Timetable October to December 2024

Monday

09:00-10:00 Yoga Online Group
11:30-12:00 Goal Setting Online Group
12:00-13:30 Creative Writing Online Group
18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour (Fortnightly) Online Group
19:00-20:00 Mental Health Bank Whitstable

Tuesday

09:30-10:00 Breath and Meditation Online Group
09:30-10:30 Tai Chi Online Group (runs the first three weeks of the month)
10:00-11:00 Cuppa Club Whitstable
10:00-15:00 Chatty Tuesday Whitstable
10:00-12:00 Make, Mend and Motivate Whitstable
10:30-12:00 Wellbeing Walk EKM Umbrella Herne Bay
10:30-12:00 Men’s Group Online Group
12:00-12:45 Pilates Online Group
14:00-15:30 MenTalk EKM Umbrella Herne Bay
14:00-16:00 Positivity 3-week course online
18:00-18:45 Yoga Online Group
18:00-20:00 Stress and Anxiety 3-week course online
19:00-20:00 Mental Health Bank Whitstable

Wednesday

09:30-10:30 Photography For Fun Online Group
10:00-11:30 Women’s Wellness Group Whitstable
10:00-14:00 Gardening at Kent Community Organic Garden Canterbury
10.30-12.30 Chatty Wednesday Ramsgate (starting September 11th)
11:00-13:00 Make, Mend and Motivate Online Group
14.00-16.00 Creative Art Ramsgate (starting September 11th)
16:00-17:30 Together We Can Online Group
18:00-19:00 MenTalk Whitstable

Thursday

10:00-12:00 Confidence and Assertiveness 4-week course online
10:30-12:30 Make, Mend and Motivate Herne Bay
12:00-12:45 Pilates Online Group
14:00-16:00 Stress and Anxiety 3-week course online
15:30-18:30 Young Revival Whitstable
18:30-21:30 Revival Lates Whitstable

Friday

09:00-09:45 Yoga Online Group
10:00-11:00 Test Your Brain Online Group
10:00-14:00 Gardening at Kent Community Organic Garden Canterbury
10:30-12:30 Make, Mend and Motivate Ramsgate
14:00-16:00 Music For Fun Online Group
14.30-16.30 Creative Art Margate (starting October 4th)
18:00-19:00 MenoPause (Third Friday of every month) Whitstable

Sunday

10:00-11:30 Walking for Wellbeing Group Whitstable

Courses

  • Weekly every Friday from 27th September (6 weeks) 14:00–16:00 Coping with Stress and Anxiety Ramsgate
  • Weekly every Wednesday from 6th November (6 weeks) 10:30-12:30 Five Ways to Wellbeing Ramsgate
  • Weekly every Friday from 8th November (6 weeks) 14:00–16:00 Coping with Depression Ramsgate

Information on Activities

Face-to-Face Groups and Courses

Enjoy a practical, interesting and interactive course on how to improve our wellbeing.

The course will be at the East Kent Mind office in Ramsgate Weekly every Friday from 19th July – 23rd August (6 weeks)

Please register online and book your place.

Pop in for a chat from 10-3pm, our friendly staff and volunteers are extra aware today of anyone dining alone and will turn up the talk to brighten your day.

If you know someone living alone, new to the area, retired, lonely or in anyway needing a friendly face and chat do point them in our direction, quietest times are before 11 and after 2pm (open 10-3pm)

It’s also a good opportunity to make the time to meet the friend you have been meaning to catch up with – see this as your reminder – make the time to talk

Revival, where community blossoms on the High Street in Whitstable.

Pop in for Chatty Wednesday from 10.30am-12.30pm, our friendly staff are there to help brighten your day.

It is also a good opportunity to make the time to meet the
friend you have been meaning to catch up with – make the time to talk.

If you know someone living alone, new to the area, retired, lonely or in any way needing a friendly face please point them in our direction.

Location: 34 King Street, Ramsgate CT11 8NT

The course will help you develop a better understanding of depression by looking at the thoughts, feelings and behaviours that can cause depression. You will be able to identify warning signs and risks of depression; identify the effects and symptoms of depression, and learn coping strategies.

 

Participants will develop skills that will help them to change their emotional cycle and learn how to effectively use a range of cognitive coping tools and mechanisms to deal with times when they are feeling low. The course involves group work and exercises that look at identifying the cause of their own
depression and how this can be positively managed, with the aim of working towards sustained recovery.

This course aims to give you a good understanding of what anxiety is and to equip you with a range of strategies to manage anxiety effectively.

