.00 - 6.30pm
This workshop is of great benefit if you are:
- Seeking to improve your mental health: from feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious to a state of calmness and peacefulness;
- Looking to elvate your performance with better focus and productivity;
- Wanting to have better relationships with yourself, others and your environment.
The Cost Of Living Crisis (From University of Leicester), Thursday 2 February, 3.00 - 4.30pm
This seminar will consider the impact of the current cost of living crisis on the UK population and the role of clinical psychology during such uncertain and difficult times.
Better sleep better you- calming breathing and meditation (From Art of Living), Saturday 4 February, 6.30 - 7.30pm
Struggling to fall asleep and get a good night's sleep? SKY breath meditation can help in getting restful sleep at night.
Book Better sleep better you- calming breathing and meditation
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.
The New Era of Employee Wellbeing: Whose Responsibility Is it? (From PUSH mind and body), Tuesday 31 January, 1.00 - 2.00pm
As mental health dips, with new ways of working to contend with and increasingly complex people challenges being presented, by and large, there is a resounding call-out for greater human support within the workplace. But, what really is the responsibility of the company vs that of the employee?
Book The New Era of Employee Wellbeing: Whose Responsibility Is it?
Insight into Creative Psychotherapy (Expressing Emotions Creatively) (From Holistic Wellness Community), Monday 30 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 1 February, 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: Seasonal affective disorder intensifies mood (From Sanford Health)
Two Sanford Health providers bring seasonal affective disorder – and treatment for it – into the sunlight
Podcast: Friendship: It’s good for your health (From Washington Post)
It’s time to rethink our friendships. Research shows that strong friendships are essential to a healthy life.
Articles
10 rejuvenating things to try in February to benefit your wellbeing (From Happiful)
From a podcast that will get you stomping outdoors to a photography technique that will light up the sky, try something new.
Read 10 rejuvenating things to try in February to benefit your wellbeing
Burnout: Why Jacinda Ardern's 'rare' admission about her mental health matters (From Sky News)
The 42-year-old shocked New Zealand when she announced her resignation as prime minister on Thursday, telling an emotional news conference: "I know what this job takes, and I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice."
Read Burnout: Why Jacinda Ardern's 'rare' admission about her mental health matters
Beth Matthews' raw honesty saved lives, say mental health experts (From the BBC)
After Beth died, her family discovered she had helped countless people by writing honestly about her mental health problems.
Read Beth Matthews' raw honesty saved lives, say mental health experts
London boxing volunteers bid to reduce mental health stigma (From News Shopper)
Volunteers from boxing clubs across London took part in a training course in a bid to improve recognition and reduce stigma of mental health issues in the sport.
Read London boxing volunteers bid to reduce mental health stigma
Visiting green spaces deters mental health drug use, researchers find (From the Guardian)
Positive effects were stronger among those reporting the lowest annual household income, says Finnish study
Read Visiting green spaces deters mental health drug use, researchers find
Antidepressants exit must happen in stages, says medical watchdog (From the BBC)
Reducing an antidepressant dose should be done in stages, with help from a medical professional, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Read Antidepressants exit must happen in stages, says medical watchdog
Dr Ranj: Four ways to protect your mental health as debt rises (From the BBC)
Now that Christmas has come and gone, many of us are counting the cost of the festive season.
A poll for the BBC has found that more than eight in 10 people are worried about the cost of living - and some are even losing sleep about it.
But there are steps you can take to help. BBC Morning Live's Dr Ranj Singh explains how.
Read Dr Ranj: Four ways to protect your mental health as debt rises
How Black-and-White Thinking Increases Health Anxiety (From Psychology Today)
The key to learning to think in healthier, more accurate ways is to acknowledge that just because you think something, that doesn't make it true. Sometimes thoughts are accurate. But other times, they are inaccurate, even harmful.
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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