News Archive February 2017
The Crickets Netball Club Quiz Night
The Crickets Netball Club are fundraising for Mind in Croydon with a Quiz night on Friday 10th March 2017 at the Croydon Post Office Social & Athletic Club, Warlingham, CR6 9AY
Why not pop along and raise money for us in the process!
Information about the event
- £25 per team payable on the door but pre-booking is essential – this ticket will reserve your space.
- 7pm arrival for a 7.30pm start
- There will be a break at 8.30pm for food, a raffle and other fun stuff.
- A cash bar will be availale on the night and hot food can be purchased (during the break only)
- Other fundraising events will take place so please bring some extra cash with you – great prizes to be won!
- 50% of the proceeds from the night will go to Mind in Croydon and 50% to the Crickets Netball Club Development Fund
Register for a ticket here
Support the team with a donation here
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 8th February 2017
#RunAndTalk Week
GoodGym recently took part in a #RunAndTalk event to support Mind in Croydon.
Click here to see some pics from the run and a report on how it went.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 3rd February 2017
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31 Day Art Challenge raises over £1000 for local mental health charity
Ellis Jurado, 12, lives in Redhill and supports Mind in Croydon each year with fundraising events. This year he set himself an Art Challenge to produce 31 drawings in 31 days in October and raised a whopping £1,250 online – 125% of his original target.
Ellis’ Mum, Lucie, said “We knew that World Mental Health Awareness Day was 10th October, so decided it was the perfect month for him to complete his “Inktober” challenge. We set up an online fundraising page and hoped to raise £500 for Mind. Within the first 8 days Ellis had already hit £500. So we increased the target to £1,000 and by 31st October and 31 fabulous drawings later he managed to raise a whopping £1,250!”
This fantastic fundraising effort will go towards supporting the services that Mind in Croydon currently provides to people and families in Croydon, including social groups and activities, many of which have moved online during the Covid-19 crisis.
Philippa Thompson, Chief Executive at Mind in Croydon, said “We are all so impressed and delighted with what Ellis has done to raise money to support people with mental health issues in Croydon; good mental health often starts with kindness and hope, and that’s what Ellis has given to all of us."
2019-2020: A Year in Numbers
Mind in Croydon is proud to support people in Croydon with their mental health – have a look at our latest Annual Report found at
www.mindincroydon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Annual-Report-2019-20-WEB.pdf for more information.
During the 2019-2020 financial year we supported many clients with their varying needs including:
* 5,563 people with their mental health
* 110 carers
* 1,089 people had contact with a professional independent advocate
* raising £1.1 million in previously unclaimed benefits for Croydon residents
* providing 492 people with counselling sessions
* 1,685 calls received on the infoline
We also had 103 people volunteer for us and they provided 12,000 hours of their time and raised over £55,000 through individual giving, thank you to all of those who supported us.
Mind Policy and campaigns – Zoom meeting with Justin Tomlinson (the Minister for Disabled People)
“Ahead of the anticipated Government Green Paper & National Strategy for Disabled People we had the opportunity to meet virtually in an event hosted by National Mind with the Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson.
We outlined the challenges that Mind in Croydon’s clients experience with the benefits system and how Covid-19 has made navigating the system even harder for many people with mental health issues. People with lived experience of mental health also took part and gave real life examples of how the benefits system creates sometimes insurmountable barriers for them.
Our work is influencing the development of what we hope will be a better benefits system that works for and with people experiencing mental ill health.”
Tom Goddard, Welfare Benefits Advice Service Manager
World Mental Health Day – Mental Health For All
The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is ‘mental health for all’.
One of our carers sent in a poem which we would like to share with you.
The poem can be read on our news page at www.mindincroydon.org.uk/news/
Creating conversations in Croydon – The untold stories of loss
Mind in Croydon are pleased to be taking part in ‘Creating conversations in Croydon – The untold stories of loss’ event on World Mental Health Day 10.10.20 @ 2pm. Emma Turner, our Head of Service Delivery will be contributing to these important discussions.
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Ellis Jurado, 12, lives in Redhill and supports Mind in Croydon each year with fundraising events. This year he set himself an Art Challenge to produce 31 drawings in 31 days in October and raised a whopping £1,250 online. Read more at: http://ht.ly/56Yr30rmJvp #Croydon
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