Derbyshire Mind
Our objectives
Derbyshire Mind is a local independent charity within the national Mind federation, with over 50 years’ experience of supporting people in Derby and Derbyshire to maintain good mental health.
We provide a range of community mental health and wellbeing services designed to support people with mental health problems, and improve and promote mental health and wellbeing for all throughout the population of Derby and Derbyshire.
Derbyshire Mind (formerly Derby Mind) was established as a local mental health group in 1967 and is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee.
Our activities
Derbyshire Mind delivers the following services and programmes:
Crisis Support Drop-in Services – we deliver friendly and supportive non-clinical out of hours drop-in services for adults experiencing mental health crisis or emotional distress, in Buxton, Swadlincote and Ripley.
Derbyshire Recovery and Peer Support Service and Living Well Service – Derbyshire Mind delivers this service in the district of Erewash, working alongside our VCSE partners Rethink, P3 and Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health. We support people to improve their mental health through wellbeing coaching and peer support.
Supported Self-Help – Our short-term guided programme that empowers individuals with low to moderate mental health needs to discover tools to support and improve their mental health. An early intervention service aimed at anyone starting to experience symptoms of worsening mental health, such as stress, low mood, bereavement, worry, low self-esteem, and anger.
Community Mental Wellbeing Services – our community programme that offers a varied menu of community based activities, groups and courses all designed to achieve the same aim of boosting mood, reducing isolation and loneliness, and connecting individuals to their community.
MindSpace – supportive community ‘walk-and-talk’ groups that create space for people to get together, meet new people and talk and be listened to.
Trauma Informed Derbyshire – we are working with the public health team at Derbyshire County Council to lead the development and provision of systemwide support and training to help embed trauma informed approaches in Derbyshire.