Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
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The theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week is 'connecting with nature'. It's a wonderful excuse to take action and get active in the great outdoors! Why not do some fundraising, and complete 30 minutes of exercise every day throughout May? You can run, jog, walk, skip or be as creative as you like.
To find out more, visit the Mental Health Foundation website.
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Mental health services which use nature
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Actif Woods Wales
Coed Lleol is the name for the Small Woods Association in Wales which helps to improve health and wellbeing through woodland and nature based activities in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil.
To find out more visit the Coed Lleol website.
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STEER
STEER is a social enterprise in Bridgend that specialises in hosting a series of activities and projects that embrace the outdoors to improve people’s wellbeing. To find out more about STEER, visit their website.
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Be Active RCT
Be Active RCT (Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a health and wellbeing project that supports people to get outdoors and become more active to improve their physical and mental health.
Be Active offers a broad range of activities. These run from yoga to Pilates, drama, dance, walking groups, exercise and gardening for beginners. There’s something for everyone, including all ages and all fitness levels.
To find out more, visit Be Active RCT's Facebook page or phone 01443 424272 or email beactive@rhawales.com.
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Active Merthyr Tydfil
Active Merthyr Tydfil believes that physical activity offers so many more benefits than just being physically healthy. The organisation offers inclusion, friendship, confidence, opportunities to achieve, and much more. If you're looking for some activities to get involved in, visit the Active Merthyr Tydfil website.
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There are a number of mental health and wellbeing community groups and voluntary organisations that work within local communities. They deliver services that address low-level mental health and wellbeing issues across Cwm Taf Morgannwg.
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Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse Bereavement Care is the leading national bereavement charity. It offers bereavement support by telephone, Zoom, in person, Cruse Chat, their helpline and via Cruse's website. Bereavement support is available across Bridgend, RCT and Merthyr Tydfil.
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CTM Mind
CTM Mind is the regional branch of the national charity Mind. It offers support across Bridgend, RCT and Merthyr.
CTM Mind operate a number of different projects to help support mental health and wellbeing.
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Eye to Eye
Based in RCT, Eye to Eye offer free confidential counselling to young people aged between 10 to 25 in schools, in the community, and online.
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Hafal
Hafal help people with serious mental illness and their families to work towards recovery. All their services are underpinned by Hafal’s Recovery Programme which empowers clients and families to take control of their lives and achieve recovery.
Hafal operate a number of different projects to help support mental health and wellbeing.
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New Horizons
New Horizons is a mental health charity based in Aberdare. They run a variety of regular creative and social groups online as well as from their resource and outreach centres in Cynon and Rhondda.
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New Pathways
New Pathways is a registered charitable company that provides a range of specialist counselling and advocacy services for women, men, children and young people who have been affected by rape or sexual abuse.
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Platfform
Platfform work with people experiencing challenges with their mental health, and with communities who want to create a greater sense of connection, ownership and wellbeing in the places they live.
Platfform currently runs projects across Bridgend, RCT and Merthyr Tydfil.
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Citizens Advice RCT
Citizens Advice RCT are an independent charity and part of the Citizens Advice network across England and Wales. They provide free, confidential and impartial advice in RCT across a variety of areas.
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MHM Wales
MHM Wales is a mental health charity based in Bridgend. MHM Wales operate a number of wellbeing hubs, and several different projects across Bridgend, RCT and Merthyr Tydfil.
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Valley Steps
Valleys Steps is a wellbeing charity that aims to help people to help themselves.
They promote better wellbeing across Bridgend, RCT and Merthyr Tydfil, providing a variety of community and workplace wellbeing courses.
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A new site to assist your projects
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Connect RCT
Interlink RCT have developed a new social media site to connect people, community and voluntary groups, and partners across RCT. You can use the site to:
- find out about and promote local community activities, events and facilities
- connect with people and groups to support each other
- find and share information, advice and guidance
- share ideas and work together in teams
- discover and try out different volunteer opportunities
- recruit volunteers
Sign up to Connect RCT today and start seeing the benefits to you and your community.
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Contact our mental health coordinator
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Our mental health coordinator connects people with services or information which boosts their psychological wellbeing.
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For more information about us, please email info@interlinkrct.org.uk.
Visit Interlink RCT's website.
Visit VAMT's website.
Register with Connect RCT, the social media site for community and voluntary groups.
Oes angen arnoch am unrhyw o'r gwasanaethau uchod yn Gymraeg? Rhowch wybod i ni os oes os gwelwch chi'n dda, a byddwn ni'n darganfod a ydynt ar gael yn eich dewis iaith.
Do you need any of the above services in Welsh? Please let us know, and we’ll find out if they’re available in your chosen language.
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