World Mental Health Day 2024

Don't Hide Your Mind: Talk About It

Mental health is a spectrum. Whether you’re feeling happy, sad, or somewhere in between, we are all somewhere on that spectrum. Talk About It. Don’t hide your mind.
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Coping After Suicide: A guide for organisations

A co-produced and peer-reviewed guide to support settings in case of suicide. Supporting Flowchart and Checklist - coming soon.

Guidance: Coping After Suicide
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Webinar: Coping After Suicide for organisations

This webinar introduces the Coping After Suicide guidance and supports organisations to implement it.

Webinar: Coping After Suicide
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Please give us your feedback

Please tell us what you think of the Coping After Suicide guidance and webinar by completing this survey which will take only 2 minutes. Your feedback will help us to improve the guidance.

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Employer toolkit for mental health

Free, personalised advice, and NHS-approved apps and resources available through Good Thinking to help promote positive mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

Employer's Toolkit
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Launching The Suicide Prevention Manual

The Suicide Prevention Manual is a new pocket-sized resource designed to support people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, encouraging them to follow simple steps to manage their thoughts and seek support. From 10 October (World Mental Health Day), copies of the guide will be distributed to various locations including mental health and wellbeing services, Barnet libraries and voluntary and community settings throughout the borough. 

The manual was produced by individuals from The Network Enablement Service, who have had lived experience of suicidal thoughts, and supported by Barnet Council's Prevention Fund.

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Support for mental health and wellbeing

Urgent support: If you are in distress, need urgent support or are worried about someone else, there is help available. Get urgent help.

Other mental health and wellbeing support: Visit Healthy Mind for more mental health and wellbeing support, resources and local services.

Support for children and young people:  If you are experiencing difficulties with your mental health and wellbeing, BICS offers a range of resources, alongside groups and workshops, and face to face or virtual options. Call the support line 020 8359 3130 (open Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm) or visit Talk About It.  

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Barnet's mental health and wellbeing strategy for children and young people

To mark World Mental Health Day, Barnet Council has launched a new mental health and wellbeing strategy designed to promote the mental wellbeing of children and young people. The strategy was created following consultation and engagement with residents, youth and parent groups and using insights from national and local data.

Visit also Barnet's Children and Young People's Mental Health Charter, co-produced with over 200 young people.