We will look at:
• What anxiety is and why it occurs
• Identifying and challenging unhelpful thinking
• Different strategies and techniques for managing anxiety

Please register online and book your place.

Location: 34 King Street Ramsgate CT11 8NT

Combat mental health challenges like loneliness and isolation, anxiety, and depression through the power of art and creative activities.

Find peer support in a safe and welcoming creative community. Let’s create together and build a path to brighter days.

Please register for these sessions.

The Ramsgate group takes place at: 34 King Street, Ramsgate CT11 8NT

The Margate group starts on Friday 4th October and takes place at 9 Cecil Street, Margate CT9 1XZ

Informal meet and chat circle to connect, make friends and be part of your community. Free Tea, Coffee and biscuits.

The Kent COG garden is a multiuse, accessible, safe space that provides opportunities for students, staff and the community to engage with sustainable food, biodiversity, gardening, community action and mental health and wellbeing activities, whilst making new friends, getting some time outdoors, building up skills, confidence and making new links.

We offer 2 weekly sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays for participants to engage with general gardening activities. Individuals can just turn up and spend between 1 and 4 hours per session outdoors, working with a facilitator or other professional in a group setting, taking part in growing activities, sharing knowledge and learning new skills. In addition, we offer monthly Saturday sessions focused on developing and maintaining wellbeing for all, and seasonal Sunday sessions, promoting sustainability and exploring our connection with the natural environment.

KentCOG are eager to liaise with individuals to make the programme appropriate for their needs. We are experienced in working with a variety of needs and our site is partially accessible for wheelchair users. We are working towards creating a fully accessible site and any feedback is welcome. We are happy to show students and staff around the garden and discuss their particular needs or requirements, as well as offering additional sessions to try out activities and to discuss ideas.

The programme can be accessed by visiting the garden on a regular basis throughout the year, or by liaising with staff at the University or via Mind to agree a specific block of sessions for individuals or groups which can be delivered on site.

Come and join our Mood Menders at our Face To Face two-hour workshops. A welcoming space to learn, share new skills, meet or make new friends. Restore and relax.

Locations: Herne Bay, Ramsgate and Whitstable

MenoPause is a peer support group for women at all stages in their menopause.

It is an informal group who meet to chat, listen and learn from each other, there are also special sessions were invited guests share their knowledge or experience of a particular issue of relevance to the group.

You can bring your own or tea and coffee is provided.

Revival: Food & Mood, 58 High St, Whitstable CT5 1BB

MenTalk is a drop-in for men where you can unwind, talk, listen and make local connections in a friendly supportive social space.

Social late night café for young people.

Walking for wellbeing is open to all. It is a friendly relaxed group helping you to connect with nature, the community and your local area. You can walk and talk, walk and watch or just walk your way knowing you are not alone.

We meet in various locations within the Canterbury District and walk for about an hour from 10am every Sunday, details can be found on our Facebook events – Walking for Wellbeing Revival East Kent Mind

Join our friendly and relaxed groups helping you to connect with nature, the community and your local area.

You can walk and talk, walk and watch, or just walk with us knowing that you are not alone.

Please register online and book your place.

The group is a friendly, welcoming female space for all ages to come together to chat, listen, share wellbeing journeys and support each other. See our social media for details:

Facebook Group: Women’s Wellness Peer Support Group (Revival)

Providing a safe social ‘café’ and creative space for young people under the age of 25. Activities include creative workshops, craft circles, board games, PS5 gaming, cinema nights and more.

Online Groups

Breathing and Meditation is learning to relax and learning to integrate the mind and body to reduce any physical sensations that cause discomfort within the body.

Breathing techniques and meditation can help reduce stress, anxiety and negative emotions.

It can reduce physical and psychological tension, calming your emotions and improving focus and concentration.

Our Creative Writing group is every Monday from 12pm-1.30pm

Would you like to experience gentle learning and give time to developing your writing skills? Maybe you sense you have a short story or poem you would like to write. Learning new skills can improve our mental wellbeing giving us a sense of purpose and helping us connect to others.

In this group, there is guided learning such as an inspiring thought or theme or discussion and a variety of activities to help us express ourselves. These may include reading a story, sharing a poem or playing word games.

This is an online group so, for your own writing, either have pen and paper or laptop at the ready.

Join Goal Setting to build on changing your week.
Together we will turn your goals into plans and your plans into actions by thinking big but acting small.
You will be asked what it is you would like to achieve over the coming week and then through discussion with your peers, we will find what method would suit you best. So, you can come back the next week for the celebration of:

“YOU DID IT”

This group is your time to put aside two hours for arts, craft, making, mending and DIY. Grab a cup of tea and the project you are working on to meet like-minded crafters for inspiration, tips and giggles. Don’t know what to bring? Still come along to get the motivation.

