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We work to promote good mental health in our city and across Sussex, helping people lead a full life as part of their local community. Spring 2012 Issue 4 Welcome to Mind in Brighton & Hove Mind in Brighton & Hove are delighted to be able to announce that they are part of a successful team to provide Brighton and Hove Primary Care Mental Health Services. This was a joint bid from ―The Mental Health Partnership‖, made up of seven Brighton and Hove GP Practices, Brighton and Hove Integrated Care Services, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Mind in Brighton and Hove, and Turning Point. Sarah Danily (Director of Mind in Brighton and Hove) says, ― This is a fantastic achievement. It builds on the experience of each of the partners to design a new range of services which caught the imagination of the commissioners.‖ We look forward to working with our new partners in the summer. Our AGM If you have an interest in mental health and would like to hear about our business plan, come along to our AGM on Tuesday 27 March at 3pm . The meeting is held in our offices in 51 New England Street Brighton BN1 4GQ. All are welcome. Good News for 2012 The East Brighton Mental Health Project has moved offices. It is now based at: WHITEHAWK INN Whitehawk Road Brighton BN2 5NS Tel: 01273 647 179 If you live in the East Brighton area and would like to speak to a worker, please contact us. Mind in Brighton and Hove believes in equality of opportunity for all. We are committed to challenging inequality, discrimination and stigma particularly in relation to minority and socially excluded groups and on the grounds of mental distress. No service user, employee, volunteer or job applicant should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, cultural background, sexual orientation, marital status or any other criteria. East Brighton Mental Health Project Equalities Statement Keep up to date with what‘s going on at Mind in Brighton & Hove! We are on Twitter at @MindBrighton

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Page 1: Welcome to Mind in Brighton & Hove€¦ · Sarah Danily (Director of Mind in Brighton and Hove) says, ―This is a fantastic achievement. It builds on the experience of each of the

We work to promote good mental health in our city and across Sussex, helping people

lead a full life as part of their local community.

Spring 2012 Issue 4

Welcome to Mind in Brighton &

Hove

Mind in Brighton & Hove are delighted to be able to announce that they are part of a

successful team to provide Brighton and Hove Primary Care Mental Health Services. This

was a joint bid from ―The Mental Health Partnership‖, made up of seven Brighton and Hove

GP Practices, Brighton and Hove Integrated Care Services, Sussex Partnership NHS

Foundation Trust, Mind in Brighton and Hove, and Turning Point.

Sarah Danily (Director of Mind in Brighton and Hove) says, ―This is a fantastic

achievement. It builds on the experience of each of the partners to design a new range of

services which caught the imagination of the commissioners.‖ We look forward to working

with our new partners in the summer.

Our AGM

If you have an interest in mental health and would like to hear about our business plan,

come along to our AGM on Tuesday 27 March at 3pm. The meeting is held in our offices

in 51 New England Street Brighton BN1 4GQ. All are welcome.

Good News for 2012

The East Brighton Mental Health Project

has moved offices. It is now based at:

WHITEHAWK INN

Whitehawk Road

Brighton

BN2 5NS Tel: 01273 647 179

If you live in the East Brighton area and

would like to speak to a worker, please

contact us.

Mind in Brighton and Hove believes in equality of

opportunity for all. We are committed to

challenging inequality, discrimination and stigma

particularly in relation to minority and socially

excluded groups and on the grounds of mental

distress.

No service user, employee, volunteer or job

applicant should receive less favourable

treatment because of their gender, race,

ethnicity, age, disability, religion, cultural

background, sexual orientation, marital status or

any other criteria.

East Brighton Mental

Health Project

Equalities

Statement

Keep up to date with what‘s going on at

Mind in Brighton & Hove! We are on Twitter

at @MindBrighton

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Congratulations to all our runners who, on a bright and sunny Sunday morning completed the Brighton Half Marathon including the extra 500 yards—raising much appreciated funds for Mind in

Brighton & Hove

Volunteer Social The Resource Room

volunteers held their

W in t e r So c ia l i n

November 2011. This

evening celebrated the

work done by the

volunteers during 2011

and welcomed the new

volunteers who had been

successfully recruited to

join the Resource Room

in 2012. The evening

was a great success with

a light hearted award

ceremony in appreciation

for the hard work and

commitment throughout

the year.

We also have runners also taking part in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday 15th April 2012. Supporters are welcome to cheer them on—full details of times and the amounts they raised will

be in the next newsletter .

