25 May

Do you know a stressed-out student?

Here are two simple things we have to help our stressed-out students. Will you help us spread the word?

1. Ease the pressure on students by sharing Mind’s stress-beating tips

We have 14 ways to beat exam stress, submitted by Mind supporters like Rachael:

“Remember, you’re not a machine. You deserve time off! Factor in time to watch a film or see friends.”

Right now, there are thousands of students feeling the pressure – we want these tips to reach as many as possible. Could you share these tips with a student you know?

2. Spread the word about Emoodji

We also have a new app to help students, Emoodji – it’s free to download on iOS and Android phones. Emoodji helps students cope with the ups and downs of uni life by encouraging them to share how they’re feeling using selfies and emojis. It’s packed with tips for staying well at uni, from dealing with exams to where to get support.

Could you spread the word about Emoodji as well?

Thank you! And if you are a student – do please look after yourself.

28 Apr

Mind’s new strategy ‘Building on Change’

Over the last four years we’ve seen some really big changes in mental health. Public attitudes are improving and mental health is high on the political agenda.

Download Mind’s new strategy ‘Building on Change’

 

We’ve helped millions more people have access to advice, support, information and services.

We’ve made good progress, but because of the scale of the challenge we face, too many people in England and Wales still don’t have the support they need. That’s not good enough.

We won’t give up until everyone with a mental health problem gets the support and respect they need and deserve. And our new strategy, Building on Change, is our next step to take us closer to this ambition.

17 Apr

Beats Group

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Mondays 3pm – 6pm, Anderson House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6XA.

The Beats group is a friendly, safe environment for people with diagnoses to relax, listen to or create music among their peers. Whatever your tastes in music, see if you can add to the melting pot. People can come and go as they please between 3pm and 6pm on a Monday evening, and stay for as long or as short a time as they need to. Stick your head around the door and that’s all if you decide it’s not for you, we don’t mind. Alternatively, play or sing a note, whether you are classically trained or wanting to begin. Create an album if you have one within you. We will find you the resources. Record your own song or perform a cover of your favourite one, or design some computer music. All we ask is that the feelings of the people in the room at the time are respected, and anything personal that’s discussed is not used as idle gossip! There is an element of peer support, but don’t let that scare you off, we do have a giggle and distract ourselves from/avoid the darker side of life when we can!

0191 233 0382

launchpadncl@aol.com

15 Apr

Safe Space

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Safe Space at MEA House, Newcastle

Tuesdays, 1pm – 3pm

Our Newcastle Safe Space is a free wellbeing group for adults experiencing mental health and emotional difficulties.

A warm and welcoming supportive peer group where people support each other to make positive steps. Attending the group can help to reduce isolation by building up confidence, promoting independence and sharing experiences.

 

Safe Space in North Tyneside

Tuesdays, 1pm – 3pm at North Shields Library

Safe Space is a service for adults experiencing issues with their mental health emotional well-being.

It aims to help reduce social isolation and improve your sense of well-being.

Drop-in as and when you feel the need, it can be once in a while for support, advice or information, or you can come more regularly.

For more information call Lisa MacDonald at Mind on 0191 477 4545,
mobile 0789 1685525 or email lisa.macdonald@tynesidemind.org.uk or visit their website by clicking here.

06 Apr

Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces

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This month we’re really excited to release our Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces Report.

The report is the result of 46 ‘Organisational Health checks’, conducted between 2013 and 2015, that draws on the experiences of 15,000 employees. The report informs employers about employees’ experiences of mental health in a variety of workplaces; illustrates good practice in managing mental health; and talks about the roles and responsibilities of senior leaders in the workplace with regards to supporting employees’ mental health.

The evidence-based recommendations made in this report can help organisations build on the progress made so far and make further improvements to policy, practices and working environment.

We’re really happy to be able to share all our findings with you and hope that this report can create a positive impact in understanding and fighting against stigma and discrimination against mental health problems in the workplace.

You can find a digital version of the report here. We have a limited run of printed copies also available. If you would like to be sent one then please contact organisations@time-to-change.org.

Download your report now

All the best, the Time to Change team

17 Mar

SIGN North Tyneside

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SIGN-NT is a network providing FREE, impartial and confidential information for adults on health and wellbeing services in North Tyneside.

SIGN-NT connects you to the right organisation that can help with:

  • Services and support to help you continue living at home
  • Advice on benefits, housing or heating
  • Debt and consumer advice
  • Equipment and aids to help you stay independent
  • Activities and hobby groups
  • Work, education or volunteering opportunities.

Download the free app to your mobile or tablet.  Search ‘SIGN.NT’ in your device store or scan the QR codes for your device.

All of our SIGN-NT members are ready to help you.  You can get in touch with any of the member organisations included in the network by visiting their websites, calling them, or visiting their offices to ask for information or guidance.

01 Dec

Let there be light

poetry

Iridescent coruscating light,
So Bright, so stark, so obvious,
Like coffee dripping on a Sunday wet morning,
Whetting appetite’s to begin, like light:
The great beginning, like God said in Genesis.

Light, so heavy, so un-dull,
Perhaps pretending to be like the cat
That walked over the barrow of wet dish-water.

Optically dense, refractive refractory plebiscites
Illuminating them to become the Illuminati,
Fluorescently Einstein, the billionth equation:
Packets, quanta, constant like Planck
To walk like a sailor having been caught by a pirate:

Let there be light, the one true bang
Like the gun or starting pistol,
Like Usain Bolt primed and ready,
Ever steady to finish like the beginning,
Unlike one big crunch;

Crunchies are my favourite chocolate:
They have a shiny reflective wrapper.

01 Dec

Rwanda

poetry

Rwanda means peace

When you are one you are weak

When we are together we are united

Heaven is light

01 Dec

Light Fades

poetry

The bright shining light of the sunrise shone through my bay window and filled my sitting room full of reds, oranges, pinks and Turkish delight colours. I walked into my sitting room and felt the light against my soft smooth skin, it felt bliss.

Sadly the sunset faded into the grey clouds and the light no longer shone through my bay window. It was like the torch had been switched off, the light gone.

The shining light does not work anymore: I do not feel bliss anymore.