Creating is a form of self-care, it benefits you and those around you. It can help you feel more able to cope with situations.

The Men’s Group is an informal, friendly and supportive group where you meet others to talk about a range of topics including your own wellbeing.

This group helps to build good supportive relationships which are important for our mental wellbeing. These friendships can build a sense of belonging, give us opportunity to share positive experiences and provide emotional support.

Please register and book your place online.

Music for Fun is an opportunity for people to come together and pick a piece of music.

Every participant gets a chance to select a song of their choice to be played to the group and are given time to talk about their selection.

This is a relaxed group with great discussion.

Please register and book your place online.

In this group, we encourage each other to take notice of what is around us by taking photos on a theme. Taking notice enables us to be in the moment and can help you to feel more positive about life.

Each week we start by looking at the photos of those attending the group have taken during the week. We enjoy talking about the photos, where these were taken and exploring the different styles.

Then a different theme is suggested for the next week such as animals, doors, weather, ‘why is that there’, food. During the week you notice what is around you and take photos on the theme.

No photography skills are needed and you can use a camera or your mobile phone. Please register and book your place online.

Pilates, pronounced “Puh-Lah-Tees”, takes its name from Joseph Pilates who was born in Germany in 1880.

Pilates believed mental and physical health were closely connected. His method was influenced by western forms of exercise, including gymnastics, boxing and Greco-Roman wrestling. He immigrated to the US in the 1920s and opened a studio in New York, where he taught his method – which he called Contrology – for several decades. Pilates mat-work classes are not only fun, they are designed to help you improve flexibility and strength. Small equipment such as bands, toning circles and balls are used during mat-work classes to help you achieve better movement patterns and provide you with more awareness of your body – and of course to challenge you! Our instructors cater to each individual, offering alternative movements if required so there is never a reason to feel worried about your ability.

Be kind to yourself and join our once a fortnight Self-Care group.

Each session, the group discusses a wide variety of different performative and transformative self-care methods. The sessions start with a 5–10-minute calming activity which you can use anytime to bring back balance to your mind and emotions.

We then learn one or two different self-care methods that the group does together, that you can practise at home.

The group sessions always finish with a song that will uplift everyone.

Mondays (fortnightly)

You are invited to join us on online for quizzes, memory games, spelling tests, Boggle, spot the difference, maths problems and much more…

All you need is a pen and paper. No scores are read aloud, this is all for fun!

Please register and book your place online.

In this group, we are going to encourage each other to get those jobs done!

Whatever is on your To Do List – bring it along (with a cup of tea) and get tips from your peers on the best way to achieve what you want, as you are doing it!

From sorting your bills/benefits, decluttering, craft projects, homework from another group or a course you are doing, DIY, selfcare/glow ups, housework, journaling, planning, creative writing, gardening, shopping lists and so much more…
Please register and book your place online.

A gentle but energising all levels practice. Focusing on mindful movements, connection to breath, refreshing stretches and some strengthening poses, this practice will set you up for whatever your day brings. Open to all, including beginners.

The benefits of practicing Yoga include, but are not limited to:

  • Reduction in anxiety, stress and worry
  • Increased strength and flexibility
  • Take time for yourself
  • Increase focus
  • Prepare the body and mind for your day
  • Connection to breath and calming techniques

Please register and book your place online.

Online Courses

The course aims to increase group members’ self-awareness, coping mechanisms in stressful situations and teach techniques to enable individuals to plan positively for the future.

The course is in modules and covers:

  • Building confidence
  • Self-awareness and building positive self-image
  • Stress management
  • Assertiveness
  • Goal planning

The course runs for six weeks. Thursdays 10am–12pm

A positive self-image is key to living a happy and healthy life.

Research shows that people who feel confident in themselves can problem solve and make better decisions, take more risks, assert themselves and strive to meet their personal goals.

Aims of the workshop:

  • Provide the participants with a better understanding of what is positive thinking, how it impacts and how to develop it
  • Enable a greater self-awareness
  • Equip the participants in effective techniques for changing attitudes
  • Support wellbeing

Course content:

  • What is positive thinking?
  • Why is positive thinking the key to a successful life?
  • How to develop the skill of positive thinking

Anxiety and stress cause more sick days, illness and presenteeism than physical ailments. Discover the difference between stress and anxiety and why in combination they are the single biggest cause of concern for the working population.