Congratulations to all the staff

members, service providers and

volunteers who helped our

Wellbeing Day go off without a

hitch! For one day only, our

offices were transformed into a

Wellbeing Zone, with over 20

loca l se rv i ces massage ,

acupuncture and workshops

designed to make you feel great.

Wellbeing Day

LiVE Website Launch

Fundraising

The LiVE project‘s new online home at ww.mindlive.co.uk

is here at last! The website has been designed by a group

of LiVE project members (with a little help from

professionals) and was celebrated with a launch event for

members in December. The public area of the site includes

lots of information about the project as well as current

public surveys, consultations and meetings. The private

members only area provides a space where members can

share information and news, and find out all about current

project work and activities.

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We are pleased to announce that we are in the final stages of developing a Lived Experience

Council. This group of interested people with lived experience will be influential in supporting

and advising the work of our Board of Trustees. Anyone who is currently using Mind services

or has done so in the past or accessed other services in the city for people with lived

experience and is interested in supporting the work of Mind can be involved.

So if you are passionate about making a difference and helping Mind in Brighton & Hove to

improve our services please let us know. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real

difference in helping us to put ―service user views‖ at the forefront of everything that we do.

As we are still in the throes of defining our role we will pay you for your involvement and

support in enabling us to create an Advisory group of committed people with Lived

Experience. Travel expenses will also be paid.

So why not get involved and Have a Voice?

I will be supporting the Council until everyone feels comfortable and confident in their role.

So if you are keen to know more please call me, Mike Ashbee, Participation Team Leader on

01273 666966 or if you prefer email me, [email protected] .

We look forward to hearing from you!

We define Lived Experience as anyone who has accessed services i.e. mental health, substance misuse, women’s

services etc.

Mike Ashbee,

Participation

Team Leader,

welcomes

newcomers to

the Lived

Experience

Council

New Mental Health Focus Groups

Help us to shape

and influence the

work of Mind in

Brighton and

Hove

Following discussions with NHS Brighton and Hove, the quarterly public Gateway

meetings are being replaced by a series of smaller themed focus groups which will be

held throughout the year. These will focus on topics identified as priority issues by both

commissioners and service users. The new format is aimed to ensure better opportunity

to go into sufficient depth about each issue.

The first focus group will take place on 26th

March from 2 – 4 p.m. and will be looking at

proposals for developing a new community service for people with personality

disorders in Brighton and Hove. A voucher payment will be offered to all participants

in recognition of their valuable input.

For details of how to take part, please visit www.mindlive.co.uk/mental-health-focus-

groups/ or contact Mike Ashbee at [email protected]

Get Involved With The Lived Experience Council

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Afternoon tea: a phrase that conjures up cosy images and happy memories, a tradition we all enjoy and, for our older clients, a reminder of a more relaxed era, when there was time to stop, to take a breather, have a cuppa and a good chat. Earlier this year, Age UK, the Alzheimer‘s society and Mind decided to get together and host two afternoon tea events on the older peoples‘ in-patient wards at the Nevill hospital. We wanted to create a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where people could ask questions, find out what we do, who we are and how to contact us. We decided to take the event onto the wards, as patients in these settings don‘t always have the opportunity to get out and find out what is available for them locally. Also, we hoped to be able to meet up with family, friends and carers who might be visiting their loved one in hospital, as we know that carers often feel isolated and stressed and need access to information and community support as well. Luis Algorta, Age UK Community Development Officer set up the Wii console on the ward TV and he soon had patients trying their hand at ten-pin bowling, base-ball and tennis. The Wii proved very popular and it was interesting to see how competitive people became and, I mean, the staff who attended the event (I‘ll mention no names but they know who they are). Colleagues in Mind very kindly made and donated cakes for the event and the lemon drizzle cake in particular, went down a treat. The ward teams too, were able to ask questions: when I started with Mind there was limited advocacy provision in the city, now, alongside the informal advocacy that we still provide there is IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity Advocate) and Jen Allan our local IMCA from POhWER was on hand to answer questions. We also have IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocacy), my colleague Lynne Davies joined us for the event and she also works with clients admitted under section, at the Nevill and Mill View hospitals. Jan Comber represented the Alzheimer‘s society and Luis, Denise Crilly and Samantha Bond were on hand from Age UK to tell people about the range of services they provide. Hospital wards can be isolating places and it can be easy to lose touch with what is happening outside, in the ‗real world‘, especially for our older clients, who are often in hospital for some months, awaiting long-term placement. By taking our services into the hospital, we hope to create a positive action, keeping people connected and helping them to make plans for their future as, as one patient told us, ‗it‘s good to have different faces on the ward and something new happening...it can sometimes feel like you‘ve been forgotten about‘.

