for better mental health
Congratulations to North Kent Mind Wellbeing Services and North West Kent Countryside Partnership for all their hard work – Ecology Island wins a Kent Mental Health and Wellbeing Award.
For more information about Ecology Island please click here.
North Kent Mind are running FREE wellbeing sessions in the October half term for Children and Young People to attend. The sessions will be held at the Riverside Community Centre in Gravesend, to promote positive wellbeing. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis – book now to secure your place!
Medway Lottery is an exciting weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in Medway area. All good causes supported by the lottery will benefit Medway area and its residents.
Play the lottery, support Medway area – it’s that simple!
Tickets for the lottery cost just £1 a week. Each ticket has a 1 in 50 chance to win a prize each week, with a top prize of £25,000! That’s a better chance of winning than the National Lottery or the Health Lottery.
Each ticket has six numbers and each number is between 0 and 9. There will be a draw every Saturday night when a six digit winning combination will be picked. Prizes will be given to players with tickets that match the first or last 2 to 6 numbers from the winning combination. Match all six and you win the jackpot!
To enter and support North Kent Mind, please click on the image below:
North Kent Mind have been working with local young people to create a workshop on ‘Social Media Resilience’. This workshop has been created by Sixth form students and is designed for those aged 11-18 to expand their knowledge about social media and its impact on mental health, learn new coping mechanisms and to connect with other young people. The workshop is FREE to attend, please complete the form below. This is not one to be missed!!
Policies & NHS Numbers
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Access to mental health support is too often determined by where we live or who we are. It shouldn’t be like this. But we can change things. This World Mental Health Day, do one thing and add your voice. Use our resources to start a conversation about mental health inequality. Because if we all do one thing, we can change everything.
Use our resources to learn about mental health inequality, add your voice to our campaign and spread the word. To find out more please click here.
North Kent Mind is delighted to announce that our groups & sessions are now running back at local community venues. These include activity sessions, coping with life courses, mindfulness courses & peer led groups…
What is World Suicide Prevention Day?
Every year organisations and communities around the world come together to raise awareness of how we can create a world where fewer people die by suicide. Each year has a different theme and focus, to bring to light a specific aspect of suicide prevention.
When is it?
World Suicide Prevention Suicide Day is always on 10 September.
What do Samaritans do?
Every year Samaritans campaign with over 70 other suicide prevention and mental health groups under the National Suicide Prevention Alliance (NSPA). Together, we ask governments in the UK and Ireland to make suicide prevention a priority, and help raise awareness about how we can each support each other better.
This year’s theme, which will be the theme until 2023, is ‘Creating Hope Through Action’, which aims to empower people with the confidence to engage with the complexity of ‘hope’. On the day we will be asking people to share the things that they do which helps them feel hopeful when they’re going through a difficult time. For example:
Support WSPD
There are lots of ways you can support World Suicide Prevention Day. Over the upcoming weeks, we will be working on content for you to share on the day. Keep an eye out on this page for downloadable resources and supportive content to share online and help raise awareness of suicide prevention.
For further details, please visit:
https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/world-suicide-prevention-day/
Our final summer sessions in Medway have involved introducing children to the power of positive affirmations. A positive outlook is a very important factor of emotional well-being and to raise awareness of this, we created chatterbox paper ‘fortune-teller’ to share positive statements with others, contributing to positive feelings. Great creative work by all!
Below is the link needed for referrals to our 1:1 Recovery Action Plans available to anyone over the age of 17 in Kent (excluding Medway) who have been affected somewhat by the pandemic and are looking to make changes to their mental health/wellbeing.
For further information, please visit:
https://www.maidstonemind.org/virtual-recovery-action-plans/
Find out how managing your money can have a positive effect on your mental health via this four week course run by North Kent Mind in conjunction with Shaw Trust and Live Well Kent & Medway.
For further information, please contact NORTH KENT MIND – 01322 291380 or email or email – EmploymentServices@northkentmind.co.uk.