Mental Health

Mid and North East Essex Mind

Alongside counselling sessions and their Support, Time and Recovery Service (STaRS) programme for practical guidance, they deliver the Well-being and Resilience Mental health Service (WARMS) which provides early intervention support to children, young people and their families in the schools that are connected to them. This includes workshops, advice sessions, and group work for both children and their parents, as well as peer to peer support.  

They also have their North East Essex Crisis Café to provide well-being support for self-referred individuals around Colchester or Tendring who are in emotional distress or experiencing a mental health crisis. A grant enabled them to employ a new community link support worker for the Café. This is a safe space for people to share their feelings and identify the triggers that have led to crisis. Together with the individual, the team put strategies in place to help prevent a crisis reoccurring, building their resilience, and provide a listening ear, to support and empower the individuals over a tea or coffee.