Buckinghamshire Mind
95th Annual General Meeting

The Chair and Board of Trustees
have pleasure inviting you to their AGM

on Tuesday 27th October 2009 at 12.00 p.m.
to be held at The St. John Ambulance Headquarters
Tindal Road, Aylesbury, HP20 1HR

Guest Speaker: Graeme Ellis, User of Social and
Mental Health Services Lancashire

Refreshments will be served after the meeting.

R.S.V.P. Daphne Welford 01296 437328 email: info@bucksmind.org.uk

John Lima art exhibition & sale

A member of Wings support centre will be holding an art exhibition and sale in Friars square from the 19th October to the 26th. Drop along to see his collection of vibrant art pieces.

Employment and training support centre closing due to lack of funding
August 2009

It is with great sadness that I write of the news that The Richmond Fellowship employment support centre for people experiencing mental illness is having to close due to insufficient funding. For 15 years they have offered careers advice and guidance...
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Wings launches web site
July 2009

The Wings Support Centre has launched its own mini web site. It is entirely published by members of Wings and details the activities that go on there, and some of the work that has come out of the groups such as painted and written pieces. There are individual initiatives too - Jason Price regularly publishes the latest film reviews and trailers here. And Adam Makeham brings you all the latest news from Wings here.
Visit the Wings Web Site here.

Befriending training programme July 2009
May 2009

Details of the forthcoming befriending training programme can be downloaded or viewed as a word document here. If you would like to find out more about the befriending service please click here.

Day service publishes its own web site
May 2009

A new group at Wings Support Centre has published their own "mini" web site on the Bucks Mind web site. Why not take a look here.

Danya and Carolyn receiving a cheque for £2656  raised by the 2008/9 Captains (Viv, Micky and John) at Aylesbury Vale Golf Club for Buckinghamshire Mind.

Financial Management in Buckinghamshire Mind
18th April '09

After many years of excellent service to Buckinghamshire Mind our management accountant Rosemary Evans will be ending her work with us in the summer...Read more.

Finance Manager vacancy
15th April '09

We are looking to recruit someone who will have a central role to play in the strategic direction and development of the organisation...Read more.

Befriending training programme
8th April '09

The befriending service training programme starts on monday 20th april. Click here for the full training programme. If you would like to find out more about befriending and perhaps become one yourself please click here.

I've just found a new section on The Bucks Herald web site with Mental Health News. Have a look here...

You may have seen new ads on TV or posters in recent weeks in a campaign to educate, and challenge discrimination about Mental Illness.

Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems.

Our vision:
To makes lives better for everyone by ending mental health discrimination

Our mission:
To inspire people to work together to end the discrimination surrounding mental health

Visit Time to Change here...

• Prince's Trust: One in ten young people feel life is meaningless.
• Research questions efficacy of forcing psychiatric patients to take drugs.
• Black Mental Health UK’s Review of 2008.
• Monitoring mental health by text.

Yesterday, in a major victory for patients and their families, the House of Lords ruled that people detained under the Mental Health Act have the same ‘right to life’ as those in prison, following intervention from leading mental health charity Mind. More...

Human rights for people who are suffering illness? Whatever next madam speaker? (Ed.)

Leading mental health charity Mind today (Monday 15 December) launches Time to Challenge, a groundbreaking legal project which will help people with mental health problems who have experienced discrimination to get their cases through the courts. More...

Details and a timetable for the befriending services training programme in Jan/Feb 2009 are available as a word document, click here to view or download.

Click a headline for more...

• Self harm and violence towards nursing staff more likely in locked up mental health patients. Nursing Times.
• Psychiatric drugs force queried. BBC.
• Making progress on children's mental health. Guardian.
• 'Manic depression killed my career'. BBC.

• Child and adolescent mental health unit re-opens after facelift led by young people.
• OBMH welcomes two new Governors.
• OBMH celebrates another year of improvements.
• OBMH launch Facebook group.

The Bucks Mind Annual General Meeting took place on wednesday 22 October. Our thanks to everyone who came, It was probably our best attended yet. The corresponding Annual Review can be downloaded here. The financial statements are available as a powerpoint presentation here.

A redesign of the National and International news centre on our web site brings you possibly the most comprehensive listing of mental health news headlines on the web.
Read more...