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Local Update, 13 January 2025
Barnet Voice for Mental Health
020 3475 1314
[email protected]
Welcome to our weekly newsletter about mental health services and support available in Barnet and beyond. Also bringing you updates on Inclusion Barnet mental health news. Produced by Ed Peston, Communications Assistant.
Events and news from the web
Barnet Service User and Carer Forum
Date: 16th January 2024
Runs on the third Thursday of every month
Time: 14:00 –15:30
Topic: Future forum speakers in 2025
They will be discussing future speakers at the forum for 2025, including your suggestions, as well as looking at ways to improve the forum.
Barnet Mental Health services want to hear what you have to say about Adult Mental Health services. Their forum encourages and promotes service users and carers working alongside staff to improve their services.
They have speakers arranged each month and a chat about other topics attendees may want to discuss. They also share useful information about things happening in Barnet.
Venue: In person at The Network, 24 Hendon Lane, London, N3 1TR
OR
Microsoft Teams, join by clicking the link or entering the details below. MS Teams link is also available on the BEH trust website.
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
+44 20 3321 5208,,325359623# United Kingdom, London
Phone Conference ID: 325 359 623#
Contact Ella Goldberg at [email protected]
Mental Health Resident Representative for the Barnet Council Adult Social Care Involvement Board
Barnet Council Adult Social Care are recruiting for a second Mental Health Representative to join their existing Mental Health representative on the Involvement Board. If you are a resident of Barnet who is over 18 years old, and have experience of using mental health services, they are keen to hear from you. They are particularly keen to hear from people who have lived experience of mental health social work services.
The Involvement Board is made up of Barnet residents with lived experience across different areas of adult social care. The Involvement Board oversee the engagement and coproduction work across adult social care and where residents use their lived experience to help shape and design social care services.
The link to the form to apply to become their next Involvement Board Representative for Mental Health is below. The deadline for applications is 7th February.
Express your interest here: Expression of interest: Mental Health Resident Representative for the Involvement Board
To learn more and ask any questions, get in touch at [email protected].
Understanding adjustment disorders (webinar from Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Wednesday 15 January, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Adjustment disorders are common psychological conditions triggered by major life changes or stressful events. Symptoms can include anxiety, depressed mood, changes in a person’s behavior and emotions, or a combination of these. Explore the risk factors, causation, and treatment of adjustment disorders with a licensed therapist.
Understanding personality disorders (webinar from Mindspring Mental Health Alliance), Tuesday 14 January, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Personality describes everything about you, and personality disorders can be challenging to manage. In addition to dealing with the illness itself, people often struggle with the myths and stigma surrounding personality disorders. Explore the categories of personality disorders, their symptoms, causes & risk factors in this one-hour seminar.
Living well with bipolar and schizophrenia (online support group from Peer Voices), Wednesdays, 9.00 - 10.00pm
This group offers a safe, confidential space for individuals to share experiences, gain insights, and develop coping strategies for managing mental health.
Women’s mental wellbeing group (online group from Rogue Debby CIC), Tuesday 14 January, 9.15 - 10.15am
Women’s Peer-Support, mental wellbeing group. 1 hour dedicated to building confidence and finding ‘ourselves’ in a chaotic world.
Mindfulness and breathwork for people with MS (online session from Regina Beach), daily Monday - Thursday, 12.30 - 1.00pm
A 30-minute meditation, gentle movement, and breathwork session for people with Multiple Sclerosis and related conditions
Got a relevant event to share in this newsletter?
Let us know by emailing the details to [email protected]
Podcasts
Xavier Mulenga on how to know when to quit alcohol – Full Story podcast (from the Guardian)
Thinking of breaking up with the booze?
Addiction specialist and psychiatrist Xavier Mulenga tells Bridie Jabour the common reasons people think they can’t quit and the steps you can take to reduce your alcohol intake
Listen to Xavier Mulenga on how to know when to quit alcohol – Full Story podcast
Podcast: Bold Journey (from Bold Journey staff)
A place to have conversations around challenges
Articles
9 unexpected things we learned about mental health and our brains in 2024 (from LA ist)
Researchers are finding promising — and surprising — ways to boost our brain health and de-stress our minds.
Read 9 unexpected things we learned about mental health and our brains in 2024
Will spending time with your dog cheer you up? (from Psychology Today)
A rigorous new study examined the impact of dogs on emotional-well being.
10 boundaries therapists want you to set in the New Year (from Time)
If you want to boost your well-being in 2025, skip the New Year’s resolutions and set some boundaries instead.
Read 10 boundaries therapists want you to set in the New Year
AI-mental health is coming: are you ready? (from Psychology Today)
Here's how technology could change the mental health system.
Regular Events on the Web
Online wellbeing workshops from Mid West Aries
Offering a range of free courses online via Zoom. Anyone over the age of 18 with an interest in mental health and well-being can sign up for the courses.
