News Archive October 2017
The Hub is celebrated at the 2017 Mayor of Croydon Civic Awards
Mind in Croydon’s project, the Hub, was shortlisted for a Mayor of Croydon Civic Award. Last Tuesday (17th October) staff and members attended the ceremony to celebrate the exceptional people who make Croydon a brilliant place for people to live, grow, work and visit. More than 200 nominations were made across ten categories and after careful consideration 25 nominees were shortlisted for the community awards. Although we were pipped at the post for the award, everyone had a brilliant time and it was a great accolade to have our work recognised in this way.
Councillor Toni Letts, Mayor of Croydon, said: “Croydon is full of unsung heroes, people who selflessly give their time and put others first to the benefit of their neighbours and the wider community. This is evidenced by the incredible number of nominations we received across the categories. I’d like to congratulate all of the finalists and thank everyone who submitted a nomination and for those who weren’t shortlisted on this occasion, thank you for what you do for our town and its residents.”
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 20th October 2017
Shaka and the Croydon Eagles
Shaka is another success story from the Croydon Eagles, the football team that Mind in Croydon runs in partnership with the Palace for Life Foundation. Shukhan (Shaka) Scanlan, grew up in Norwood, and loved playing football when he was younger, with his mum taking him to Pelo FC in Dulwich. Here, he enjoyed the little tournaments and went on to play for one of their League teams. Shaka went to school in Gypsy Hill, which he really liked and then after school went to study at Bromley College. However things started to take a turn for the worse around this time and Shaka dropped out of college pretty quickly.
He began to experience “sadness and bad dreams” which has taken his focus away from his interests. Shaka began to spend more and more time at home and the bad thoughts continued to grow. His sister helped Shaka to get in touch with Mind In Croydon, whose Active Minds project supported Shaka to join the football programme that the Palace for Life Foundation supports for adults who have experienced mental health problems.
Thinking back to his first day with us just over a year ago Shaka says he “liked it straight away. I liked being active and the boys were all good to me.” Now a regular member of the group, Shaka thinks the best things about coming to the program are “the matches we play in training every Wednesday, the league games we play and the camaraderie amongst the players.” Shaka does see some of the other lads in Croydon outside of these sessions from time to time, but he is happiest just coming and playing rather than trying to make a new group of friends.
Shaka acknowledges that coming to our football sessions has made a positive change to his life. He now also plays for the mental health football team that has grown out of these weekly training sessions, the Croydon Eagles. He says: “Getting active, getting out and doing things is good for the mind. It brings back good memories of when I used to play. I feel fitter and stronger and am improving again, trying to get back into playing.” If he was not involved with the programme and the Croydon Eagles, Shaka states that he would “probably be at home, not doing anything” which he believes does not help him maintain good mental health.
Things are still not easy for Shaka but he knows that these sessions are helping him do things that he thought he couldn’t do anymore. “I really look forward to coming every week.” he says. When asked if he would recommend this to anyone else who is experiencing mental health problems Shaka suggests that anyone interested should “come along and see it for themselves.”
Palace for Life Foundation Disability Manager Michael Harrington, who runs the weekly football sessions at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, offers the following insight:“Shaka was very quiet when he first came to us, and he still can be today. It was clear from day 1 that he had a great touch but his fitness levels and strength were low, leaving him struggling at times to keep up with others in the group. However attending regularly, and working hard when he is with us, has brought these levels up remarkably and he now can train and play for two hours straight through without the need for additional breaks. It is not just the football side that we aim to focus on, the social side of programs like this are equally as vital. This was highlighted to us when Shaka continued to come to recent training sessions even when he was out injured with a fractured wrist so he could see what was going on and to feel part of the group. His wrist is now healed and he is back doing what he loves the most – playing football!”
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 19th October 2017
Minding Money to run from The Hub
From 25th October 2017 the Minding Money Project will be run via The Hub in our East Croydon building. This project will run for 6 weeks.
The address is: Fairfield House, 10 Altyre Road, East Croydon, Surrey, CR0 5LA.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 19th October 2017
Our CEO features in ITV News London
Our CEO, Richard Pacitti, appeared as part of an ITV News London feature on the importance of peer support for young people. The report was about two young women from Croydon who have experienced mental health problems who have set up a peer support group. You can watch the clip here: https://youtu.be/0cUB4OFL5cE
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 13th October 2017
Last chance to have your say on the council’s five year plan for carers
Date: Monday 30th October
Time: 10-30am-12.30pm
Venue: Carers Support Centre, George Street, Croydon, CR0 1PB
Meet Carers’ Commissioner Stephen Bahjooshy.
Learn about the Carers’ Strategy
Read the draft and give feedback
Free lunch provided
Call 020 8649 6280 or email info@carersinfo.org.uk to sign up.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 13th October 2017
Cook & Taste and Boxercise start soon!
Cook & Taste
Want to brush up on your cooking skills?
Join our cook and taste session where we learn to cook different dishes each week.
Location: Orchard House
Next Group: Monday 6th Nov
Duration: 8 weeks
Cost: FREE
Boxercise
Come and train with three times World Champion, Duke McKenzie, using non-contact boxing techniques.
Location: Crystal Palace
Next Group: Starts 3rd Nov
Duration: 6 weeks
Cost: FREE
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 6th October 2017
Macmillan Coffee Morning
As part of the “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” held on Friday 29th September in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, the staff and members of the Hub at Fairfield held a coffee morning. We had donations of delicious homemade cakes from both staff and members and we transformed downstairs at Fairfield into a tea room for the afternoon while also taking a tray of home baked goodies outside to offer to passers-by for a small donation. We also had a guess the height of the cake competition to win a beautiful rose covered cake donated by Luigi.
