YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.
Driven by their experiences we campaign, research and influence policy and practice.
We also provide expert knowledge to professionals, parents and young people through our Parents’ Helpline, online resources, training and development, outreach work and publications.
The YoungMinds Parents’ Helpline offers free confidential online and telephone support, including information and advice, to any adult worried about the emotional problems, behaviour or mental health of a child or young person up to the age of 25.
Founded in 2011 by Ruby Wax and Nina Storms, Black Dog Tribe is a social community to meet people like you, whether you’re stressed, suffering from a mental illness such as depression, or you know someone who is suffering from mental illness, or you’re a care-giver, share your experiences via forums and blogs and work with us to help stop the stigma.
www.blackdogtribe.com is the place to read the latest news and to talk to like-minded people in a safe environment. Use your voice today and please get involved, read the posts and then share your journey. We believe that in helping others, you can help yourself.
Leicester Community Music Project (LCMP) is a social enterprise formed in 2009 by a group of like-minded individuals with a passion for music and urban arts who wanted to pro-actively tackle many modern problems in Leicestershire communities, especially deprived Leicester City neighbourhoods.
LCMP is a not-for-profit organisation based at our City Centre creative hub ‘HQ’, managed by enthusiastic, skilled volunteers at this time.
LCMP successfully delivers music technology based workshops containing personalized training and mentoring programmes that have helped to engage and re-motivate local NEET (Not in Employment Education or Training) individuals.
Many of our target beneficiaries are classified as vulnerable adults, some with mental health issues.
Our unique projects assist them back into work and/or education through instilling strengthened practical and social skills to lead more productive, fulfilling and community-minded lives.
The NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN)
The NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network (MHN) is the voice for mental health and learning disability service providers to the NHS in England. It was established as part of the NHS Confederation in 2007.
The MHN represents providers from across the statutory, private and third sectors and works with Government, NHS bodies, parliamentarians, opinion formers and the media to promote the views and interests of its members and to influence policy on their behalf.
Joining the MHN provides members with access to regular policy briefings, reports and news bulletins, full access to the MHN website where members can download information and documents on current hot topics in mental health and book onto ‘member-only’events.
You may well be aware of the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle, but fitting in healthier eating and more physical activity can often feel like an uphill struggle. Yet with Change4Life it needn’t!
For the last three years, we’ve been committed to providing regular hints and tips on how to make simple, straightforward life-changing swaps, which all add up to a positive, health enhancing transformation.
We’re already helping over 500,000 families across the UK, and with your support we could help even more.
We have an extensive range of useful information and materials that you can use to communicate the benefits of healthy eating and activities for all ages and levels of ability.
Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre
Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre is a voluntary organisation established to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Leicester LGBT Centre recognises that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people face many forms of discrimination and prejudice which can affect the opportunities to be involved, included and valued in society as equals.
The Centre exists to provide a safe social and support space for local LGBT groups to meet in.
The Centre delivers a variety of high quality professional services, from training to organisations on LGBT issues to acting as advocates.
The Centre exists to promote a positive environment that empowers those who are LGBT and educate those who are not.
We provide information on a wide range of subjects that affect LGBT people’s lives, including signposting and referrals to other agencies.
The Centre also houses a telephone helpline on Thursday evenings.
Suicide is a problem for society as a whole. It is an individual tragedy, and it also has significant affects on those left behind: family, friends, neighbours, work colleagues, communities.
The Suicide Awareness Partnership Training (SAPT) project aims to increase awareness, and to help remove the stigma which can be an obstacle to people in need of help.
Based at the RCC, SAPT provides half-day training across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland which is open to all; members of the public, as well as those whose work is more likely to bring them into contact with people at greater risk of suicide.
The training addresses attitudes, discusses risk factors, and provides guidance on how to help someone in distress and possibly at risk of suicide.
The training is facilitated either by mental health clinicians or workers from relevant voluntary sector agencies.
If you wish to attend or host a suicide awareness training session, or want to find out more about SAPT, please contact the project manager Mike Wilbur
