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Celebrating our fabulous corporate paw-tners Hamptons 🐾 This year they’ve been raising money for us with their initiative ‘Hamptons Rally the Regions’. Their different branches have been doing a bunch of amazing activities including: In St Albans, a 500km bike ride 🚴♀️ In Sevenoaks, a charity bingo night 📝 In Brighton, a bake sale 🍰 In Farnham, a pub quiz 🍻 In Horsham, a relay around the park AND (our favourite) a dogs in the office day 🐶 Altogether, Rally the Regions has raised nearly £10k. That means Hamptons have donated a total of £100,000 to Mind throughout our partnership. That’s incredible! £100,000 could help us keep our online peer community open for 3 whole months, 24/7. That’s 3 months of Side by Side – where you can find support from people who understand what you’re going through better than anyone. Alongside this, Hamptons support mental health across their business with a trained mental health first aider providing support and advice to colleagues, a 24/7 employee assistance programme, as well as supporting staff and their mental health with Mind’s vital support leaflets and information. Hamptons - you’re our heroes. Thanks for helping us make sure no mind is left behind 💙

Today is World Smile Day, but not every smile reflects happiness. Sometimes, a smile can hide anxiety, depression, or struggles that are hard to talk about. Check in with your loved ones, because sometimes behind the brightest smiles, there might be a need for support 💙

New Pin Badges! 😍 Our latest pin badge collection has arrived just in time for #WorldMentalHealthDay. For a donation of £12 or more, you’ll receive one of these badges as a thank-you for supporting mental health. 💙 You can choose from a variety of styles, including our signature blue, pink, green, squiggle or “No Mind Left Behind” design. These badges are a small thank you gift for your very kind donations. Every donation helps ensure we can continue fighting for everyone to get the mental health support they need. Want one?📍https://lnkd.in/eHXV_YYU

Next Thursday is World Mental Health Day and while we’ll be fighting to make sure no mind is left behind, we’ve got something to say... World Mental Health Day is a significant day, but it can also feel overwhelming. Mental health problems aren’t limited to one day, and we’ll be here, every single day, fighting to fix the ongoing mental health crisis.

💸 Want to make your donation go further? With Gift Aid, you can turn £2 into £2.50 at no extra cost 💙 Swipe to find out how we can raise up to £580,000 by simply ticking a box.

Our stories, histories, and experiences are connected to our mental health and wellbeing. Sharing them not only strengthens our connections with others but also allows us to celebrate our unique cultures and identities. We’ve put together a few reflective questions to help you explore your own story, heritage, and mental health this Black History Month. Some of these questions may evoke complex emotions. It’s important to honour and hold space for those feelings and seek help if you need to by visiting our Black History Month page ⬇ https://lnkd.in/evGm-dEE

The government had no plan for mental health during the pandemic. Today, at the Covid Inquiry public hearing, we asked Professor Sir Chris Whitty what plans the UK government had put in place to protect the public’s mental health during the pandemic. The answer: none. This is devastating. It’s devastating to those of us who lost loved ones during the pandemic or since. Devastating to those of us still suffering from the mental health fallout of the pandemic. We knew drastic measures to combat Covid-19 were necessary. But we also knew these measures would have an impact on mental health, and we were sounding the alarm from May 2020, calling for urgent mental health support. Despite these warnings, the UK government didn’t put a plan in place for mental health. Not then, and not since. The expectation has been to simply return to ‘business as usual’ - leaving so many of us struggling with our mental health. And services still woefully inadequate to deal with the fallout. Mental health must be central to any future emergency responses. This cannot happen again.

Brian Cox bringing awareness to workplace mental health wasn't on our bingo card for this year, but here we are. We absolutely love this iconic campaign by our corporate partners ASICS. Banana anyone? 🍌   P.S. If you join in this campaign between 10th October - 30th November and take a photo of your empty desk with #DeskBreak, ASICS will donate £5 to us.

Mental health has just topped the list of biggest health concerns, according to the 2024 Ipsos Global Healthcare Monitor study. 🧠 Every year 1 in 4 of us in Britain will experience a mental health problem. 🏥 Over 2 million people are waiting for NHS mental health services in England. 🔹 Since 2017 the number of young people struggling with mental health has almost doubled. It was great to see mental health prioritised in the King's Speech in July. Now we need to see action.

It’s #BiVisibilityDay! 🩷 💜 💙 Today we celebrate the B in the LGBTQIA+ community! Many bi people face biphobia, bi-erasure and mental health struggles. Bisexuality is not a phase or a stepping stone. If you feel unseen, know that you're valid, loved and supported. Thanks so much to @lydiakatharinex (Insta) for allowing us to share her beautiful illustration.