Part of the Mind network, Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest is an independent mental health charity providing support for local people.

In any given year, mental health problems will affect one in four people in the UK, responsible for the largest burden of disease in the country – affecting 28% of the population.

We deliver a range of expert services to those at risk of or experiencing mental ill health, including:

• Single Point of Entry: a dedicated referrals team that offers links to the services below and signposting to relevant community, voluntary and statutory resources
• Wellbeing & Early Intervention Activities: for those with mild to moderate mental health problems such as stress, anxiety and low mood, e.g. mindfulness, resilience training, and yoga
• Recovery & Social Inclusion Activities: for those with experience of severe and enduring mental ill-health including creative arts, healthy eating, Time to Talk events, psychoeducational groups
• Psychological Therapies: providing one-to-one and group therapies with a focus on humanistic counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness-based interventions and compassion-focused therapy
• Welfare Rights: to ensure that people can access their appropriate entitlement to state welfare benefits, and support to address and reduce debt
• Education & Employability Support: delivering training and accredited courses to empower people to develop the skills and confidence to enter education, employment or training
• Peer Support: a recovery-based peer leadership programme
• Specialist programmes including those for young people, older people, LGBTQ individuals, migrants and refugees, and members of minority ethnic communities.
• We also lead the Hackney Wellbeing Network, working with a range of local charities to provide access to even greater choice and variety of support options.