Aims of the workshop:

  • Provide the participants with a better understanding of what is positive thinking, how it impacts and how to develop it
  • Enable a greater self-awareness
  • Equip the participants in effective techniques for changing attitudes
  • Support wellbeing

Course Content:

  • Typical causes of anxiety
  • How to become familiar with triggers
  • How to select coping strategies that work specifically for you

Online Workshop Timetable October to December 2024

01/10/24 TUE 10:00-12:00 Understanding Anxiety & Panic
02/10/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Visualising Intentions and Affirmations
07/10/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Routine Builder
07/10/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Healthy Mind and Body
07/10/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Routine Builders
09/10/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Sleep & Relaxation Techniques
09/10/24 WED 14:00-15:30 Mental Wellbeing with Nutrition & Lifestyle Interventions
14/10/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Healthy Mind and Body
14/10/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Money Management
14/10/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
16/10/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Mindfulness
16/10/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Mental Health in the Workplace
21/10/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Money Management
21/10/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Routine Builders
21/10/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement
24/10/24 THU 17:00-19:00 Anger Management
28/10/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Healthy Mind and Body
28/10/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
29/10/24 TUE 10:00-12:00 Body Image (Week 1)
30/10/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Journaling
30/10/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Low Mood & Depression
04/11/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Routine Builders
04/11/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Money Management
04/11/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement
05/11/24 TUE 10:00-12:00 Body Image (week 2)
11/11/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Healthy Mind and Body
11/11/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Routine Builders
11/11/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
13/11/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Visualising Intentions and Affirmations
13/11/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Autism Awareness
13/11/24 WED 14:00-15:30 Mental Wellbeing with Nutrition & Lifestyle Interventions
14/11/24 THU 17:00-19:00 Low Mood & Depression
18/11/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Money Management
18/11/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Healthy Mind and Body
18/11/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement
20/11/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Understanding Anxiety & Panic
25/11/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Money Management
25/11/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
27/11/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Mindfulness
02/12/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Routine Builders
02/12/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Healthy Mind and Body
02/12/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement
04/12/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Overcoming Loneliness
09/12/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Healthy Mind and Body
09/12/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Money Management
09/12/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
10/12/24 TUE 10:00-12:00 Anger Management
11/12/24 WED 10:00-11:30 Journaling
11/12/24 WED 14:00-15:30 Mental Wellbeing with Nutrition & Lifestyle Interventions
16/12/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Money Management
16/12/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Routine Builders
16/12/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement
18/12/24 WED 10:00-12:00 Sleep & Relaxation Techniques
19/12/24 THU 17:00-19:00 Emotional Intelligence
23/12/24 MON 10:00-11:00 Routine Builders
23/12/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Healthy Mind and Body
23/12/24 MON 18:00-19:00 The Self-Care Hour
30/12/24 MON 17:00-18:00 Routine Builders
30/12/24 MON 18:00-19:00 Drum and Movement

Online Workshop Descriptions

This workshop helps people to understand the cycle of anger and when certain types of anger become problematic.

During this workshop you will identify the causes of anger, the effects of anger on your health and your relationships and most importantly a variety of coping strategies to deal with anger. We help promote the use of self-awareness and self-reflection to aid anger management. Sometimes the simplest coping strategies are the most effective!

The workshop also promotes group participation and interaction with discussion points aimed to encourage participants to grasp a better understanding of the thoughts and patterns that surround anger.

This workshop has been designed to explore and understand how an autistic person experiences the world, in ways that a non-autistic person doesn’t.

It will help give a better understanding of those differences and the challenges autistic people can face as they navigate through life.

This workshop will run over a two-week period, split into two two-hour sessions. It will try to adjust your way of thinking about body-image and challenge the images of idealised bodies shown throughout the media that can negatively impact people’s perceptions of themselves.

The course aims to help you achieve:

  • An improved self-image
  • A more realistic approach to body-image

During the course we explore:

  • Body image and how it is affected
  • How external/internal factors influence how we think and feel
  • Body image in men and women
  • How to accept your body and not aspire to unrealistic ideals
  • How not everything in the media is as it seems
  • How body image affects mental health
  • Ways to overcome negative body image
  • How to build self-esteem and body positivity

You are invited you join our fortnightly six-session online group where we will be using our bodies as a drum and bringing light movement into our evening.

Drumming and movement have great benefits for our minds, bodies and souls.

By joining this group, you will improve your strength, balance and resistance – all while having fun using your creativity.

We will be using drumming and movement holistically to explore new ways of meditating, using affirmations, clearing our chakras, gaining confidence, feeling alive and so much more.

