Contact your General Practitioner (GP) if you are not known to mental health services.
If you, a friend or relative are experiencing mental health problems and need emergency treatment, you should contact your General Practitioner (GP) in the first instance.
Your GP is your family doctor, the doctor you would normally go to see if you are ill or concerned about your health. He or she can usually deal with a mental health problem more quickly and fully than an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.
To search for a GP in your area or to find the contact details of your practice please see the doctors section on www.nhs.uk or use the GP chapter in this guide.
Root and Branch help people who experience mental health difficulties, such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. Located on an organic farm in the beautiful Vale of White Horse, they offer a wide range of interesting activities such as gardening, blacksmithing, woodworking, crafts, artwork, pottery, ceramics and cookery. This helps people to regain their self-esteem and hence lead a fuller life including returning to work or education.
Asylum Welcome tackles suffering and isolation among asylum seekers, refugees and detainees who have fled persecution and danger in their own countries and seek refuge in Oxford and Oxfordshire.
Children who arrive in the UK ‘unaccompanied’ (without a parent or guardian) are confused, homesick and traumatised by the journey. They lack the ability to present their case to the authorities or to meet basic needs without help. They must navigate adolescence in a foreign culture without good adult role models.
Asylum Welcome prioritises care for unaccompanied child asylum seekers and refugees because of the many risks to their welfare.
Advice and casework is available for young asylum seekers and refugees from 13 up to the age of 23 years old. The youth club is for unaccompanied children aged 15-21 years old.
Whether you want to run, cycle, disco, raffle or rumba for us, download our fundraising pack and tell us what you are doing, and we will send you some fundraising freebies. Every penny you fund-raise for us will help us help even more people who are affected by mental health problems, and we are incredibly grateful to have you on our team. There are many different ways you can get involved! Whatever way you would like to fundraise – at your wedding, hosting an afternoon tea or a concert, whatever you can dream up – we will support you all the way.
Oxfordshire Mind works with employers across the county to help them improve workplace wellbeing, improving staff understanding of mental health problems and support for people. Provide posters for your staff room or intranet promoting the Information Service. Adopt the Five Ways to Wellbeing for your wellbeing events to encourage staff to take care of their mental health. We can provide Five Ways postcards or download a poster to help raise awareness among staff. Signposting to services and information resources is also available to help you support staff experiencing mental health problems.
For employers who want a more in-depth approach to supporting wellbeing in the workplace, please see our Workplace Training service.
They are regular weekly walking groups specially designed to help people who are not currently active build up their levels of confidence and physical activity. They are different from other walking groups in a variety of ways: All the walks will be accompanied by Oxfordshire Mind staff or volunteers, with a group of people who share experiences of mental health problems. We agree the route and the pace before the walk to make sure it works for everyone in the group. We will do our utmost to accommodate injuries and physical health conditions. There is no pressure and no commitment. You can drop in or drop out as you like.
The Physical Activity and Wellbeing Project at Oxfordshire Mind offers support to those that want to become more active, as well as a variety of sport and physical activity sessions. The project is part of our campaign to give everyone the opportunity to improve their physical health. We can suggest something for everyone, regardless of your level of fitness or ability.
Primary Care Wellbeing Workers take a person-centred approach in the delivery of 1-to-1 sessions for people who are experiencing mental health issues or other social or lifestyle issues that are impacting on their wellbeing. The support provided aims to encourage and enable people to link in with existing support services, use the support available in their local community, and develop tools to increase their ability to manage their own wellbeing.
Mind Wellbeing Workers can:
• listen to you, giving you time to speak about your concerns and the things that are important to you
• offer time, space and support for you to work out the positive changes you want to make
• tell you about relevant services, resources and tools you can access to improve your wellbeing.
• support you to identify goals and encourage you to work towards them.
This service is available through participating GP practices in Oxfordshire and Wokingham. For a list of participating practices and information on referral, please use the website link below, phone the Oxfordshire Mind Information Line, or speak to your GP/nurse at your practice and ask to be referred to the Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Worker.
