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Dazzling amount raised at our Summer Masquerade Ball
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and performed at our Summer Masquerade Ball. We are delighted to announce that we raised over £2,000. This will help fund our 20+ vital services within Coventry and Warwickshire.
Coventry’s domestic abuse partners meet to develop services
On Tuesday 9 July, domestic abuse partners in Coventry met at One Friargate to discuss how services can be developed and shaped to support survivors of domestic abuse and professionals working in Coventry. Coventry and Warwickshire Mind's Space 2 Thrive service would...
Godiva Festival fun: celebrating mental health and community!
On Saturday, 6th July, we attended the Godiva Festival with a stall in the family field. After a very rainy start, the sun came out and the crowds arrived. In just a few hours, we saw around 200 people! We had plenty of merchandise to give out, and we made stress...
Festival of Culture and Diversity
On Wednesday 3 July, residents, staff and service users from Harry Salt House, St Clair Gardens and our outreach service met to celebrate a Festival of Culture and Diversity. During the day, there were insightful talks from our partners, including P3 Charity, Sky...
Angelina: The Yard’s first Mental Health First Aider©
Angelina from Semper Security UK Ltd is The Yard’s first Mental Health First Aider©. Recently, she attended two days of Mental Health First Aid Training delivered by Coventry and Warwickshire Mind Workplace Training. Angelina said, “I really enjoyed the course. It...
A look at our youth advisory board
We chatted to Emma about her involvement in our youth advisory board: What is the youth advisory board? "The youth advisory board is a network of young people (11-25) from Coventry and Warwickshire who essentially communicate their thoughts and contribute to Coventry...
Campaigning for inclusivity at London Pride
On Saturday 29 June, Dee and Seline travelled down to London to join National Mind and other local Minds at the city's annual Pride event. Speaking about the event, Dee said: "Alongside the fun and festival atmosphere that comes with Pride, Mind continued to campaign...
Words 4 Wellbeing
On Thursday 27 June, Coventry and Warwickshire Mind were invited to attend the Words 4 Wellbeing event at the University of Warwick. The event was a great opportunity for staff, students and community members to find out more about different wellbeing support services...
Santa’s elves gatecrash networking morning
On an unusually hot Wednesday in June, Coventry Hearsall Golf Club opened its doors to professionals across the region as they attended Coventry and Warwickshire Mind's corporate networking morning. The day kicked off with Alethea, Deputy CEO/Director of Operations,...
All the latest from Space 2 Thrive
The past few months have seen lots of exciting changes and updates to Space 2 Thrive, our domestic abuse mental health service. We are delighted to welcome our new manager, Rhupinder Kaur, to the team! Rhupinder brings a wealth of experience in mental health, having...
University of Warwick Pride
Along with Glamourous and the Yard, Coventry and Warwickshire Mind attended University of Warwick Pride to raise awareness of our mental health support services. We were able to speak to almost 100. young adults, focusing on resources and activities that can reduce...
A sunny Sunday at the Nuneaton Carnival
On a rare sunny weekend in June, Gary (Manager, Wellbeing for Warwickshire) and Richard (Manager, Safe Haven) took our wellbeing vehicle to Nuneaton Carinval to offer support, advice and guidance to the thousands of attendees at the annual event. Over four hours, they...