Beyond the Borders

• CM7 3YG, 28 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

The aims of this friendly group are to offer support to each other and help increase the awareness of mental illness and the effect it can have on carers, and those experiencing mental illness. We also try to stop the stigma associated with mental illness with community events and fundraise to help those that need in most in the local community.

• CM7 9AH, 28 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

Our Braintree art group has been running since 2008 and offers people with lived experience of mental illness the chance to come together in Braintree to write, paint and draw. Our friendly group offers a safe space for people to share their experiences, tips and knowledge, as well as work together to fundraise and campaign together in their local community. New members are warmly welcomed.

• NR30 2SH, 44 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

Together in Norfolk offers peer support online via their Facebook group. We aim to offer a safe space for people with lived experience of mental illness to support each other.

• CB2 3BZ, 45 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

We are run by carers, with carers, for carers of adults with mental health problems. Our aims are to: • Support and inform each other – through monthly groups, a phone line, informal advocacy and financial help – so that we know we are not alone • Help each other develop the knowledge skills and confidence to do the best we can for our loved one with mental health problems • Provide information about training, helpful local agencies and rights • Work with carers to strengthen their voice as experts by experience so that the limited resources available to mental health and social care are put to the best possible use • Engage constructively with NHS and local authority commissioners and the NHS Provider Trust Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), to improve services – injecting where necessary a sense of urgency and an element of challenge

• CT2 7BN, 52 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

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 cccarergroup@gmail.com We embrace opportunities to extend our provision of activities that bring families of Carers and their loved ones who are service users.

• ME7 4PN, 53 miles from this group
• Tag:

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.

• DA11 0BQ, 54 miles from this group
• Tag: People with Mental Illness

Our group offers a unique opportunity for people with lived experience to gain confidence, build self esteem and combat social isolation. We are a peer led support group and we aim to aid recovery and social well being by offering a safe and welcoming environment

• N6 5AA, 64 miles from this group
• Tag: Those bereaved by the suicide of a loved one

The Mind Body Medicine Yoga Group aims to support those bereaved by the suicide of a loved one through yoga, as they work through their journey after this experience. The sessions are facilitated by a qualified yoga teacher with a specialism in yoga for mental wellbeing and who has lived experience of the loss of a loved one by suicide. The group meets once a meet to practice yoga together. We offer a weekly session in a studio in Highgate which is also available via zoom link for those not able to make it to the venue. Yoga can support our bodies and our minds as we navigate our pathway to live with our changed selves after loss by suicide. Our group is open to all levels.

• WC1H 9RS, 65 miles from this group
• Tag: Carers

Our group is for those who care for people living with borderline personality disorder or emotional unstable personality disorder (BPD or EUPD)). The group provides mutual support through discussions and gives you the opportunity to speak to our lived experience facilitator about all aspects of BPD/EUPD), which is something you may feel uncomfortable doing with a loved one.