Lizzie and John Charity's outstanding care following dementia diagnosis Lizzie and John's world crumbled when he was diagnosed with dementia. Crossroads Care Kent were there to support the couple in their darkest hour and following his death. Now Lizzie has nominated the charity for this year's Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards to publicly thank [...]
Kyle Ingram-Baldwin Striking a link between football and wellbeing Men are statistically less likely to take their mental health seriously and are reluctant to seek out help. One solution, devised by Kyle Ingram-Baldwin, has created a project that merges football with mental health. Now Kyle's initiative - Project Talking Football - has been nominated [...]
Sophie Dodds Bringing joy during the darkest of times How we perceive we look to others can hugely affect our self-confidence and self-belief. To ease this anxiety Sophie Dodds offers a clinic providing a range of free beauty treatments. The JOY initiative was sparked following the death of her father when she at [...]
The search is on for the region's wellbeing champions Nominate now Nominations are now being accepted for an annual awards event that focuses on wellbeing and the people, organisations and initiatives that support our mental health. This support can be crucial to help us cope with life, particularly as the cost-of-living-crisis [...]
Amy Hopper “I’d forgotten what it was like to do basic tasks without being in pain” Amy Hopper's emotional and mental health resilience were tested to the limit by a series of circumstances, each of which might have broken any other person. After surviving a car crash and coping with the death of [...]
The first step is the hardest It is estimated that nearly 1 in 4 people suffer from some type of mental health problem; I am not ashamed to admit that I am part of that statistic. I have been diagnosed with OCD, anxiety and depression. It took me a few years to truly come to terms with my [...]
Paul Babra Festive treat for East Kent Mind clients Clients and supporters of East Kent Mind and Revival were treated to a warming curry and soup in the run-up to Christmas. Paul Babra of Karara Food donated his time to create dishes to be given free to several hundred people from half [...]
Paul and Rani Babra of Karara Foods Festive treat for charity supporters and clientsPaul Babra of Karara Foods is teaming up with East Kent Mind again to support a number of charities in the county.Paul and Rani have decided to offer a free tasty curry meal to clients and supporters of a number of [...]
Ruth Rollason and Lucy Troubridge donate funds from the Peter A Leigh art exhibition to East Kent Mind Artists raise £3k for men's mental health More than 200 pieces of artwork and prints created by Ramsgate artist Peter A Leigh have been sold to support mental health and art groups in the town. [...]
Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards, East Kent Mind Charity, Hempstead House, Sittingbourne. Wellbeing champions celebrated at annual awards The top organisations and initiatives delivering projects to improve wellbeing in the region were recognised at the 2023 Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. Download the 2023 Best Practice Booklet here Thirty three winners and [...]
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