Buckinghamshire Mind

There are still some places available. Note some date changes to previous announcement. Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/ezBtfzMu #mentalhealthtraining

Buckinghamshire Mind is running a free online webinar for anyone – particularly those working or volunteering in the voluntary, housing, health, care or statutory sectors - who would like to learn more about severe mental illness (SMI), the health inequalities experienced by those experiencing severe mental illness and the importance of annual physical health checks. People living with severe mental illness face one of the greatest health inequality gaps in England. We hope to reduce this by raising awareness of severe mental illness and the importance of physical health checks with as many community touchpoints as possible. Visit the Bucks Mind website to learn more about what the webinar will cover and to book your place: https://lnkd.in/e7XZgtG7

Hip hip hooray, we have a new 110 Challenge sign up - thank you Helen Mee! Wishing you many happy pages, chapters and books of reading. Sponsor Helen's readathon to help her reach her £110 target: https://lnkd.in/emxRVyuh Every donation and sponsor, even just £2, is another step closer to our £110,000 goal for 110 Years of supporting people in our community. Want to join and create your own 110 Challenge? Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ekihqymX #supportyourlocalmind #challengeforcharity #happyfriday

For #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek our Friends in Need (peer support service) colleagues have been out and about talking to the community about our services. Yesterday's visit at Active Learning in Bracknell. To learn more about Friends in Need peer support group visit, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eaN-7NHz Or phone 01494 463364 if you required information in any other format. Mind in Berkshire

"It makes me angry that there are so many people waiting for mental health services. It's so hard to get help. All I was offered was, ‘Oh, we can put you on the list for this’." I then went in and I spoke to someone at Swansea Mind, and he was absolutely amazing. He said, ‘Look at my scars. I've been there, I've done it’. I felt he understood me as he’d gone through It himself." Kayleigh, who has BPD, blogs about her struggle for support and the help she finally got from Mind. This #MHAW we’re fighting to change the narrative so we leave #NoMindLeftBehind ❤️🩹

Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 13 to 19 May, on the theme of ‘Movement: Moving more for our mental health’. Read more about how you can take part here: https://lnkd.in/eQRNFRBs #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

We're in your corner 💙 If you need to talk to someone: 💻 Join our online community, Side by Side 📞 Call our Infoline 📍 Reach out to your local Mind

Thank you so much to the team from Fair Pay Services (formerly Orange Genie) who are taking part in the Jurassic Coast Challenge on 18th May in aid of Bucks Mind. The event is a whopping 42km walk, jog or run along the Jurassic Coast, starting a Corfe Castle and finishing at Weymouth. Everyone at Bucks Mind will be cheering them on! If you’d like to sponsor the team, please go to: https://lnkd.in/g9kRaxAA

Our Safe Haven colleagues attended a Health and Wellbeing Fayre at Burnham Park Hall last week. The event was organised by Beeches and Wexham & The Ivers Community Boards, thank you for having Bucks Mind. To learn more about Bucks Safe Haven Service please visit:

We’re incredibly grateful to Qualcomm for donating £8,000 to support our ongoing work to build trust and raise awareness within racialised communities, helping Bucks Mind to be more culturally competent.