It was a relaxing and fun afternoon and we raised a grand total of £260 for Macmillan.
A big thank you to all who brought, bought and ate cake.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 4th October 2017
Pop Choir Concert
St Mildred’s Church in Addiscombe are holding a concert to raise money for charity this Saturday.
Our Friends in Need service has been picked as one of the charities to benefit from this concert so do pop along and support them.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 3rd October 2017
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Click Clock Art Gallery Art Exhibition – Theme: ‘My Experience of the Lock-down’
Our Hub Art group’s new exhibition at the Croydon Clocktower Click Clock Gallery (located in the Croydon Clocktower Café) will be unveiled at 11am on Monday 4th October 2021.
The exhibition is entitled; ‘My Experience of the Lock-down’ and will feature a variety of art work pieces by the Hub Members to express their observations during and after the lock-downs.
The exhibition will run for 4 weeks until Friday 29th October so if you don’t get the chance to see it that day, there is no rush!
Thank you to all the hard working Art Group members for their commitment to this event. Their enthusiasm and dedication has been incredible.
Celebrating Business Resilience in Croydon
The Virtual Awards Ceremony is the finale of the Croydon Business Resilience Awares 2021 and Mind in Croydon have been nominated in two categories. Our Social Networking Service (The Hub) has been nominated for “Community Collaboration in Response to Covid-19” and “Outstanding Team Award”.
The celebration takes place on Thursday 23 September between 6pm – 7.30pm. All tickets are free and anyone can join for a great evening.
If you would like to join in grab a ticket at eu.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=200227185&
Croydon Business Resilience Awards Virtual Ceremony 2021
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The Croydon Business Resilience Awards 2021 will recognise and celebrate the resilience of businesses in Croydon over the last 12 months. We would love for you to join us at the virtual celebrations.Mind in Croydon and the Croydon BME Forum have formed an exciting new partnership, the PIC Partnership to deliver this innovative, explorative project.
We are looking for 1 x Mental Health Personal Independence Co-ordinator (MHPIC) to join the team of 5 MHPICs. The role involves working directly within the new Integrated Care Network Plus areas right across the Borough of Croydon and with clinical partners, including local GPs, in multi-disciplinary teams. As one of our enthusiastic MHPICs you will be the direct named key worker for a set number of people within the newly formed Croydon Health & Well Being Space. You will enable people to develop their own Personal Recovery Plans and support them directly to find and access the support and services available to them in their local community. You will ensure that people are enabled to identify their own goals, needs and wishes and are empowered to achieve them.
For more information and application forms visit: www.mindincroydon.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/
www.mindincroydon.org.uk
We are very aware at Mind in Croydon that people really are our main asset. Attracting the right recruits and retaining them is of paramount importance and ensures that our clients get the best possible service. The benefits we can offer are a flexible and genuinely family-friendly environment – m...JOB - Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space Senior Administrator and Volunteer Coordinator – (Ref-MMSAC.2021.M)
Mind in Croydon is a highly regarded registered charity operating in the Borough for over 50 years. Mind in Croydon and Croydon BME Forum have formed an exciting new partnership to deliver on an innovative new project, the Croydon Health & WellBeing Space (CHWS), based in the Whitgift Centre, Central Croydon .
The CHWS Senior Administrator and Volunteer Co-ordinator will support the CHWS Team Manager in the operational administration of the non-clinical, client-facing aspects of the service provided by the Mind in Croydon/Croydon BME Forum Partnership. This includes the recruitment and day to day management of a team of 10 volunteers who will provide welcome and initial triage support to service users at Hub locations; the management of volunteer rotas to enable 7 day a week service provision; the management of data gathering, reporting and onward referral to co-located clinical and non-clinical support through bespoke IT systems; and the day-to-day management and utilisation of CHWS buildings.
For more information and application forms visit: www.mindincroydon.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/
www.mindincroydon.org.uk
We are very aware at Mind in Croydon that people really are our main asset. Attracting the right recruits and retaining them is of paramount importance and ensures that our clients get the best possible service. The benefits we can offer are a flexible and genuinely family-friendly environment – m...JOBS - Croydon Health and Wellbeing Space Support Worker & Carers Support Worker
Mind in Croydon is a highly regarded registered charity operating in the Borough for over 50 years. Mind in Croydon and Croydon BME Forum have formed an exciting new partnership to deliver on an innovative new project, the Croydon Health & WellBeing Space (CHWS), based in the Whitgift Centre, Central Croydon .
We are looking for 2 x Mental Health Support Workers for these interesting and varied roles. One will work directly with Croydon residents referred with mental health issues and the other role will focus on the carers of residents with mental health issues.
CHWS Support Workers will provide advice, information, mental health support and representation to Croydon residents who are referred to the Health and Wellbeing Space through the local Integrated Care Network Plus (ICN+) multi-disciplinary clinical and community mental health support teams (MDTs). Over the next two years, we will be launching other Health and Wellbeing Spaces based in North and/or South Croydon.
For more information and the application forms visit: www.mindincroydon.org.uk/about-us/work-for-us/
www.mindincroydon.org.uk
We are very aware at Mind in Croydon that people really are our main asset. Attracting the right recruits and retaining them is of paramount importance and ensures that our clients get the best possible service. The benefits we can offer are a flexible and genuinely family-friendly environment – m...
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