Another great Mindful Employers Event at the Marriott Hotel talking about resilience and burnout with guest speakers Adrian Embling of Mindset Wessex and Susan Buckle of the UK Space Agency. Please email David Latham at [email protected] for more information on future events.
Team building exercise using marshmallows and spaghetti!
20th May 2016: Swindon Mind at TWIGS for the final day of Mental Health Awareness Week 2016. The weather was good to us and there was lots of good company too 🙂
For more information on the day see the Evening Advertiser article here
19th May 2016: As part of Mental Health Awareness Week in May 2016 Network Rail’s leadership team in Swindon signed the pledge with Swindon Mind to raise awareness of mental health issues in the workplace.
Also attending the awareness event with Swindon Mind were Time to Change, Samaritans and SUNS. For further information see Network Rail’s article here
April 29th 2016: A big thank you to 1st Blunsdon Scouts who raised £192 for Swindon Mind at a Quiz Night earlier in the year!
Swindon Mind staff (from left to right), Donna Lovell, Denise Jackson and Maria Burchell.
Swindon Mind were present at this years successful Spring Community Fair which was organised by Voluntary Action Swindon (VAS) and held at at the TWIGS Community Gardens at Cheney Manor. The feedback from VAS on the event was resoundingly positive: “Thank you all for your time and contribution to the Spring Community Fair held on Wednesday – well over 230 people visited the stalls throughout the day with as many as 140+ of those not having heard of the service before that day!
Many of the stall holders found the networking element of the day really useful and felt that this information would come in useful in the work that they do, and where relevant can be passed onto their own service users. The event was an opportunity to make Swindon residents aware of the local support services and how these services can support them or their loved ones if needed – and that was achieved!
Many conversations also took place with potential volunteers, supporters of their services and potential future service users which is beneficial to Swindon residents and to the service providers.
I would also like to say a big thank you to John Markey, Russ Francis and Jumbahadur Gurung who supported us all in making this day a success – and a special thank you to TWIGS community Gardens for providing the venue and being the perfect host!
Thank you too to the Red Rooster Theatre group for entertaining us all on the day!
With regards,
Voluntary Action Swindon”
Click here to download a snap shot of the day for your own information.
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Increased funding for children’s mental health services will improve future funding for the NHS, says a counsellor.
Maria Burchell, project co-ordinator at Swindon Mind Self Harm Counselling Service (formerly Preservation Around Self Harm or PASH), currently works with 50 service users aged between 16 and late 50s.
She spoke out as the Mental Health Network, which represents NHS mental health trusts, claimed significant amounts of allocated funding have not been invested into children’s mental health services.
Click here for the full article on the Swindon Advertiser website
Organisers of a business session looking at mental wellbeing are delighted with the interest from local businesses and the positive feedback it has received.
Mental Health@Work, which attracted over one hundred delegates from local businesses and was organised by the Swindon Mindful Employer Network, took place on Tuesday 1 March at Arclite House – the headquarters of Excalibur Communications.
Guest speakers included Dr Donna Lovell and Suzanne Baxter of Swindon Mind who presented a taster session from the popular Mental Health First Aid courses which focussed on the subject of anxiety.
Click here for the full article on the Swindon Advertiser website
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windon Mind has welcomed the Prime Minister’s pledge of almost a billion pounds of investment to enhance mental health services across the country.
In a speech on Monday, David Cameron promised to take on the taboo of poor mental health and transform services across the country.
The measures have been recommended by NHS England’s independent mental health taskforce – comprised of experts, chaired by Mind CEO Paul Farmer and set up as part of the NHS plan for the next 5 years.
Click here for the full article on FLACWiltshire
Swindon Mind’s Creative Mind Radio would like to thank Network Rail for inviting us to their very special #timetochange pledge. Managing Directors Robbie Burns and Patrick Hallgate signed the pledge along with Time to Change’s South West Coordinator James Wooldridge.
Creative Mind were there to interview Patrick and Robbie along with staff at Network Rail and the other organisations who were there on the day including Samaritans and LIFT Psychology.
Andy Rowland interviewed Harry Toffolo for Swindon Viewpoint and Swindon Mind’s Creative Mind Radio. Andy guided Harry through a wealth of footballing questions, from his season long loan being supported by the Supporters Trust, the ambition of promotion and Harry’s future whether at Norwich or Swindon.
As the interview progressed Andy and Harry turned their conversation to mental health and dementia. They discussed their own personal and family experiences and how raising awareness and breaking the stigma of mental health is so important.
We’d like to thank Harry Toffolo for his time and commitment to supporting Swindon Mind raise awareness of the work we do in the community and mental health awareness.
Our thanks to Martin Parry and Swindon Viewpoint too.
