Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities:

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities:

I am going to add some websites to local Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities that offer one to one Advice, Help, Support, with:

*Mental Health Issues

*Counselling/Psychotherapy

*Education & Employment

*Where To Find The Support/Help You Need

*Welfare Benefits

& loads more hopefully

Scott

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities: MIND:

About MIND: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_%28charity%29

MIND (formally, the National Association for Mental Health) is a mental health charity in England and Wales. Founded in 1946, it celebrated its 60th anniversary last year.

Mind offers information for those with mental health problems.

It advocates to and lobbies government and local authorities on their behalf.

Over 200 local Mind associations (independent, affiliated charities) provide mental health services such as day services, counselling, and housing.

About MIND: www.mind.org.uk/About+Mind & www.mind.org.uk

Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.

We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by:

advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems

challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion

influencing policy through campaigning and education

inspiring the development of quality services which reflect expressed need and diversity

achieving equal rights through campaigning and education.

Find your nearest Local Mind Associations (LMAs): www.mind.org.uk/Mind+in+your+area & www.mind.org.uk

There are around 200 local Mind associations (LMAs) in England and Wales.

Wherever you are, you can find a local Mind association near you.

London MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/london/index.htm

City & Hackney MIND Services: www.cityandhackneymind.org.uk & www.cityandhackneymind.org.uk/about/overview.html

South West MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/southwest/index.htm

South East MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/southeast/index.htm

Central Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/central/index.htm

Anglia/Essex Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/anglia/index.htm

West Midlands Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/region...stmidlands/index.htm

East Midlands Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/region...stmidlands/index.htm

North West Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/northwest/index.htm

North East Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/northeast/index.htm

North Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/north/index.htm

Wales Region MIND Services: www.mind.org.uk/mind+in+your+area/regions/cymru/index.htm

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities: RETHINK:

About RETHINK: Rethink is the largest severe mental illness charity in the UK.

As of 2 July 2002 'Rethink' is the new operating name for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship.

Rethink's mission statement is \"Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life Take control and find a better way of living life to the full.\"

Rethink were founded over 30 years ago to give a voice to people affected by severe mental illness and today, with over 8,300 members, they remain determined that this voice will continue to be heard.

Rethink help over 48,000 people every year through their services, support groups and by providing information on mental health problems.

There website receives almost 300,000 visitors every year.

Their aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services, information and support to all those who need it.

People who use their services and their carers are at the heart of their vision and we believe that all those who experience severe mental illness are entitled to be treated with respect and as equal citizens.

Rethink carry out research which informs both their own and national mental health policy and Rethink actively campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding.

Rethink are dedicated to creating a world where prejudice and discrimination are eliminated.

Visit: www.rethink.org

About Rethink: www.rethink.org/about_rethink/index.html

We were founded over 30 years ago to give a voice to people affected by severe mental illness and today, with over 8,300 members, we remain determined that this voice will continue to be heard.

We help over 48,000 people every year through our services, support groups and by providing information on mental health problems.

Our website receives almost 300,000 visitors every year.

Our aim is to make a practical and positive difference by providing hope and empowerment through effective services, information and support to all those who need us.

People who use our services and their carers are at the heart of our vision and we believe that all those who experience severe mental illness are entitled to be treated with respect and as equal citizens.

We carry out research which informs both our own and national mental health policy and actively campaign for change through greater awareness and understanding.

And we are dedicated to creating a world where prejudice and discrimination are eliminated.

Rethink Services: www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/our_services/index.html

Rethink Services: Services: www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/our_services/index.html

Rethink's wide range of services includes advocacy, carer support, community support, employment and training, helplines, housing, nursing and residential care and services dedicated to black and minority ethnic communities.

The support we offer spans high care and long-term care through to practical help and advice.

We place the people who use our services at the centre of our service delivery.

We provide high quality services that are carefully planned, managed and monitored and we support the people who use our services towards achieving their potential.

We rigorously examine our services to find better approaches to their provision, and we explore innovative and imaginative strategies for developing and delivering services that build new partnerships and ways of working with people with severe mental illness and other mental health problems.

Rethink provide over 350 services across England and Northern Ireland, which support nearly 5,000 people every day. Find out more about Our services or use the map and postcode search to find services in your area: www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/our_services/search_for.html

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities: The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health:

About The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health & What They Do: www.scmh.org.uk & www.scmh.org.uk/80256FBD004F6342/vWeb/wpKHAL6G3CVC

The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems.

We carry out research, policy work and analysis to improve practice and influence policy in mental health as well aspublic services.

Our work focuses on those areas where we can make the greatest difference to people’s lives.

Our priorities are now mental health care in prisons and the criminal justice system and employment and mental health .

In addition, we continue to work on key issues in mental health.

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities: BBC Health Website - Useful Mental Health Contacts: www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_h...ontacts_index1.shtml

Further information: The following organisations have been selected to provide information and other sources of support. Please note that the list is by no means exhaustive

Uk - Mental Health Organizations/Charities: The Richmond Fellowship (RF) Website: www.richmondfellowship.org.uk

Every year Richmond Fellowship (RF) helps hundreds of people to gain a new sense of purpose and fulfilment in lives that have often been affected by mental health problems, sometimes associated with sexual abuse or drug and alcohol misuse.