Posts in August 2015

Following the successful review of the Older Adults Outreach Service, Birmingham Mind again, commissioned Merida Associates to conduct an independent review our Esteem Team Service. The Esteem Team is part of the Edgbaston Wellbeing Hub and the service supports individuals… Read more

Birmingham Mind is pleased to be delivering training as part of The Blue Light Resilience Programme which is part of Mind’s year-long ‘Blue Light’ Programme, a major initiative working to raise awareness of mental health, tackle stigma and discrimination, build… Read more

Congratulations to Barry Lawes , one of our Involvement and Communication Workers, on receiving his Shining Stars Award. Barry is now working as part of the Changing Futures Together Project, in our Every Step of the Way Service. You can read… Read more

Mind have a range of information booklets for workplaces, students and a host of information booklets such as how to manage stress and how to be mentally healthy at work. The Mind booklets provide up to date, trusted information on… Read more

Following a successful first round of courses, our local mental health charity will be delivering a second round of free Resilience courses as part of Mind’s year-long ‘Blue Light’ Programme, a major initiative working to raise awareness of mental health,… Read more

On Monday 13th July, Birmingham Mind hosted a Symposium for our Older Adults Outreach Service, in celebration of the success of service over the last three years. We showcased this video, which shows how vital and valued this service is to the people who we… Read more

Good Luck to the following people who are raising funds for Birmingham Mind over the next few weeks: Robert – Skydive Challenge Think Recruitment – Wolf Run Natalie – Big Fun Run All the monies received will be carefully applied… Read more

Birmingham South Central (BSC) CCG’s Big Social Conversation are inviting patients and local residents to take part in a range of activities and chat to BSC staff and partners about healthy living in Birmingham.  There will be a range of… Read more

On Monday 10th August 2015, the Home Office will issue new guidelines that must be considered before people’s mental health crises are disclosed to employers in background checks. Paul Farmer, CEO of Mind, supports the new Home Office guidelines: There is no… Read more

NHS England has launched the first stage of a new programme to improve young people’s mental health services. “NHS England will spend an extra £133m on improving children and young people’s mental health, in addition to local CAMHS budgets and… Read more