Find out more about local groups and services that can support your mental wellbeing
Tuesday 20 February 2024, Scarborough Rugby Club, 1-3pm
We know it’s not easy living with a mental health condition, and demand for support is at an all-time high.
Across Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale, NHS, voluntary sector and wider organisations and services are working together to transform the way mental health care and support is delivered and to improve people’s emotional and mental wellbeing.
Significant investment has been made into local voluntary and community groups and organisations. This is part of a programme called Community Mental Health Transformation. The aim being to support people to live well in the local community. This investment is also helping to provide early access to help and support. This reduces the need for referrals into secondary mental health services.
If you or someone you care for is living with a mental health condition, join us to find out about the wide range of support available across Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale.
Representatives from the local groups and services will be on hand to talk to you about the support they provide. There’s also be staff from local Primary and Secondary Care health services.
Those attending include:
Mindfulness Photography
Highlighting therapeutic photography sessions that are available for keyworker staff or for people experiencing mental health difficulty in the community.
Next Steps
Have three different projects in the local area. Land to Plate provides access to a safe allotment to learn how to grow vegetables, developing food preparation skills and cooking on a budget. Carers Support Ryedale offers virtual walks and befriending. They’ve also created a children and young people’s booklet to support employers when talking to employees and clients about mental health. In addition they support carers of children and young people, as well as running specific mental health groups.
Trauma Informed care
Showcasing the trauma informed work happening across the area and new roles introduced.
TEWV Governors and membership
Sharing information about becoming a Trust member and an opportunity to meet and speak to Trust Governors from your local area.
Scarborough Museums
Showcasing their sound toolkit that can be used in multiple settings to allow those with sensory needs to access new spaces in a way that feels comfortable and safe. They also run a creative activities group for inpatients from Cross Lane Hospital.
Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale Mind and Music therapy
Showcasing the bespoke, 1-2-1 support to people living with serious mental illness and music therapy to support people with eating disorders.
Individual Placement Support
Sharing information about the employment support available for people who are receiving secondary care mental health services.
Carers Plus
Highlighting the support provided by their Carers Champion who is working within secondary mental health services and building local relationships.
Mental Health Services for Older People
Showcasing some of the work being done within our Trust’s older people’s services.
Sparks
Sharing information about counselling available to people with serious mental illness in partnership with Eastfield Medical Centre (EMC)
First Contact Mental Health Practitioners
Highlighting the support provided by the practitioners who are based in GP surgeries.
Linchpin
Sharing the support for professionals or volunteers working in the health, social care or voluntary sector to look after their own wellbeing. This includes peer support, art therapy, counselling and wellbeing activities.
Scarborough Survivors
Highlighting the work with Scarborough Integrated Community Team to support patients on a waiting list who do not meet the threshold for secondary care, or are being discharged from secondary care.
Revival
Sharing the support available for people with serious and suspected serious mental illness to live well in their community whilst awaiting longer term support. Covers the Danby/Castleton and Sleights/Staithes areas
Kirkham Henry Dance
Highlighting the group’s dance sessions for those with severe mental illness and who are on a low income.
North Yorkshire Council Libraries service
Promoting their reading Well for Mental Health collection, along with the various groups and activities offered.
