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If you need urgent help, we are here to support you and there are other people and organisations out there that can also help.
Mind BLMK РCrisis Caf̩
Our Crisis Café is available for everyone in Bedford, Luton, and Milton Keynes, between 5.00pm – 11.00pm each evening, 365 days a year. For more information about this service and how to access support, please call 01525 722 225 or visit our Crisis Café website page here.Â
GP surgery:Â
You can contact your GP if you are in distress, there will be an out of hours or emergency number on their answer machine.
North and Mid Beds Crisis Team
01234 315691
Luton and South Beds Crisis Team
01582 556971
If it is appropriate a social worker on duty will arrange for a mental health assessment.Â
Milton Keynes Assessment and Short Term Intervention Team
01908 605650Â
MK Mental Health Service
The Out-of-Hours Urgent Advice Line: 0800 0234 650.
Samaritans
116 123
The Samaritans provide confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
Accident and Emergency hospital department
If you feel suicidal and would like to see a professional urgently, you can visit your local hospital accident and emergency department. There will be a duty psychiatrist available to assess your needs and assist in finding the necessary support.
Non-emergency NHS helpline
111
You should use the NHS 111 service if you urgently need medical help or advice but it’s not a life-threatening situation.Â
Emergency services
999
If you or somebody else is at risk due to a mental health crisis, you should ring for the police or an ambulance.
National Mind
0300 123 3393
The MindinfoLine offers callers confidential help on a range of mental health issues. Calls from anywhere in the UK are charged at local call. Their website also contains useful factsheets on mental health issues and booklets on specific topics can be purchased from their online shop.
Women’s Self Injury Helpline
0808 800 8088Â www.selfinjurysupport.org.uk
Emotional support, listening & signposting for women affected by self injury
Monday to Friday 7pm – 10pm
Mindline Trans+ National Helpline
MindLine Trans+ is a confidential, emotional, mental health support helpline and signposting service for people who identify as Trans, A Gender, Gender Fluid, or non-binary. Find out more
Elefriends
Elefriends is a supportive online community where you can be yourself. We all know what it’s like to struggle sometimes, but now there’s a safe place to listen, share and be heard. Find out more
Mental Health A-Z
Information and advice on a huge range of mental health topics from the National Mind website. Find out more
Latest Updates
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Get crafty with Mind BLMK's Crafternoon!
Gather your favourite people online and spend an afternoon doing some online crafting. Set up a fundraising page and ask your guests to make a donation to Mind BLMK, to take part.
Enjoy a get-together with a difference and help make sure no one across Bedfordshire, Luton, or Milton Keynes, has to face a mental health problem alone.
For more info on how to get involved click here bit.ly/3ehoz7u.
#crafternoon #mentalhealth #support #creative
If you or someone you know needs urgent or crisis support with their mental health, our Crisis Cafes are there for you 7 evenings a week, 365 days a year. Please call 01525 722 225, between 5pm -11pm for support.
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Are you part of a local Rotary, W.I. group, or Lions club? Could they help to support people experiencing a mental health challenge in Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes?
The need for mental health services is more important now, than it has ever been. Over the past few months, Mind BLMK provided over 4,000 emotional wellbeing calls to support people struggling with their mental health.
With your support we can continue to provide our key services and ensure that nobody has to face a mental health problem alone.
For more information on how to get involved, please contact [email protected]
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Peer Mentoring is a goal orientated one-to-one service. People will work with one of our trained mentors – all of whom have a lived experience of mental health challenges – to plan and carry out steps towards achieving goals to enhance their wellbeing or address a particular challenge they are facing such as improving social confidence, using public transport, accessing education, voluntary work, and employment.
Our Peer Mentoring support service is now also available in Luton and Milton Keynes. For more information and to self refer, please visit bit.ly/3kkIrsD or talk to a member of our team [email protected] / 0300 330 0648.
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Mental Health First Aid is providing initial support for someone in a mental health crisis situation or who is developing a mental health problem.
Taking place 24-26 November, the course is based on the model of general first aid training and will help you to recognise the symptoms of mental health problems, provide early assistance and inform an individual about appropriate help.
What is covered in the course?
• What is mental health and mental ill health
• The signs and symptoms of mental health difficulties
• Anxiety and depression
• Psychosis
• Suicide
• Knowledge of effective interventions
• Where and how to access professional help
• How you can support someone experiencing mental health problems
For more information visit bit.ly/31rzjL3 or to book a place, please contact: [email protected] / 07881 248 780
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Many of us have been spending a lot more time at home recently, that’s why we’re inviting you to host a Virtual Crafternoon. Gather your favourite people online and help raise vital funds for @MindBLMK. For more info on how to get involved click here > https://www.mind-blmk.org.uk/support-us/virtual-crafternoon/.
Launching on October 29th, we have a new cohort of virtual learning webinars for people across Bedfordshire and Luton to develop wellbeing skills to support loneliness.
For more information and dates available, please visit - https://www.mind-blmk.org.uk/training-and-education/supporting-loneliness/
#MentalHealth #Loneliness
