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Donation from The Shoker family & friends

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The Shoker family & friends have raised an amazing £11,500 for North Kent Mind.

Tragically one of their beloved family members, Amarjit Singh Shokar, took his own life late last year. Since this, the family have been committed to spreading awareness and raising money, to help support those struggling with mental health.

We had the pleasure of visiting them to hand over the cheque, as well as a plaque in memory of Amarjit, which will be kept in their family home.

Their bravery and dedication as a family is inspiring, and we thank them so much for their continued support.

They have been in connection with Kent Online to share their experience and raise awareness, you can find the article here:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/real-life-super-hero-is-still-helping-others-262691/

North Kent Mind Fundraising Officer Kimberley Tough and Communications Officer Maria Kent with some of the Shoker family.

The Dockyard Sessions

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Do you have a passion for music?

North Kent Mind, along with the music students from the University of Kent and their lecturers, have created the Dockyard Sessions.

An all-comers Band/jamming session for anyone interested in music.

The sessions will be held at The University of Kent in the Clock Tower Lecture Theatre on March 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th from 10:30am-12:30pm.

Download poster.

‘Next Steps’ Project

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Are you 15-18 years old and not in education or training?

The next steps project offers 6 weeks, free, individual and tailored support to suit your needs. Whether this is to gain more confidence, better understand your mental health, set meaningful goals or make positive changes in your life -we’re here to support you.

For more information please contact: Rebecca Smith

rebeccasmith@northkentmind.co.uk

February Half Term Sessions 2022 (young persons)

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North Kent Mind are running a free, friendly and welcoming group session for young people aged 11-18. The session will explore self-esteem and managing comparisons, whilst learning how to build positive coping mechanisms.

Friday 18th February, 11.30AM – 1.00PM

Riverside Community Centre Gravesend

To book your place, please email Rebecca Smith: rebeccasmith@northkentmind.co.uk

Download poster here.

Donation from Ian Leicester on behalf of the 24th Borstal Scout Group

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North Kent Mind would like to thank Ian Leicester for his incredibly generous donation of £1,000 on behalf of his Scouts’ group. 

The Scouts have been travelling around Africa and helping various causes worldwide, but also wanted to help a charity closer to home and we are thrilled that they nominated us. 

They have a particular passion for helping youth and requested that we use their donation for our Children and Young People’s service. 

Thank you so much Ian and Scouts!

Fundraising at St George’s Church of England School, Gravesend

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Matt Joblin, a former student of St George’s Church of England School Gravesend, ran a campaign this month to raise money for North Kent Mind, by collecting donations in exchange for original 1976 bricks from his old school. 

The campaign was a huge success, and they were able to able to raise an amazing £1055 for North Kent Mind.  

All donators collected their bricks this weekend and were thrilled with the experience.  

We are hugely grateful for the effort gone into by everyone involved and a big thank you to Matt, St George’s Church of England School and all donators for their support.

  • Donators collecting their bricks – Sunday 19th December

Dartford’s B&M Store Opening

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Kimberley was delighted to attend the opening of Dartford’s brand new B&M store on Saturday, after they very kindly chose us as their nominated charity. 

Shoppers were queuing outside at 8am, eager to see what the megastore had to offer and they were not disappointed!  From homeware to pet supplies, kids toys and its very own garden centre, B&M is your one stop shop for everything you could possibly need this Christmas.

Congratulations to the staff for all of their hard work in the lead up to the much anticipated opening. 

We would also like to thank B&M for their very generous £250 charity donation to North Kent Mind.

‘Moving faces’ octopus creative project

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Today we had great fun running sessions for children to help their emotional intelligence.


Using creative discussions, first they created a ‘moving faces’ octopus to identify emotions, what they feel like and what might bring these on.


They then moved on to create their angry/calm octopus; this helps children become more aware of triggers for angry/sad feelings and the strategies they can use to calm down.

Well done to all of those that attended! North Kent Mind are running sessions for children and young people each school holiday for FREE, keep an eye out for our next ones and come along.

Kent Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards

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Congratulations to Adam Palmer and Ashley Stone for their double win at the Kent Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards. 

As well as winning fundraisers of the year for Medway, they also picked up the champion award at the end of the show. 

Adam and Ashley have worked tirelessly on their 12 months of fundraising challenge and have raised a hugely impressive amount of £8200.

Taking part in various activities such as a charity football match, sponsored walk, monthly scratchcard and speed quizzes, Ashley was keen to support North Kent Mind as a charity close to his heart after experiencing mental health issues in his own life. Thank you so much to Adam and Ashley for their amazing fundraising efforts, commitment and dedication.