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Visit the charity's profileChristmas desperately affects the mental health and wellbeing of those living with mental ill-health. The winter period is an extremely vulnerable time for people in need of support. Bath Mind are busier than ever this year due to the pandemic, with more people in our community struggling with poor mental health, isolation and devastating loneliness.
Bath Mind won't criticise you, they'll treat you as a person and not judge you and they will help you through what you're going through. They don't judge you, think there's something wrong, they won't put you down, they encourage you to get better. If it wasn't for you (Bath Mind), I wouldn't be here.
Bath Mind supports the essential mental health and wellbeing needs of hundreds of people across B&NES. We have adapted these services to include remote support and care wherever possible, however we urgently need funds to enable us to meet the increasing demand for mental health support in B&NES, and help support the strain placed on our services by COVID-19 measures this winter.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in the UK, Bath Mind have taken over 1,000 crisis calls. We have helped prevent over 108 suicides. Our step-down care housing has saved the NHS over £224,000. We've provided over 360 hours of 1:1 counselling sessions. The list goes on, and we're incredibly proud of how we have helped our community so far. With your donation, we can extend our support even further.
The community support service has been life changing for me. The support sessions have been really empowering, helpful and enjoyable. My mental health is much better now than when I began using the service. My life skills have improved and as a result I feel the world has opened up more for me. Life is not always easy but I will take the support I've had with me. It has improved my life. Thank you.
Every single day, we are speaking to people who simply don't know who else to turn to. With your support, we can continue to provide lifelines across B&NES.
We know this year has been tough on everybody, not just mentally, but financially too. That is why we are asking for you to only donate what you can to us here at Bath Mind, where you can be confident that your donation is giving the gift of support to others within your own community.
I've been in some dark places recently, but knowing I have such great support makes a massive difference to my coping skills.
Find out more at Bath Mind's website.
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