What we aim to do
We put people with experience of mental health illness at the heart of what we do. We aim to:
- Change public attitudes, reduce stigma and misunderstanding
- Influence government policy and improve practice towards people with mental illness
- Provide support and help so that people can take control of their mental health and live full lives
- Make lives better for their families and friends
Our current activities
- Family and Carers’ support
- Independent Advocacy
- Children and Young Peoples’ services
- Peer support service
- Residential services
- Retail and therapeutic support
Our current priorities are
- Campaigning to tackle stigma, improve information and reduce misunderstanding
- Promoting good mental health in the workplace, making it core business for all employers
- Listening to young people, encouraging their participation and promoting greater understanding about the importance of supporting them from the earliest opportunity
- Half of all mental health problems have been established by the age of 15, rising to 75% by the age of 24
Where do we need to get to?
- Our goal is to mainstream good mental health and make it core business for all employers, schools and colleges
- Everyone is supported to have good mental health at work, no matter where they are on the spectrum
- People get appropriate support when they are experiencing a mental health problem
- “Open and supportive workplaces benefit everyone – employees, employers and the bottom line”
Contact details: Mind Jersey, Centurion House, 17 Beresford Street, St Helier, JE2 4TW
Phone: 0800 7359404 / 01534 880319
Email: [email protected]
