Hello, As you will probably know, Launchpad North Tyneside coordinates a lively and successful Service User and Survivor Forum that has been running for a few years. We recognise carers need to have a space to meet and be heard too, that’s why in partnership with North Tyneside Carers Centre, we are launching a new…
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In 2017, the Government published its Green Paper for Transforming children and young people’s mental health, which detailed proposals for expanding access to mental health care for children and young people, building on the national NHS transformation programme which is already underway. Its proposals were focused on providing additional support through schools and colleges and…
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Kooth is an online mental health counselling and wellbeing service for children and young people in North Tyneside. North Tyneside Council and North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have commissioned XenZone’s Kooth service, giving local young people aged between 11 and 18 access to free online counselling. As well as offering timely access to therapy,…
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Dear all As you are aware over the last year, HWNT have been working on a project exploring people’s experiences of mental health crisis support. Supporting people in crisis is a detailed research report into people’s experiences of mental health crisis support in North Tyneside. We have heard from 215 service users, carers and staff…
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#iwill Unfold is a mental health campaign that uses online and offline media to engage individuals and groups into a conversation about positive mental health, based on the concept of unfolding feelings and thoughts. The steering group decided to create a website and social media channels as a means of sharing people’s mental health experiences,…
Read More Weekend Friends is our peer support group that meets on the 1st and 3rd Saturday each month for people who find weekends difficult. It’s a friendly group, please do drop by for a cuppa and a chat! They now meet from 11am to 1pm at Costa Coffee, Wallsend High Street, NE28 8JA. Download flyer here….
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The Heads and Tales Newsletter is here! Welcome to our newsletter for our Mental Health Heritage project HEADS & TALES, supported and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and through the great contribution of National lottery players. Heads & Tales is a two-year project led and shaped by participants to explore, rebalance, and celebrate the voice of…
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Dear all People have told us that they find it difficult to know where to go for support with their mental health needs. To help people easily access the support they need, we have published a short guide of support groups and services in North Tyneside that support people’s mental health. This guide was developed…
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It’s 2018, men don’t need to fight bears Being an adult is hard. Most of us are born into this world, kicking and screaming and we probably don’t stop crying until we’re around, what, 33? At 33, we look like we’ve gotten our shit together and most of us by that point have forgiven our…
Read MoreIt’s not always easy to have a conversation about your deepest feelings with your GP, someone you may hardly know, especially the first time. Many of us find it really hard to take that first step. That’s why we’ve made a short film and free guide about talking to your GP – Find The Words. We…
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