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Harrow Rethink Support Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 11/02/2025

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.

Canterbury & Coastal Rethink Carers Support Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 19/08/2024

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.

Daventry Mental Health Carers

Services and Groups |Last updated: 03/07/2024

Our Daventry Carers group offers support for people whose friends or family have been affected by mental illness. We have been meeting regularly for several years but always welcome new members to join us. We provide mutual support and information through an understanding of shared experiences. We are active in the local community, create publications and deliver a programme of guest speakers who cover a variety of topics of interest. Meetings are relaxed and therapeutic, and support is offered in a safe and non-judgemental manner.

Moms Mindful Hub

Services and Groups |Last updated: 23/10/2024

Moms Mindful Hub is a group working to support the wellbeing of mothers from across the Dudley borough. The group aims to combat social isolation by helping members build social networks and gain help through peer support meetings and organised walks which parents and carers can attend with their children. The group delivers peer support alongside social events, guest speakers, online support, signposting and promoting self care.

Rethink South West Kent Carers

Services and Groups |Last updated: 14/03/2024

The group aims to support 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. The group meetings give carers the opportunity to talk about the issues that are affecting them. We also hold periodic social get togethers for our members. Please contact our group email for more information.

South West Carers 4 BPD

Services and Groups |Last updated: 04/06/2024

Southwest Carers is a voluntarily led peer support group for carers, who face the challenge of loving and caring for someone who has borderline personality disorder (BPD). We meet twice a month on Wednesday evenings in Zoom meetings where we offer a safe and friendly space to share worries, experiences, and our hopes for the future. We work together to access guidance and practical advice from experts in BPD and try to raise the profile of this distressing mental disorder. Please contact us by our email and we will get back to you with more details of the next meeting and to let you know more about the group. Group members say that they feel less alone and really value being able to talk to people who understand the complexities of caring for someone with BPD.

Wakefield Rethink Carers Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 07/11/2024

Our Wakefield Carers group has been meeting for several years now. We are a friendly group that meets once a month in an afternoon. We offer a safe, relaxing space for people caring for someone with mental illness to share what sort of month they've had. This typically leads to members offering support and encouragement to each other. We never put pressure on anyone to share. We just offer the space for people to do so freely and without judgement, so our members feel less isolated and more supported. As we meet in an afternoon, we provide a simple lunch buffet with tea and coffee that we can enjoy together while we talk. On occasions, we also arrange social outings outside our regular meetings. New members are warmly welcome, but please do contact us before attending.

Bristol Siblings Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 23/10/2024

Do you have a brother or sister living with mental illness? You are not alone! When your brother or sister is unwell it can be a difficult time for you and your family. You might have lots of questions and concerns. You might be worried about your sibling and how best to support them. You might need some support for yourself and find it difficult to know where to turn. The Bristol Siblings Group is a voluntary led peer support and we run the group in the evenings, once a month, via Zoom. A supportive space: Whether your sibling is experiencing ill mental health for the first time, or they have been affected by mental illness for longer, you are very welcome to come along to our monthly meetings where you can: • meet other siblings • share your experiences and the emotions you feel as a sibling • access information on mental health issues and sibling support • realise you are not alone. A place to share: The group is very friendly and informal, and you’ll have the chance to offload, and talk about whatever’s going on for you and your family. It’s up to you how much or little you talk, but you can feel sure there will people at the group who want to listen and connect with you. Information and learning: We share information on how to look after someone who is unwell or share ideas about how to look after our own mental health.

Rethink Companions Befriending (East Herts)

Services and Groups |Last updated: 12/07/2024

Rethink Companions is a befriending service that helps people to re-engage with their local community through social activities. There is also a carers service that gives carers information and support through one-to-one meetings and facilitates the Rethink caring and coping course

STARTING SOON: The Anxiety Hub

Services and Groups |Last updated: 17/01/2025

Our group offers support for people who are living with severe anxiety. We meet weekly to provide mutual support and information through an understanding of shared experiences. Meetings are relaxed, and support is offered in a safe and non-judgemental manner. New members are always welcomed. Please contact the group coordinator for more details.

Rethink Mental Illness Manchester Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 10/07/2024

Welcome to Rethink Mental Illness Manchester support group. This group and our meetings are managed and led by volunteers and is supported by and registered with Rethink Mental Illness. Our group aims to provide an opportunity for people who experience mental health difficulties to come together for mutual peer support. We run a general support peer support meeting on Thursday evenings, for anyone experiencing difficulties with mental health regardless of whether they have a diagnosis or are involved with mental health services, as well as families and carers. All our meetings include and are open to their families and carers. As a peer-led group, we find that one of our most valuable offers is that members are able to feel comfortable talking about their experiences with others in a similar situation. Members often share suggestions based on how they overcame similar challenges in their lives, though sometimes just the opportunity to talk can help reduce feelings of isolation. As well as weekly meetings we also hold regular social events and outings. If you wish to find out more, or want to sign up to our newsletter, please do send us an email or message.

Folkestone Rethink Carers Support Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 03/07/2024

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

South Buckinghamshire Rethink Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 05/02/2025

We are a friendly group of carers that meet in Beaconsfield. We come together every month as a peer-led support group for coffee and a supportive catch up.

Rethink Medway Peer Support Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 26/04/2024

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.

Beyond the Borders (BPD) Group

Services and Groups |Last updated: 26/02/2025

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!

Help us improve local support

1 min read |Last updated: 04/03/2025

Help us improve local support Quarterly Regional Forums, facilitated by Rethink Mental Illness, aim to create a safe space for people to come together and share their insights and experiences of regional mental health care. Our ambition is that through better understanding what works, what doesn’t and what ‘good’ looks like, we can work together to...

The Phoenix Group - North Lancashire

Services and Groups |Last updated: 09/10/2023

We have been set up by Sue and Pete, who established the group to provide an opportunity for people who are caring for their loved ones affected by mental illness in the North Lancashire and South Cumbria area to come together. The group aims to provide a safe, supportive and confidential space for people to connect, share their concerns and learn from each other. Sue and Pete have their own personal experiences of caring for family members with mental health conditions and understand how important it is to have others around you who really understand the nature and complexity of what you might be facing. The group was due to launch in early 2020, but unfortunately due to the lockdown the launch was delayed; we now have a small and welcoming group who have met monthly since November 2020 The meetings are held every third Wednesday of each month and are open to anyone who has a family member with mental illness or anyone who identifies has a mental health carer in the surrounding areas of Lancashire, South Cumbria, and North Yorkshire. Within the meeting, we provide a safe and supportive opportunity for people to share their own personal experiences of supporting someone with mental ill health and receive suggestions and tips from other members. We also aim to encourage personal wellbeing in addition to the wellbeing of those we care for, and intend to share knowledge of local sources of support; on occasion will have people attend the meeting to present information that our members may find useful. We know that for many of us, the most important thing we get out of the group is that we are not alone and know that other members experience the same challenges. If you want to find out more or attend the group, please contact us via email or phone.

APPG on mental health

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 19/06/2025

APPG on mental health The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health brings together parliamentarians from across the political spectrum, to drive positive change in mental health policy across the UK.Through regular meetings and debates, the APPG examines government approaches to mental health, explores innovative solutions, and fosters...

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Last updated: 01/07/2024

Living with Asperger's - Matthew's story

Last updated: 09/10/2023

Articles of Association: Rethink Mental Illness.

1 min read |Last updated: 19/11/2024

Articles of Association The Articles of Association for Rethink Mental Illness form the foundational document governing the charity’s operations. They define the organisation’s mission to support individuals and families severely affected by mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. These articles outline the legal framework,...