Stansted Mental Health Initiative – Essex Community Foundation

Mental Health

Stansted Mental Health Initiative

Stansted Mental Health Initiative is a support network that helps people struggling with mental health issues. They do this by hosting regular group sessions, signposting people to other organisations that can help and providing mental health awareness training.

We awarded Stansted Mental Health Initiative a grant so they could develop a community-based programme of support for people living in Stansted Mountfitchet and its surrounding villages.

This was in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which was a challenging time for everyone, but particularly for those individuals suffering with anxiety, stress, depression or a variety of other mental problems. As lockdown was eased, they offered a range of community groups which allowed residents to meet up and support each other, as well as receiving talks from trained mental health first aiders. They also run a drop in and chat service, and meditation and crafts classes.