All skills and abilities are welcome, as you can do it all sitting down if you prefer. All you need is a quiet room where you can move around.

Do you remember in school, when you had to find a space, and you put your arms out and turned in a circle to check you didn’t bang into anyone or anything? That is all the space that you need.

This workshop aims to give you the ability to distinguish between helpful and unhelpful thinking patterns and how to manage negative emotions effectively. The hoped outcome is that you will become more self-aware, be able to regulate your emotions more effectively and to develop your social skills including empathy and understanding different perspectives.

Overall, the suggested tips and coping strategies should help you to start challenging your learnt behaviours; become more in tune with your emotions and in time build up your resilience.

This workshop promotes group participation and interaction with discussion points aimed to encourage participants to grasp a better understanding of emotional intelligence.

In this one-hour workshop, you will be given ideas, inspirations and encouragements to help you live a more balanced lifestyle. Achieving optimal health and wellbeing requires taking care of both your body and mind.

We will look at what we can do and can avoid doing to bring balance into our lives.

We all need to exercise, eat well, get enough sleep and practise self-care and in this workshop we will help you discover what methods suit you best.

In this workshop, we can learn to journal by expressing thoughts, feelings, inspirations or emotions through writing.

We will look at different journaling methods and how to get started.

You will need a pen and notebook to journal in.

This workshop looks at the key differences between low mood and depression and the psychological, physical, emotional, social and behavioural symptoms linked to both.

The main focus is looking at the many causes of depression and understanding them fully and the most effective coping strategies to help manage depression in daily life.

The workshop promotes group participation and interaction with discussion points aimed to encourage participants to grasp a better understanding of low mood and depression.

In this workshop, we explore the relationship between mental health and work, focusing on how to create a mentally healthy workplace and how to be supportive of colleagues while still looking after oneself. We will look at why mental health is just as important as physical health, and share information about local mental health services.

We can achieve so much for our mental and physical health with just a few diet and lifestyle adjustments, without too much effort or drastic changes. The workshops look at the impact of our food habits and what more nourishing simple choices we can integrate to support mental and physical wellbeing.

Diving into our human nature to gain a better understanding of some fundamental internal interactions and what can trigger a disharmonious state in order to have more control over our health. Full of practical tips, easy to implement for long-lasting changes, working with the greatest gifts nature has to offer.

Each monthly workshop has a different focus:

  •  The impact of the gut on the brain and how to optimise the connection
  •  The importance of calming the nervous system in order to heal mentally and physically
  •  How to improve our energy levels and the effect on our mood and mental wellbeing

Mindfulness is a way to incorporate calmness into your life to support your wellbeing. This mindfulness workshop encourages a positive mindful approach.

Through practical tools to gain understanding, it helps us develop an open mind and forgiveness of and acceptance towards ourselves and others.

The workshop includes a short guided mindful breathing meditation which can be used as a coping strategy when under stress or pressure from life, work or relationships.

In this workshop you will learn the importance of knowing where your money goes each month.

We will look at many ways to save on spending, how to budget our money, how to manage debt and where to seek help.

We are living through “the cost-of-living crisis”, Mind in Bexley would like to offer you the information you need to get your money in order and control your debts.

This workshop will define what is meant by loneliness, including the causes of loneliness and how it relates to mental health problems. There will also be advice on how to manage the feelings of loneliness and things you can do to develop yourself and feel content in your own company.

Want to start making the most of your time?

But don’t know how or where to start?

This workshop is for you!

You will be shown the benefits and importance of having a routine. We will then discuss methods for building and sticking to the routine that you really want.

Researchers have found that sleep and relaxation are important for us because it can support us in achieving:

  • Better productivity and concentration ● Lower weight gain risk ● Better calorie regulation ● Greater athletic performance ● Lower risk of heart disease ● More social and emotional intelligence ● Preventing depression ● Lower inflammation ● Stronger immune system

Aims of the Workshop

  • Simple relaxation methods, that promote health and general wellbeing ● The scientific background of why we sometimes can’t sleep ● Practical implementation in daily life ● How to relax yourself

This workshop is for those who would like to learn more about anxiety and panic.

We learn about different types of negative thinking patterns and share our own experiences of how we can relate to these.

We will explore different ideas on how we can turn negative reactions and thought patterns into positives by incorporating different healthy ways to wellbeing into our lives.

This workshop is a group where you will learn to use visualising skills to set intentions and affirmations using practical tools and guided meditation.

What do you intend to change in your life?

In this workshop, you will look at tools and meditation to help you set intentions and choose affirmations to help bring about positive change.