About Mind in Bradford
Mind in Bradford was established as a charity in 1988 (registered charity number 700482). We began a few years before that as a group of like-minded users of mental health services as a way of offering peer support. As well as originally providing some of the support not available elsewhere at that time Mind in Bradford also campaigned for improved services for all.
We remain a user led organisation and as well as providing services commissioned by and in partnership with Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT and Bradford District Care Trust we continue to seek to influence mental health services locally. We are affiliated to Mind nationally and through them seek to influence services at a national level.
We share the same values as Mind nationally and therefore work to provide 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
We currently have 18 staff (full and part time) and over 15 volunteers who work to provide our services.
Our user led ethos influences everything we do with all services having real user involvement.
You can also become a member of Mind in Bradford, which is a way to support the work we do as well as giving you a voice in how we do it.
About Guide-Line
In 1998 some service users of the Mind in Bradford drop-in asked for a telephone service that they could access out of hours when other services were shut. Guide-Line started with one room and one person a few hours a week in the Mind building.
It was named ‘Guide-Line’ after the ‘Guide to Mental Health Services in the Bradford Metropolitan Area’, 1998/99 edition. It was launched on the same day as the Guide, World Mental Health Day October 1998.
It quickly grew.
In 2001 it moved from the Mind building to premises in Shipley. In 2004 it moved again to larger premises in Shipley, where it is at present.
This October Guide-Line will be celebrating its 10th year of existence.
City Homes in Mind
We have a long established partnership with City Homes in Mind, a supported housing provider. CHIM provide independent accommodation for single people experiencing or recovering from mental distress. They have 20 flats and can be contacted on 01274 822 333.