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.
SISO grows and co-ordinate’s the delivery of recovery focused information, projects and services relating to mental health.
The rethinkyourmind project was born out of the Community Interest Company SISO.
SISO originally formed to empower mental health service users to become valued and active members of their respective communities, ensuring that people feel safe within themselves and their wider community, helping make the recovery journey a reality.
SISO works to reduce stigma and inequalities associated with mental health, promote control, self management, hope and optimism incorporating a ‘whatever works for you philosophy’ in tandem with personalisation and self directed support.
SISO focuses on what people can do and not what they can’t do, taking a panoramic view of a person’s life and not just a life governed by a mental health diagnoses.
Advance have supported SISO in their journey to become a Community Interest Company, and continue to do so as they grow and build capacity as a service provider.
SISO have also received generous support from the Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.
Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford OBE is SISO’s Patron.
Visit the SISO Website to find out more about its work and vision for the future:
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.
SISO was originally formed to empower users of mental health services to become valued and active members of their communities, helping people to feel safe within themselves and their wider community.
A Toolkit for Wellbeing, full of good advice, information and self help techniques was developed to help make the recovery journey a reality.
SISO works to reduce stigma and inequalities associated with mental health. It seeks to promote choice control, self management, hope and optimism, incorporating a ‘whatever works for you’ philosophy.
SISO focuses on what people can do, taking a panoramic view of a person’s life and not just a life governed by a mental health diagnosis.
Visit the SISO Website to find out more about its work and vision for the future:
Depression Alliance is the leading national charity that works with people who experience depression and anxiety.
We are recognised and respected in the health, welfare and charity sectors for our knowledge and expertise in a wide range of effective methods of non-medical support for depression.
We run a successful network of self-help groups across England, publish a quarterly magazine, coordinate a pen friends scheme and host an online chat forum DATalk.
We have piloted and now run wellbeing projects in London built around Time banking.
Informed by the experiences of people with depression, we also raise awareness of the realities of the illness amongst the general public with a variety of influential campaigns throughout the year.
For a full information pack please email your name and address to
ChildLine ChildLine on 0800 1111 or www.childline.org.uk is the UK’s free, confidential helpline dedicated to children and young people. Whenever children need us, ChildLine will be there for them – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.
Georgina teaches on the three clinical short courses at the Institute of Psychiatry, providing both carer and user perspectives of recovering from Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.
She is also an examiner for these three courses and runs workshops on the subject.
She delivers presentations to a wide variety of audiences. Her work has led to her being awarded honorary lecturer status within the Institute’s Section of Mental Health Nursing.
She also works for various universities and NHS Trusts.
We create music using your selected artwork, photography or poetry.
Once rethinkyourmind 2014/15 is complete, the 4 music singles will be available for download.
The bands and artists
These are the bands and artists that give up their time for this project. Our sincere thanks to all of them.
As lead singer with The Bluetones Mark enjoyed a 15 year recording career that produced 6 studio albums, 3 of which achieving Top 10 sales in the UK, including the #1 album ‘Expecting to Fly’, 13 Top 40 singles, and a Brit nomination in 1996.
Mark has recorded 2 solo albums and music for various side projects, including the Title and Chapter music for the 6 audio book versions of David Walliams’ children’s stories. Mark was also a judge on the Album of the Year panel for the Ivor Novello Awards.
Lucy Ward is an award winning acoustic artist from Derby. After winning the Horizon Award for best newcomer at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Lucy’s career has gone from strength to strength.
In 2013 it was announced that she had been nominated for the acclaimed “Folk Singer of the Year” at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, making Lucy one of the youngest people ever to be nominated for this most prestigious award.
Her latest album ‘Single Flame’ became MOJO #2 Best Folk Album 2013.
Refuge are an acoustic band with baggage, sporting an appropriate interest in pushbikes & cheesecake!
The latest album ‘Time Together’ and new single ‘Reflections’ have been played on BBC Introducing.
Refuge are currently working on ‘Moving InWards’, with Mark Morriss, former lead singer of ‘The Bluetones’, this project aims to make live music an everyday feature on mental health wards.
Working on ‘rethinkyourmind’ 2012 was an excellent experience for the band and they are looking forward to being involved again!
Olivia Rose Deane is a Leicester based singer songwriter who has long written music and songs for herself and has recently discovered that other people like listening to them too.
As well as a few gigs and performing at Edinburgh Fringe; Olivia has also released her debut single “Sally” and getting ready to record the next.
