East Kent – a look back at Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 was a huge success in East Kent. With this year’s national theme centred on “Community,” local people responded in great numbers to help raise awareness and support East Kent Mind. From cafes, bakers, galleries, hotels, pubs and [...]
How art can empower people’s wellbeing journeys At East Kent Mind we run two Creative Art groups – one in Ramsgate and one in Margate. Art can help improve people’s mental health and wellbeing in a number of ways. There is a range of evidence that shows art helps reduce [...]
The Veterans panel with Karen Brinkman of East Kent Mind and Stephanie Young of Hartsdown Academy Students quiz veterans panel A trio of veterans joined a panel to meet students to talk about experience of military service. Organised by East Kent Mind's Armed Forces Connector, Karen Brinkman, the panel visited Hartsdown Academy [...]
Golf challenge raised £3,600 for charity The sun shone down on a fantastic day of golf, community spirit, and fundraising as supporters came together to raise over £3,600 for East Kent Mind. The perfect weather set the stage for a memorable event, filled with friendly competition and generous giving. A standout highlight was the "Beat the Pro" challenge, [...]
Sheriff of Canterbury and Lord Mayor-elect, Cllr Keji Moses Mayors give support to Ambassador project Civic leaders have been helping to promote East Kent Mind's Wellbeing Ambassador initiative. Cllr Jack Packman Mayor of Margate, Cllr Jack Packman, and Sheriff of Canterbury, Cllr Keji Moses, took time out of their hectic [...]
Caption: Louis Autism is my secret talent: Louis' story April is Autism Awareness Month, and this month Neive Wright took some time to talk to her friend Louis, a 29-year-old with autism and dyspraxia, who is here to share his story. Louis was diagnosed at age 11, and while his journey has had [...]
Wills event staged for veterans Duncan Forster from The Will Angels Responding to requests from the ex-military communities East Kent Mind serves, an information event to advise on wills and probate was staged by the charity's Armed Forces Connector Karen Brinkman. The session was held at Invicta Lodge, Broadstairs, with Duncan Forster [...]
Art Exhibition to be hosted in Ramsgate East Kent Mind is hosting an Art Exhibition at our Ramsgate Office on Wednesday 14th May. The Exhibition is open from 10am to 4pm and there will be tea/coffee biscuits throughout the day. It takes place at 34 King Street, Ramsgate CT11 8NT. Any visitors who come along [...]
Veterans project secures funding for a further year East Kent Mind's award-winning veterans project has been awarded a further year of funding from the Veterans Foundation. The grant funds a mix of wellbeing activities to support mental health, social events to reduce social isolation of ex-military, reservists and their adult family members, together with a [...]
Katie Whitewood, Co-President of the East Kent Mind Society, and fellow Ambassadors of East Kent Mind New ambassadors meet University Vice Chancellor East Kent Mind has launched an Ambassador initiative to enlist members of the community to support its wellbeing work. The students at the University of Kent were amongst the first [...]
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