Trauma Informed Peer Support Group - North Essex (Tips NE)

• CM7 3YG, 31 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.

• CM7 9AH, 31 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

Our Braintree art group has been running since 2008 and offers people with lived experience of mental illness the chance to come together in Braintree to write, paint and draw. Our friendly group offers a safe space for people to share their experiences, tips and knowledge, as well as work together to fundraise and campaign together in their local community. New members are warmly welcomed.

• IP24 1TJ, 40 miles from this group
• Tag: Open to men with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD).

We are an online group for men with borderline personality disorder (BPD) or emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD). We are a small community of men who meet weekly on zoom and also have a WhatsApp group to keep us connected and provide support to each other. Members can use one or both of these methods for support. We work on an informal drop-in basis so members are not expected to attend all of our meetings - it's fine to come along whenever you need a bit of extra support! We aim to provide a friendly, safe social space for our members to come together and support one another. Through supporting one another, we are able to explore some of the traits of our diagnosis, work out some coping strategies for ourselves and increase our knowledge about what we are experiencing, which in turn will help us to live our lives in a better way. We are open to men from Norfolk and Suffolk, however we do have members who live outside of this area so wherever you live, please do get in touch!

• CT12 4DY, 42 miles from this group
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Our group offers men who are looking to improve their mental health, the chance to come together in a safe, supportive, and welcoming space. We hold weekly football sessions to provide a consistent support system and non – judgmental environment, so members can openly share their experiences. We want to empower our members to actively participate in their mental health journeys and reduce the stigma around mental illness. Where we can, we want to increase social and support networks and reduce isolation and loneliness.

• CT2 7BN, 45 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. At alternate meetings, we invite speakers to share their expertise to a wider audience. We also produce a monthly newsletter and offer telephone support. Our group members raise awareness of the support of Rethink Mental Illness in the community by attending at Southeastern train stations health events, we also stage an annual sponsored fundraising bike ride event, the next being on Sunday 15th May 2022. Our group has a physical activity initiative too, called the ‘Bike Ride, Walk and Talk’, further details can be obtained by contacting CCGroup@rethink.org. We embrace opportunities to extend our provision of activities that bring families of Carers and their loved ones who are service users.

• ME7 4PN, 49 miles from this group
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Our group offers people living with mental illness, alongside carers and community members supporting someone with mental illness, the chance to come together in a safe, supportive, and welcoming space. We hold regular meetings to provide a consistent support system and non – judgmental space, so members can openly share their experiences. We want to empower our members to actively participate in their mental health journeys and reduce the stigma around mental illness.

• DA11 0BQ, 51 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

Our group offers a unique opportunity for people with lived experience to gain confidence, build self esteem and combat social isolation. We are a peer led support group and we aim to aid recovery and social well being by offering a safe and welcoming environment

• CB2 3BZ, 52 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

• CT19 6AE, 59 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

We aim to offer a supportive environment to carers as well as some people living with mental illness. We offer a relaxed and friendly space where people can share their problems and learn about organisations and support services that may be able to help them