Posts in November 2016

Last week, we delivered training to Stockport Volunteer Police Cadets, introducing them to the basics of mental health awareness. The leader of the Cadets said: “Superb effort last night, it was a really informative and entertaining session – always easier to get a… Read more

ParkCloud held a fantastic fundraiser for us on ‘Park(ing) Day’ in September, turning their car park into a temporary urban allotment and going head-to-head in teams to see who could create the best green space. Earlier this month, they presented us with… Read more

Part of Mind’s new Life Support campaign is about places in our communities that make us feel a little bit brighter, especially those of us living with a mental health problem. We all need a ‘somewhere’, be it a park, cafe,… Read more

This coming Saturday, 19th November, is International Men’s Day. The theme for this is ‘Talk About Male Suicide’, and therefore coincides with International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day. Stockport Suicide Prevention have produced a press release about this particular issue and how… Read more

Mind research shows that 63% of emergency services staff and volunteers had contemplated leaving their job or voluntary role because of stress or poor mental health. In a bid to change those numbers, the confidential Blue Light Infoline provides helpful information on… Read more

We are one of 442 organisations who have so far pledged to end mental health stigma with Time To Change. You can view our Organisational Pledge on their pledgewall here. TTC have also had over 95,000 personal pledges, and 37 celebrities have… Read more

We are now a third party Reporting Centre for Hate Crime. The ‘Hate crime reporting centres’ tab under ‘Useful information’ on this page now lists us  amongst others in the region for this. For more information on Hate Crime, please… Read more

On Wednesday evening, we held an event to thank our Volunteers for all of the incredible work they do for us. We got together at the Ladybrook Hotel in Bramhall for an evening in celebration of them, and were also joined… Read more

You can raise free donations for us every time you search online by using Savoo. Each time you do an internet search through Savoo, they will donate 1p to Stockport Mind. Just click on this link, press the ‘Support this cause’ button,… Read more

We would like to say a huge thanks to Costain, who have raised £1000 for us through a variety of staff events including cake sales etc. Below is a photo of Chris from Costain presenting the excellent donation to our… Read more