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  • Social inclusion and mental illness - How can I become more connected?

    Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 19/04/2024

    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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  • Bristol Community Support Services

    Services and Groups |Last updated: 11/03/2024

    The support service has been working for many years to support adults above 18 who live within the area covered by Bristol City Council to make a positive difference in their lives. The service works with anybody who has mental health problem. We support people within the community to identify their strengths and work towards empowering them. Our Support is based on values of recovery and social inclusion, and we have found people that use our service become more independent, confident, and resilient. The service uses a person-centred approach spending time to identify what you would like to work towards. We focus on smart goals at a pace that varies from person-to-person to improve their overall wellbeing.

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  • Rowan House

    Services and Groups |Last updated: 30/10/2023

    Rowan House is an intensive support service designed to promote recovery and improve social inclusion for adults with mental illness. It also supports peoples transition back to community living. The service is commissioned and regulated by Wiltshire Council. It is not Care Quality Commission Registered Care, nor is it solely housing-related support, but provides an innovative approach to the delivery of time-limited, outcome-focused care and support tailored to each persons needs. The service is delivered in accommodation provided by Selwood Housing. Short term support is provided by Rethink Mental Illness, up to a maximum of two years.

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  • Brent Mental Health Service

    Services and Groups |Last updated: 02/05/2024

    The Brent Mental Health service provides support to adults with mental health needs aged 18+, within the Brent borough alongside statutory services. The service has 2 main aspects of delivery which are: • Befriending service utilising volunteers, • Peer Navigators Support,

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  • A-Z tips for loneliness

    Last updated: 30/11/2023

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  • Loneliness, isolation and mental health

    Advice and information |Last updated: 31/01/2024

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  • People and governance

    1 min read |Last updated: 01/05/2024

    Our people and governance Every single person who is part of our incredible team plays a vital role in helping us deliver our mission: to lead the way to a better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.

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  • What our supporters tell us

    1 min read |Last updated: 12/12/2023

    What our supporters tell us People severely affected by mental illness deserve: the right support, quality housing, meaningful employment, good physical health, social connections, and judgement-free life. That’s why Rethink Mental Illness exists. But are our services, helplines, and peer support groups achieving that for people? We spoke to people...

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  • 2023-28 Strategy

    1 min read |Last updated: 02/02/2024

    Our Strategy for 2023-28 Working together to build Communities that Care The Communities that Care model is the cornerstone of our strategy. It means working in open and transparent partnership with a range of people and organisations, so that everyone severely affected by mental illness has a good quality of life and feels part of a community that...

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  • Mental health and the Windrush generation

    1 min read |Last updated: 13/12/2023

    Mental health and the Windrush generation The HMT Empire Windrush ship brought one of the first large groups of Caribbean people to the UK in 1948. The positive legacy created by the Windrush Generation goes without question, contributing to the NHS and other sectors affected by Britain’s post-war labour shortage. 75 years on, we look at the Windrush...

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  • Progress Update: May 2023

    1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

    Becoming an anti-racist organisation: progress update May 2023 Nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds on 25 May 2020 remains as one of the pivotal moments in the fight for civil rights and racial equity for people of colour in this country and around the world. That shocking event – the murder of George Floyd – sparked global outrage and collective resistance...

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  • Progress update June 2022

    1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

    Becoming an anti-racist organisation: progress update June 2022   Peter Alleyne, Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Race Equality, and Nisa Chisipochinyi, Head of Equity and Racial Justice, explain where we are in our mission to become an anti-racist organisation. Two years ago, international protest at the murder of George Floyd...

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  • Severe Mental illness and Covid 19: Service support and digital solutions

    Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

    Severe Mental illness & Covid 19: Service support and digital solutions Report published 17 June 2020 by Jonathan Moore. This briefing shares the insights that Rethink Mental Illness has gleaned on service support and digital solutions during the pandemic. Some of these insights are based on online research we have conducted with service users,...

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