Braintree Rethink Self-help Art & Social Group

• CB2 3BZ, 29 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

We are run by carers, with carers, for carers of adults with mental health problems. Our aims are to: • Support and inform each other – through monthly groups, a phone line, informal advocacy and financial help – so that we know we are not alone • Help each other develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to do the best we can for our loved one with mental health problems • Provide information about training, helpful local agencies and rights • Work with carers to strengthen their voices as experts by experience so that the limited resources available to mental health and social care are put to the best possible use • Engage constructively with the NHS, the NHS Provider Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and local authority commissioners to improve services – where necessary injecting a sense of urgency and an element of challenge

• CM7 9AB, 33 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

The aims of this friendly group are to offer support to each other and help increase the awareness of mental illness and the effect it can have on carers, and those experiencing mental illness. We also try to stop the stigma associated with mental illness with community events and fundraise to help those that need in most in the local community.

• WC1H 9RS, 37 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

Our group is for those who care for people living with borderline personality disorder or emotional unstable personality disorder (BPD or EUPD)). The group provides mutual support through discussions and gives you the opportunity to speak to our lived experience facilitator about all aspects of BPD/EUPD), which is something you may feel uncomfortable doing with a loved one.

• SE1 7TP, 38 miles from this group
• Tag: Open to people who identify with personality disorder.

The London Arts and Social Network is a peer led network whose members identify with the difficulties associated with personality disorder (whether formally diagnosed or not). The network aims to give people who may be isolated an opportunity to make new friends and enjoy the experience of going to cultural events with a peer group who can appreciate the difficulties of having a personality disorder.

• HA3 5BD, 42 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers and People with Mental Illness

Our support group and activities are open to carers, people living with mental illness and their families and friends. The support group provides mutual support, as well as helpful information via our monthly evening meetings. We also aim to improve local mental health policies and services by promoting members' views at local and national meetings.

• SW15 2JQ, 43 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

The aim of our group is to provide a safe social space for our members to meet, chat and feel comfortable about discussing their mental health, if they want to. We also arrange outings and visits to interesting places, and the group is open to anyone experiencing or recovering from mental health problems.

• HA1 2JE, 43 miles from this group
• Tag: Everybody (over 18)

More Than Just A Choir is a community choir based in Harrow, north-west London, for adults affected by mental ill-health and social isolation.

• CR0 5LP, 44 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

Our group aims to be a safe place for carers to offload their problems and support each other, knowing they will not be judged. We have all had personal experience of caring for someone close to us, and so we understand what it can be like supporting someone through a challenging treatment path. We have occasional speakers, and try to be involved in local decision making to help improve the situations of carers and their loved ones. We also have speaker meetings running alongside our usual group, four times a year—the FIRST Wednesdays in March, June, September and December.  Same venue and times.

• CT2 7BN, 46 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

Our group aims to help carers and their partners, relatives and friends with a wide range of mental health problems, including accessing the information they need. We offer a safe environment where people feel at ease. We hold monthly meetings that give carers the opportunity to talk about the issues that are affecting them. We also offer evening telephone support. Our group members raise awareness of the support of Rethink Mental Illness in the community by attending at South Eastern train stations health events, we also stage an annual sponsored fundraising bike ride event. Our group has a physical activity initiative too, called the ‘Bike Ride, Walk and Talk’, further details can be obtained by contacting cccarergroup@gmail.com. We embrace opportunities to extend our provision of activities that bring families of Carers and their loved ones who are service users.