for better mental health
Teagan’s sunflower grew to 9ft2ins!
Teagan and her family have really enjoyed their garden during lockdown.
They used the seeds to hold their own family competition which Teagan also won! Teagan planted many different seeds and has been tracking their progress with a daily plant diary.
Calli Malpas is a local musician and supporter of North Kent Mind, who is kindly donating the proceeds of all iTunes sales of her song ‘A Hedgehog Named Bob’ to our organisation. She hopes that the song, in which she describes her own mental health experiences, will help raise awareness of mental health and raise money for us.
Check out the video of ‘A Hedgehog Named Bob’ on Youtube and if you can download the track for just 79p from iTunes. Every penny helps! Let’s send Bob on a global journey by
DOWNLOADING ….. LIKING ….. AND SHARING!
*Content Warning* Although this is quite an uplifting song and has a cute cartoon video, the lyrics briefly mention experience of suicidal ideation/thoughts.
Download the track for just 79p All proceeds are donated to North Kent Mind. Every penny helps!
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/a-hedgehog-named-bob-single/1511959321
Prudential Ride London may have been cancelled but that’s not going to stop the World’s greatest festival of cycling taking place.
My Prudential RideLondon is your chance to get on your bike – or scooter, skateboard, trike, tandem, penny farthing, roller skates, unicycle or any type of self-propelled wheels! – and take part, wherever you live and with whoever you like – family, friends or by yourself.
It’s your ride, your way, for North Kent Mind. Join our team and take part in the first ever VIRTUAL edition of the My Prudential RideLondon.
Free to enter and open to all. Sign up here👇to help North Kent Mind. https://myridelondon.co.uk/register #MyPRL
Ecology Island is a nature-based intervention, which takes place weekly across 8 sessions in a woodland area of Central Park, Dartford. The participants take part in a range of nature-based activities which allow them to learn new skills in a supported environment, outdoors in nature. Examples include bushcraft, campfire cooking, scrub clearance, wildlife ID, litter picking, bird and bat box building, wildflower planting and more.
SilverCloud Health provides a wide range of online guided self-help programmes for stress, depression and anxiety. Every client is allocated a psychological wellbeing practitioner from our service who will guide them through the programme and help with any questions they have. Programmes consist of around six or seven modules – which can be completed at the individual’s own pace, over approximately eight weeks.
Clients with SilverCloud Health receive secure access to online supported CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) programmes, tailored to their specific needs, which have demonstrated high improvement rates for depression, anxiety and stress.
If you have a GP in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley you will be able to sign up. Contact us now to join SilverCloud (details below) or just click here for the sign-up page.
email; alexvale@northkentmind.co.uk or call; 01322 533155
The Coronavirus pandemic has impacted on our lives in many ways. We have put together some useful resources you can use to support and improve your wellbeing.
Supporting you and your Mental Health – NKM COVID-19 Response Project
Information about the services currently being offered by the Wellbeing team at North Kent Mind.
Preparing for Work Virtual Online Workshop poster
North Kent Mind is offering a new Virtual Online Workshop for our Preparing for Work course.
Adapted from our face to face courses, including the most beneficial sessions. Our new virtual online workshop will improve you skills, knowledge and employability!
* 5 Sessions starting 21st August 2020 *
Please note IT support is available if needed.
For more information please contact:
Emma Jarnell, 01322 291380, emmajarnell@northkentmind.co.uk
Now more than ever, we need to look after each other’s mental health and wellbeing. Coaches and coaching organisations have told us that they are increasingly concerned about supporting the mental health of those whom they coach, as well as ensuring their own wellbeing.
To support the coaching community, Mind along with partners UK Coaching, 1st4sport and Sport England, announced on Monday 18 May that the online course Mental Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity is now available free of charge. Usually £18, the course is accessible on the UK Coaching website and will remain free until 31 August 2020.
The course which takes 2-3 hours to complete, is aimed at everyone who works in clubs, community sport and physical activity – including coaches, activators, sports administrators, front of house staff or volunteers. Learners will be able to increase their knowledge of mental health, and confidence when applying the learning into their coaching practice.
• welcome and support people living with mental health problems in their sport and physical activity sessions
• increase their knowledge of mental health problems
• apply the learning in their coaching practice
• make their club or organisation more inclusive.
More information
For information about this course or Mind’s physical activity work, please get in touch with the Physical Activity Team via sport@mind.org.uk or visit mind.org.uk/sport.
