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Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories
1 min read |Last updated: 06/12/2023
Christmas and Loneliness: Real Stories 92% of people we spoke to told us they find festive seasons to be stressful and triggering. In this video, we share with you just a handful of stories that were sent to us from people living with mental illness about their experience with loneliness at Christmas. Trigger warning for mentions of suicide
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The Hope Club
Services and Groups |Last updated: 25/09/2024
Our group offers carers of people who have experienced first episode psychosis the chance to come together in a safe, supportive, and welcoming space. Our group meets on zoom monthly to socialise, share experiences, and offer support and encouragement to one another in a non-judgmental space. This provides further opportunities to increase social and support networks and reduce isolation and loneliness. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3388469838061812
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The East Lancs Activity Group.
Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/04/2025
The East Lancs Activity Group runs a wide array of activities across Burnley for people living with mental illness. We believe that by providing sports and social activities we can help to improve the mental and physical wellbeing of members and reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Our group activities vary from going to the gym to visiting the local cinema to see the latest Hollywood blockbuster. We meet on the first Friday of each month to plan our activities for the following month, so all our members can help decide what we do. The group is entirely peer led, and is run by Greg and a group of volunteers who each have a personal experience of mental illness. An important part of what we do is providing peer support to each other and sharing our experiences with others facing similar challenges. If you’re interested in finding out more, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you. Meets in various locations across Burnley.
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Project Talking Football
Services and Groups |Last updated: 01/10/2024
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.
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Gloucestershire Mental Health Support and Advice
Services and Groups |Last updated: 19/11/2024
The Mental Health Support and Advice Service aims to improve individual mental health outcomes for Gloucestershire residents with a Serious Mental Illness and/or common mental health conditions. Through a personalised support approach, we seek to reduce the need to access primary and secondary mental health services. To contact the service, please call 07570343767.
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Social inclusion and mental illness - How can I become more connected?
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 31/03/2025
Social inclusion is important for good mental health. This section explains what you can do to be more socially included and who can help you. This information is for adults affected by mental illness in England. It’s also for their carers, friends and relatives and anyone interested in this subject.
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Rethink Mental Illness response to new Covid-19 national lockdown
1 min read |Last updated: 02/11/2020
The government announced another national lockdown in efforts to lessen the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday evening. Here's the response of our Deputy CEO, Brian Dow, on what impact the lockdown could have on the nation's mental health: “A weight of evidence has built to demonstrate the impact of lockdown on the nation’s mental health, with...
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“Because you can't be low at Christmas, right?!” – Alexandra’s story
Last updated: 06/12/2023
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80% of people living with mental illness say current crisis has made their mental health worse.
1 min read |Last updated: 27/04/2020
Overwhelming majority of people living with mental illness say coronavirus pandemic has caused a deterioration in their mental health – first UK wide online peer support service launched in response Eighty percent (80%) of people living with mental illness who responded to a survey by charity Rethink Mental Illness said that coronavirus and the measures...
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Embracing Ramadan: how employers and staff can support their colleagues
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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