Perinatal Wellbeing Course – Postnatal Parents/Caregivers -Babies Aged 0-2

Running over 6 weeks, this course explores you and your baby’s wellbeing, understanding worries and anxiety, managing low mood as well as your support circle with signposting.

For more information and to self-refer click here.

Dates for these courses are as follows:
Monday 12th February – 10am -12pm (face-to-face)
Monday 25th March – 1pm- 3pm (face-to-face)
Tuesday 26th March-12pm-2pm (face-to-face)

Perinatal Wellbeing Course – Pregnant Mothers & Fathers to be

Running over 6 weeks, this course explores you and your baby’s wellbeing, understanding worries and anxiety, managing low mood as well as your support circle with signposting.

For more information and to self-refer click here.

Dates for these courses are as follows:
Monday 12th February – 1pm -3pm (face-to-face)
Tuesday 13th February – 12pm-2pm (online)
Monday 25th March – 10am-12pm (face-to-face)

Creative Minds – Medway (Drop-in group)

Starting from the 6th November, you will be able to join us at the
Nucleus Arts Café for our new weekly drop-in group.

Creative Minds is open to all residents of North Kent (Gravesham, Swanley, Dartford and Medway.)

This is a safe space for those who wish to come along and engage in creative activities and wellbeing discussions.

We will provide tea, coffee and biscuits.

Every Monday (except bank holidays)  

1.30pm—3.30pm

Nucleus Art Café

272 High Street

Chatham, ME4 4BP

World Mental Health Day 2023

The raffle has now ended and the draw will take place on 20th October.
Good luck!

The 10th October is World Mental Health Day and the theme for 2023
(set by the World Foundation of Mental Health) is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.

North Kent Mind are hosting a stall at Bluewater from the 8th—10th October to raise awareness around this important day.

We will be on hand to engage in conversations with the local community about what support we can offer
those who feel they are struggling.

It is important to talk about your mental health and everyone should know that they are not alone.

We will also be holding a raffle.

Tickets start from as little as £2 and we have some amazing prizes to be won, just in time for Christmas!

Tickets can be purchased in person at our stall in Bluewater or through our website at the link below.

All money received goes back into our charity and towards running our services for our local community.

We hope to see you at our Bluewater event and thank you for your continued support.

Kent & Medway Partnership Domestic Abuse Strategy 2024-2029

The new Kent & Medway Partnership Domestic Abuse Strategy 2024-2029 is now out for consultation. The strategy represents the work and ambitions of 20 partners across Kent & Medway and has been written based on detailed feedback from people who have experienced abuse.

The Strategy aims to: ‘reduce the prevalence of domestic abuse, and ensure that where domestic abuse takes place, all those affected get the right support, quickly’.

The commitments in the strategy are presented in three key priorities informed by people with lived experience of abuse:

1.        Early intervention and prevention – identify domestic abuse as early as possible and get support in place.

2.       Immediate needs – services, interventions, and support during episodes and immediately after.

3.       Recovery – support to recover from harm, heal and become resilient.

Help shape our Domestic Abuse Services in Kent and Medway. Share your views on the #Kent and #Medway Domestic Abuse Strategy which sets out the new five-year plan to develop and improve our services?

Visit www.kent.gov.uk/domesticabusestrategy to complete the online questionnaire.

Wellbeing Workshops

Wellbeing Workshops Poster

North Kent Mind have partnered with Imago to deliver group wellbeing workshops over the summer holidays for children and young people aged 6-16.

The sessions will be fun and interactive, covering various topics such as understanding mental health, anxiety and self-help strategies, exploring friendships and bulling as well as self-esteem and resilience.

Participants are required to be patients registered under the following GP surgeries:

Stonecross & West Drive Surgery

King George Road Surgery

Reach Healthcare

Churchill Clinic

Matrix Medical Practice.

If you, or anyone you know could benefit from these sessions, please get in touch with the GP!

Easyfundraising – North Kent Mind

Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for North Kent Mind with easyfundraising?

There are over 7,000 brands on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.

All you need to do is:

  1. Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/mindnorthkent/?utm_campaign=raise-more and join for free.
  2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
  3. After you’ve checked out, the brand will make a donation to Mind – North Kent at no extra cost to you whatsoever!

There are no catches or hidden charges and North Kent Mind will be really grateful for your donations.