Music To remember (online event from Music Heals Minds), Tuesday 14 January, 7.00pm
These weekly virtual recitals with Nandani “Nani” Sinha and guests stimulate remembrance and gently invite reflection through familiar and bellowed songs.
International wellbeing support group (From Rain on Me), Monday 20 January, 5.30pm
A free, international safe space to vent and grow with people who understand and accept you.
Regular Events in Barnet
Barnet Depression Alliance Peer Support Group
A local self-help group for people suffering from depression or depression with anxiety.
Meets twice a month – on a Tuesday evening in North Finchley and on a Monday evening online via Zoom. The group also runs social events throughout the year.
Address: North Finchley
Phone: 0754 118 7907
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.barnetdepressionalliance.org/
For more details of times and venue please telephone or email
Sanctuary in Barnet (from Mind in Enfield and Barnet)
Sanctuary in Barnet is a short-term crisis intervention and prevention service. They are open every day of the year, 4:30pm-10pm weekdays and 12-6pm weekends. They act as an A&E and Emergency services alternative, providing support to individuals in the Barnet Borough aged 18+.
Andy's Man Club in Barnet, Every Monday at the Meritage Centre, 7.00 - 9.00pm
Andy's Man Club run talking groups for men who have either been through a storm, are currently going through a storm, have a storm brewing in life or just want to meet a good group of people with the aim of improving one another. No referral, no registration and no charge. Even the brew and biscuits are free!
The Meritage Centre,
Church End,
London
NW4 4JT
Meridian Wellbeing in Barnet
A range of events and activities in Barnet and online including Barnet Wellbeing Hub, Barnet IAPT, Wellbeing Cafe, Wellbeing Workshops, Chinese Wellbeing Services, Supportive Online Communities
More information about Meridian Wellbeing events and activities
Barnet Carers
Barnet Carers provides support and information for unpaid, informal, carers across the London Borough of Barnet. Includes yoga, meditation and mindfulness.
Building Friendship
Building Friendship is a free weekly drop in every Friday for those with mental health difficulties.
Meet at East Barnet Baptist Church hall, EN4 8PS. Come along for a cup of coffee and a friendly chat between 10am and 12noon.
For more information email: [email protected]. Or leave a message with your name and contact number on 020 8449 5320.
Mind and Mood Support Group
We celebrated our eighth successful year on 4th January 2023 and have a group of regular attendees (usually around 6, but this may vary). The first half of the meeting our Guest Speaker speaks (on the day we have one) for approx. 20 mins, following this members are free to ask questions. Then half-way through, about 6.45 we have a comfort break with tea, coffee and biscuits. The second half, we all share our experiences of where we are since the last meeting.
The group is facilitated by Sandra Turner and Peter Sartori, both with considerable experience of the mental health system.
Fortnightly meetings will now be held at Friern Barnet Community Library,
Friern Barnet Road, N11 3DS.
Bus routes 221, 382 & 43 stop nearby.
If there is anything else you wish to know, please do not hesitate to contact:
Peter Sartori e: mailto:[email protected] m: 07947 713306 Sandra Turner e: [email protected]
If you wish to subscribe to our monthly “Creativity & Wellbeing Newsletter” please email Sandra with “Subscribe to Newsletter” in the subject of your email.
About Inclusion Barnet
We are a Peer-Led Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO).
Nearly all of our directors and staff have lived experience of disability, including mental health issues and/or long-term health conditions.
We believe that learning to use our lived experience for social change is a skill. We have become experts in harnessing the lived experience of our staff, members, volunteers and the people who use our services to design and deliver higher quality, more person-centred services.
Other services run by Inclusion Barnet that you might be interested in are:
Benefits Advice Service (supporting Disabled people in Barnet to access the benefits they are entitled to).
Touchpoint (supports people experiencing any form of disability in Barnet to access the services and resources they need).
Healthwatch Barnet (an independent, statutory organisation dedicated to improving health and social care services in Barnet).
For more information about the wider range of other work we do please visit our website www.inclusionbarnet.org.uk
Useful links for mental health and wellbeing
Click on the title to go to the individual websites.
LOCAL
- Mind in Barnet - counselling
- Mind in Barnet Sanctuary - find calm, make space, move forward
- Barnet Wellbeing Service
- BEH-MHT* crisis helpline 0800 151 0023 24/7, 365 days a year.
(*BEH-MHT = Barnet, Enfield Haringay - Mental Health Trust)
LONDON & NATIONAL
- Good Thinking - free online Mental Wellbeing for London
- Kooth - free, safe and anonymous online support for young people
- Qwell - free online safe and confidential space to share & support
Shout - free, 24/7 text messaging support - text SHOUT to 85258 - Samaritans - free phone & email support in a crisis
Independent Living Centre, c/o Barnet & Southgate College,
7 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 4BR
Inclusion Barnet is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Registered Charity Number: 1158632
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