News Archive September 2018
Never Mind the Catwalk Fashion Show – World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2018
Mind in Croydon in Partnership with The Pension Protection Fund are holding a free to attend community event showcasing an array of low cost and high-end fashion available to purchase on the day, followed by a live music event.
There will be a wide selection of quality items available for all sizes, including kids’ fashion.
Join us for this special event and help us raise vital funds for Mind in Croydon.
The event will be held at:
Boxpark Croydon
99 George Street
Croydon
CR0 1LD
Wednesday 10th October 2018
This will run from 5pm to 7pm with a pop-up shop and from 7.30pm until 11pm there will be live bands.
Further information can be found at: www.boxpark.co.uk/events
Email: lauren@boxpark.co.uk
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 24th September 2018
Minding Money Project Update
The Minding Money Project held its final Financial Literacy workshop on budgeting and learning how to manage finances.
Staff attended the last session adopting a wealth of knowledge to continue providing support and information.
The Minding Money Project will be shortly publishing an anthology of debt poems by service users and we hope to launch this in October.
With regret, our funding with Comic Relief for this project has come to an end. We have had fantastic three years delivering this to our service users in a fun and interactive way!
We would like to thank all participants for attending and our stakeholders for the ongoing support throughout the lifetime of the project.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 20th September 2018
Mind Attends Self-Care Event
Michael Edwards from our Advocacy Service attended a GP Hub Open Day on Saturday 15th September in Central Shopping Centre.
The event aimed to raise awareness about and allow patients to experience a number of local health and social care service providers accessible through the Croydon GP Hubs and directly by residents of Croydon.
Visitors were treated to FREE refreshments and had the opportunity to meet the Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Bernadette Khan, the Shadow Deputy for Families Heath & Social Care, Margaret Bird, and members of the team across all the Croydon GP Hubs.
Visitors got to meet with Mencap, Croydon Talking Therapies (IAPT), Mind in Croydon, The London Ambulance Service, Croydon Vision, Amber Crisis Pregnancy Centre, Just Be Croydon and other services.
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 18th September 2018
Praise for our Employment Support Service
Here’s some feedback from someone who has benefitted for our Employment Support Service over the last two years. “To everyone at the Mind in Croydon Employment Support Service (ESS), I just wanted to say a massive thank you for everything! I will post back the feedback questionnaire that I’ve completed but there just wasn’t enough room to praise you guys highly enough!
From my initial assessment with you back in 2016 to being discharged this month the support I received was just brilliant. I was very suspicious of anything to do with mental health support after a really negative experience in 2015 but you helped restore my faith in mental health support services. You are very down to earth and approachable and I was quickly put at ease. Sue Coleman is just amazing and we worked very well together. Not too much pressure but really encouraging and motivating without being patronising or condescending. I also got really useful CV feedback from one of your digital champions which was about a million times better than the feedback I got from an actual Recruitment Consultant.
As a result of the superb support from Sue I discovered the SLaM Recovery College and the Involvement Register and subsequently Hear-Us – who I am now a link-worker with. And countless other opportunities that I took part in (minding money, training courses, work trial day – the list goes on). In 2016 at the beginning of my support with ESS I was just about able to leave the house, but not much more than that. I wasn’t really sure if I’d ever be able to work or volunteer again. Now, as well as link-working, I am presenting training for SLaM staff (100+ people) and doing talks to the police with Hear-Us to challenge stigma and countless other things to help improve the quality of mental health services in Croydon and beyond. I have re-discovered old skills and developed new ones, growing in confidence and now feel that I am making a positive contribution to society once again.
I could go on but I’m sure you are a busy man! Mind in Croydon ESS is a brilliant service and I would recommend to anyone. My life has improved about a million times since that initial assessment in 2016. Keep up the good work! THANK YOU for all the opportunities and brilliant support!!!”
Claire Hawkes
If you would like to find out more about the Mind in Croydon Employment Support Service, you can telephone us on 020 8253 8203 / 4 / 7 or email ess@mindincroydon.org.uk
Author: Cat Ayres
Posted on: 14th September 2018
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Immersive Spring Show by Music Relief
A 360° DIY transformative, interactive, gallery experience that brings together the best of music, art, augmented, and virtual reality. Sound tracked to a special rendition of Bill Withers – ‘Lean On Me’ and Ben E King – ‘Stand By Me’ performed by music students, Music Relief ambassadors, as well as featured tracks from established and up and coming artists, using the complex interplay between music and technology to shape your emotions and take you on a cathartic storytelling experience.