Caroline Donovan, takes to the Wii at Nevill

Hospital.

Time For Tea By Caroline Donovan, Older Peoples’ Advocate with Mind in Brighton and Hove

Information and Advice

Sessions

with Mind, Brighton and Hove City Council, Age UK Brighton and Hove and

Alzheimer’s Society

Tuesday 3rd April 11am to 1pm

Venue: Sanders House sheltered housing scheme, Ingram Crescent West, Hove. All welcome.

Tuesday 19th June

Venue: Churchill House sheltered housing scheme, Hangleton Road, Hove. All welcome.

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This small support group offers an opportunity for

men over 40 to have open and frank

conversations about suicide. The aim is to create

a safe space to talk about thoughts, feelings and

experiences that have made it hard to carry on

living. Members say that they find this opportunity

alone to be very valuable. They also offer each

other support and share suggestions for coping

with life, thoughts of suicide and ways to improve

mental health.

The group runs weekly, from 12.00pm to 2.00pm

on Wednesdays, at 51 New England Street.

Please contact the facilitator Peter Finch at Mind

in Brighton and Hove on 01273 666950 or email

[email protected]

Head Forward is a wellbeing information website with a particular emphasis on mental health. It is part of Mind in Brighton and Hove‘s West Sussex Advice & Information service, based at the West Sussex Wellbeing Initiatives office in Horsham. The site has been awarded ‗Health On the Net‘ HONcode certification every year since 2009.

The Head Forward Website - A Mind Wellbeing

Information Service

Head Forward was created to provide a comprehensive 24/7 online guide to wellbeing information uniquely linked to local services. Its aim is to provide a simple, accessible and reliable way to find out about wellbeing issues and services, thus enabling an informed choice on how to positively head forward from poor mental health and wellbeing.

Over 70 categories provide specially written introductions regarding: symptoms of poor wellbeing; life issues that contribute to problems; social groups that have particular issues; medical conditions and psychological disorders; available treatments and therapies; sources of specialist support; and sources of help with practical problems.

Following each introduction there is a list of relevant resources including contact details of national, regional, county and local services. Many of these link directly to a service‘s website and provide a location map for local services. The list includes services run by all types of organisation including the NHS, local councils, charities, commercial companies and individuals.

Although resource entries focus on West Sussex-based services, much of the general, regional and national information is relevant to people in Brighton and Hove, the rest of Sussex, Surrey and beyond.For those without easy access to the internet, there is phone support available every Tuesday and Wednesday. Alternatively, email enquiries can be sent at any time.

Check out Head Forward for yourself at www.head-forward.info

For more information contact Steve Byhurst on 01403 750165

[email protected]

Men over 40

Free Support Places

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FEEDBACK—We would love to hear your comments and any suggestions about our

newsletter. Email: [email protected]

Would you like to become a member of

Mind in Brighton & Hove?

To find out more call us on 01273 66 69 50

Rooms are available to hire at our

New England Street office at very

reasonable rates. The rooms vary

from quiet two-person interview

rooms to our training room which

can comfortably seat up to 30

people. There is also ample

power and data points. For rental

rates and details of discounts for

c h a r i t y a n d n o n - p r o f i t

organisations

Following successful training courses in 2011, we

will be offering the following workshops in 2012;

FULL DAY WORKSHOPS

Mindfulness – Wednesday 18th April, 2012 10am

– 4.30pm

Mental Health Awareness Training – Friday 18th

May, 2012 10am – 4.30pm

HALF DAY WORKSHOPS

Working with People in Suicidal Distress –

Friday 11th May, 2012 9.30am – 1.00pm

Working with People with Depression - Friday

30th March, 2012 9.30am – 1.00pm

Full Day Course Cost: £60 voluntary sector / £80

statutory and private sector

Half Day Course Cost: £45 voluntary sector / £60

statutory and private sector

FREE Information Sessions

For more information check our website

www.mindcharity.co.uk

or call 01273 66 69 50

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

INFORMATION SESSIONS

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm @ BUCFP

Fortnightly drop in information and

discussion sessions on range of topics

relating to wellbeing and improving our

mental health.

9 March – Simple ways to keep your cool-

an introduction to anger management.

23 March – How to reduce worry and

anxiety.

Training at Mind in Brighton and Hove

Room Booking

Keep in Touch…..