News Archive December 2019

Whether your run, swim, cycle or choose your favourite fitness activity, set your goal and enjoy support from the RED community every step, splash and pedal of the way!

Red January has raised almost £1.7m for Mind since its exclusive partnership began. This year, you can raise money directly for Mind in Bradford by challenging yourself to complete one physical activity every day of the month.

Kick-start your 2020 in a positive way and raise funds for Mind in Bradford, so together, we can be active for better mental health.

Register to join RED January today and receive your free fundraising and training guide here:

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Although RED stands for ‘Run Every Day’, people are invited to walk, cycle or do anything active each of the 31 days.

RED January research found that 82 per cent of people taking part felt better physically and mentally after taking part earlier this year, and research overwhelmingly shows that physical activity can have a positive impact on mental health.

In 2015, after witnessing the transformative effect that regular exercise had on her Mum as she recovered from a period of severe depression, Hannah Beecham founded RED January.

To help the RED community support themselves and others, Hannah approached Mind in 2017 to come on board as RED’s exclusive charity partner and encourage others to help stay active and raise the funds needed to continue helping people improve their mental health.

Mind in Bradford’s fundraising manager Aanika Dhillon said: “At Mind in Bradford, we know the benefits that physical activity can have for mental wellbeing. It’s exciting that we are offering our local community something that hopefully inspires them to support themselves and others. 

“The idea behind RED January is very simple: choose a challenge you’d like to do every day, such as walking 10,000 steps, training for your first 10k, getting back to the gym or any other favourite fitness activity, and set up a fundraising page for Mind in Bradford, so your friends and family can sponsor you to stick to it.”

Author: Lucy Clews
Posted on: 23rd December 2019

Please note our opening times over the Christmas period:

Guide-Line and Sanctuary are open as usual.

Wellbeing Services are open as normal, apart from on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, when no wellbeing groups are running. The weekend group on Sunday 29 December is also not running.

Author: Lucy Clews
Posted on: 23rd December 2019

For people with mental health problems, Christmas can be an incredibly hard time of year. For some, we may be the only people they can turn to. With your help, we can be there for more people. Please donate whatever you can to our 2019 Christmas Appeal. Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate £5 or £50.

A donation of £5 could pay for a wellbeing induction and welcome session for someone who is new to our services. Once someone has come to a welcome session, they can take part in activities and groups which can really help their recovery. Our activities include cooking, writing and sport.

A donation of £22 could provide an hour in Sanctuary for someone experiencing a mental health crisis. Sanctuary offers an alternative to hospital and is open 365 days a year – the support never stops, even during the Christmas season.

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At Mind in Bradford, we build community and individual resilience for better mental well-being. We provide early intervention advice and support. We support people in crisis. We empower and help people to recover and sustain improved well-being.

Thank you for your support.

Author: Lucy Clews
Posted on: 23rd December 2019

Check out the latest news from Mind in Bradford in the December edition of our client-led newsletter Write Mind. Stories include extra support in the community to lower hospital admissions and action to help people with serious mental illnesses live longer. Plus there’s Christmas creative writing from one of our wellbeing groups. Read the full newsletter here.

Author: Suzy Poole
Posted on: 13th December 2019

Join us at the Mind in Bradford office on Thursday 19 December, 3.30pm to 7.30pm, for a free and festive get together.

There there will be food, festive games and a Christmas quiz to take part in.

Clients interested in helping out at the event can contact Philip Woodward on 01274 730815.

Author: Lucy Clews
Posted on: 10th December 2019