In addition, they are also inviting submissions from young people to showcase their artistic talents The shortlisted pieces will be exhibited in their virtual gallery. The themes are ‘Positivity and Mental Health’, highly relevant given the current global situation surrounding COVID-19. They are accepting entries in the form of poems, spoken word, creative writing, as well as photos or videos of sculptures, graffiti work, drawings, graphic design, illustration, photography, and paintings. Entries can be submitted to office@music-relief.com. Music Relief understand the value of arts and culture, and so aim to provide young people with as many opportunities as possible to develop, share and celebrate their creative skills. Entries are open to youths aged up to 25.
This virtual event will take place Saturday 11th July @ 1pm and will be streamed worldwide to promote unity and solidarity with the global community.
Please note: The virtual event will take place on YouTube and is accessible for all. However, for an enhanced immersive experience you can also watch using Google Cardboard.
Tickets are available at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-artists-immersive-spring-show-tickets-104200789366
Young Artists - Immersive Spring Show
Join us for a spectacular virtual reality experience - featuring performances and multi-dimensional art exhibition.Mayor of Croydon Gala Dinner Change
Mind in Croydon is delighted to be one of the Mayor’s chosen charities that he is supporting in 2019/20.
Unfortunately due to COVID19 the Mayor will be unable to have his Gala Dinner.
As a result the Mayor has decided to do one last fundraiser for his chosen charities in conjunction with 4 local restaurants (Chat House; Urban Guj; Bagatti’s; and Zafran) with an opportunity for you to have a conversation with him as a final farewell.
The idea is that there will be a set menu which you can choose from (see Menu’s on our website at: www.mindincroydon.org.uk/news/mayor-of-croydon-gala-dinner-change/) and a percentage of the proceeds will go to the Mayor’s charities. Once you have placed an order you can request a code from the restaurant which will enable you to join the Mayor for a conversation on Sunday 5th July 2020 via Zoom for 30 minutes. Slots are from 6.30pm – 8.30pm depending on the restaurant code.
How it will work:
Place an order at your preferred restaurant mentioning ‘The Mayor’s Charity Gala Diner’ and request a code
Receive delicious food
Email: humayun.kabir@croydon.gov.uk with your code for a link to join him for a conversation
Zoom Timings:
Chat House: 6.30 – 7pm
Urban Guj: 7 – 7.30pm
Bagatti’s: 7.30 – 8pm
Zafran: 8 – 8.30pm
You can try a menu from these 4 restaurants multiple times. Food can be ordered anytime from now till Sunday 5th July 2020.
Mr Mayor hopes you will help him fundraise one last time and join him for a final farewell as Mayor.
Mayor of Croydon Gala Dinner Change - Mind in Croydon
Unfortunately due to COVID19 the Mayor will be unable to have his Gala Dinner. As a result the Mayor has decided to do one last fundraiser for his chosen charities in conjunction with 4 local restaurants (Chat House; Urban Guj; Bagatti’s; and Zafran) with an opportunity for you to have a conversat...Mind in Croydon’s Allotment Plot is looking fab after some work in preparation for re-opening to the horticulture group later this year. We look forward to welcoming you! For more information on this group contact Active Minds on 020 8253 8205 or email activeminds@mindincroydon.org.uk.
More information on the service can be found at www.mindincroydon.org.uk/how-we-can-help/connecting-with-people/active-minds/.
Croydon Mencap - Celebrating carers
Croydon Mencap - Celebrating carers
Celebrating our amazing carers and your hard work, dedication, care and support (and far more besides) for those you care for. Our Carers Support service is ...Carers Week Hampers
During Carers Week 8th-14th June, we acknowledged those carers known to Mind in Croydon by delivering some Pamper Hampers to people. 1.4 million people provide over 50 hours of unpaid care per week all of whom make an enormous contribution to society.
Mind in Croydon provides a Counselling service for Carers as well as a Support Service.
For further information on Carers Counselling please visit www.mindincroydon.org.uk/how-we-can-help/carers-services/carers-counselling/.
For further information on Carers Support please visit www.mindincroydon.org.uk/how-we-can-help/carers-services/carers-support/.
We recently uploaded information on Understanding Stress For carers , which can viewed on our Mind in Croydon YouTube page at www.mindincroydon.org.uk/news/understanding-stress-for-carers/%E2%80%9D
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