New Peer Support Groups
Our Peer Support team has added a number of new activities to their calendar of events. Although we are still unable to run any of our face-to-face activities, we hope you will be able to join us online. Or if you would like to meet in person, there is a weekly group walk around a […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 18th January 2022
We have been awarded the Mind Quality Mark
Kensington and Chelsea Mind has been awarded the Mind Quality Mark (MQM). The MQM is a robust quality assurance framework created by Mind, the mental health charity. MQM sets out the baseline of best practice and legal compliance in all areas of a local Mind’s governance and activities. To achieve the MQM, a local Mind […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 5th November 2021
World Mental Health Day 2021
World Mental Health Day 2021 Prioritising mental health has never been more important than it is now. This year, we want to bring everyone together to mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October. Making positive changes can seem so hard, especially during uncertain times. And sometimes, it can be hard to know where to […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 7th October 2021
It Takes Balls to Talk
#ItTakesBallsToTalk is a mental health campaign by Ystradgynlais Mind in affiliation with their local Rugby community featuring the voice of Michael Sheen. This campaign is aimed at creating much needed conversation surrounding the mental health of men within the Welsh Rugby community, but the message can be relayed to all men. Evidence has shown that […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 28th September 2021
Our impact during lockdown
Following the easing of lockdown, we were keen to know the impact of our remote and online services for people who have accessed support. In the last 12 months we have delivered a blend of wellbeing calls and online support to maintain vital contact with people with technology and those without. We have all started […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 27th September 2021
We are getting ready to reopen our onsite services…
For the past 20 months we have been operating under the Government’s guidance for lockdown measures. At the time of the highest Government Covid-19 alert we worked to deliver most of our services remotely and we are now working with new guidance to reopen our services safely. Under new government guidance, mask wearing became optional […]
Author: Mary Fotheringham
Posted on: 13th August 2021
How to help a friend with poor mental health
Sometimes it’s hard to know if someone’s struggling with their mental health, because everyone can act differently when they’re going through a tough time. Signs someone might be struggling Some of the ways people might act differently are: seeming distant, or not themselves not meeting up or responding to messages as much as normal spending more time […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 5th August 2021
Grenfell Fourth Anniversary
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster. Our thoughts are with the individuals and communities affected by this tragedy. Today, tomorrow and for the coming years, we are here to listen, we are here to help. If you need support during this time, the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service is running online […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 14th June 2021
Kensington and Chelsea Mind Trustee Board
Volunteers are the backbone of the charity sector and our Board of Trustees are no exception. Responsible for steering the strategic direction of the organisation and ensuring that it fulfils its responsibilities for the governance and finance of the charity, our voluntary Board of Trustees are looking to expand and diversify its membership, so that […]
Author: Mary Fotheringham
Posted on: 3rd June 2021
Meanwhile Gardens Community Association & Mind’s Wildlife Garden
Meanwhile Gardens The Meanwhile Garden is a green space in North Kensington, providing lush community gardens, a play hut, skatepark, community gardening, Moroccan garden, volunteering, and play equipment. History Until the early 1970s, the four-acre site was an area of tenement housing that had fallen into such a state of disrepair that the Council (at […]
Author: Stewart Gillespie
Posted on: 11th May 2021
Mental Health Directory
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