Partners
Regional Centres
The Positive Choices Project is a partnership between Mind Cymru and three local Mind associations: Mind Aberystwyth, Torfaen Mind and Vale of Clwyd Mind, which act as Regional Centres. Each local Mind association is an independent charity run by local people, for local people. Each is responsible for its own funding and the services it provides, but all are affiliated to Mind. This affiliation ensures that each local organisation meets Mind's quality standards of governance and service delivery, and that they work to further Mind's mission.
The Regional Centres use their local knowledge and networks to deliver training and outreach programmes. Each Regional Centre also participates in the collection of monitoring data for the evaluation of the Project.
Mind Aberystwyth
Mind Aberystwyth is a Health and Wellbeing Centre. It provides advice,
information and support to individuals experiencing the effects of
mental distress, including family, friends and carers. The services
include a cafe style drop-in providing healthy food and a place for
training and education; therapeutic sessions like art, walking, yoga,
swimming; several educational and support groups like the healthy
eating group and the women's support group; a tailored Smoking
Cessation Service; and houses several partner organisations and
services like advocacy, alcohol counselling and counsellors of the
Primary Mental Health Team. Mind Aberystwyth also provides training,
namely, ASIST, Mental Health First Aid and Mental Health Level 2.
Tel 01970 626225
Torfaen Mind
Torfaen Mind aims to support and inform people in the local community
who experience mental health problems, or who may have relatives,
carers or friends who experience emotional distress. Services provided
include: Advice and information, Counselling, Day Activities, a Drop-in
service, Supported Housing, Tenancy Support, Outreach Services and
Training.
Contact Berni Davies:
Tel 01495 768833
bernie.davies@torfaenmind.co.uk
Vale of Clwyd Mind
Vale of Clwyd Mind seeks to uphold the rights and represent the
interests of users of mental health services, their families and
carers; to improve public knowledge, so creating greater awareness and
understanding of mental health issues; and to provide supported
accommodation and offer social, educational, training and employment
opportunities for people experiencing enduring mental health problems.
It does this by providing a range of services including: Supported
housing for people with severe mental health problems; a Rural Outreach
Service, which provides support groups, community development
initiatives, a tearoom training scheme, mobile outreach services,
holistic therapies, talks and training including ASIST and Mental
Health First Aid; Social Opportunities/User Participation to give
people experiencing enduring mental health problems the opportunity to
increase their social confidence and skills; Employment, Training and
Volunteering, Sparks Enterprise enables individuals to increase in
confidence and self esteem by knowing their skills are needed and
valued.
Contact Carol Evans:
Tel 01745 812461
carol.evans.mind@gmail.com
Public Health Wales
Public Health Wales has a key role in the project, assisting us with monitoring and evaluation and facilitating links between Positive Choices and research projects.
Public Health Wales provides the resources, information and advice
to enable the Welsh Assembly Government, Health Commission Wales, Local
Health Boards, Local Authorities and NHS Trusts to discharge their
statutory public health functions.
To do this, Public Health Wales delivers a full range of public health services, seeking to:
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Improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Wales and reduce inequalities in health;
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Protect against existing, new and emerging diseases and health threats;
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Contribute to improvement in health and social care services.
Public Health Wales has been closely involved in supporting the Welsh Assembly Government in developing a National Suicide Prevention Action Plan, and has worked together with Mind Cymru on the ASIST pilot project.
