To find out more about Mind in Fundraising , to ask any questions or to . get involved in our work and in the Mind in Somerset Mind in Somerset needs support from community, please get in touch: wonderful fundraisers (like you?) to provides vital services carry on providing vital services to people who desperately need them. Office Sussex Lodge, 44 Station Road for people with poor Could you have a cake sale, do a Taunton, Somerset. TA1 1NS sponsored 10 mile run in a tutu or 01823 334 906 mental health pay to see your boss covered in cold baked beans? We will leave that for Yeovil Office you to decide! Unit 4, Yeovil Business Centre, Houndstone Business Park, The money you raise for Mind in Yeovil, Somerset. BA22 8WA Somerset ensures it is spent in your 01935 474 875 community for these services. Email us at: It really can save lives [email protected] or visit our website: Please contact our Community Fundraising Manager www.mindinsomerset.org.uk

David Fields (01935) 474 875 [email protected]

Sara Warren (01823) 334 906 [email protected]

See what our other fundraisers are doing on our Just Giving page. Mind in Somerset is a Registered Charity: No. 1109626 Mind in Somerset (charity registration number Mindline Trans+ Support groups 1108626) is an independent charity formed We run a number of Peer Support groups that meet from the merger of Mind in Taunton and West This is a confidential, mental health helpline and signposting service for people who identify as Trans, A in Taunton, Burnham-On-Sea, , Somerset and Mind in October and and other towns across Somerset. Some Gender, Gender Fluid or Non-binary. include specialised Hearing Voices groups and an All 2018. Gender Domestic Abuse group. The service runs on Monday and Friday evenings from We are affiliated to the national charity Mind 8pm until 12am – Phone 0300 330 5468. Training that campaigns for the rights of people who Peer Mentoring We offer training in Mental Health First Aid, Applied experience mental ill health and emotional Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Mental distress. Health Awareness for Sport and Physical Activity The Peer Mentoring Service provides individuals with the (MHASPA) and other bespoke training. We are also opportunity to meet others who have similar difficulties, developing in conjunction with Taunton Women’s Aid, “Our core purpose is to to help reduce the stress of a court appearance and sessions working with young people looking at building dealings with the criminal justice system. healthy relationships. provide services and support to anyone Service Users Complementary Holistic (SUCH) Care Time to Change Somerset affected by mental illness, Time to Change is a project where the aim is to Provides access to complementary and holistic work together with local mental health organisations improving their quality of treatments to patients in mental health units in Somerset across Somerset and those with lived experience of and community hospital wards. mental health to help end mental health stigma and life and wellbeing” discrimination. Somerset Mental Health Hub Our Projects The Vanessa Project This is a collaboration with other community organisations This is an outdoor, allotment-based project (based in Bridging the Gap – A support and advocacy service for promoting positive mental wellbeing and services to Yeovil) for adults. residents of Taunton Deane council housing who have individuals with poor mental wellbeing or those that care mental wellbeing issues. for and support them. Wiser£Money

Mindline Somerset Suicide Bereavement Support Service The aim of the project is to improve the wellbeing and financial resilience of those struggling with their A confidential telephone support service providing a safe This project is available to anyone bereaved by suicide finances in the rural settlements of the Districts of West Somerset, Mid-Devon and North Devon place to talk if you, or someone you know, are in distress. in Somerset. They also run a suicide bereavement peer support group. Youth Matters • Mindline Somerset Listening Service – 01823 276892 Somerset Mental Wellbeing Service For young people aged 11-18 suffering from poor mental health. As well as 1-1 sessions, there are also • Mindline South Devon & Torbay drop in sessions in , Yeovil, , Chard and Listening Service – 0300 330 5464 Somerset Mental Wellbeing Service works with people to use self–management, peer support and the 5 Ways Both are open 8pm untill 11pm – Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat & to Wellbeing (Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Learn Young Carers Sunday and when Mindline is closed during office hours, and Give) to enable them to move towards recovery and we can connect you to Mind info line. independence. A service for young people who act as carers.

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