Changes Health & Wellbeing
Charity number: 1144940
Website: www.changes.org.uk
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Description:
CHANGES is a user-led mental health charity providing a unique recovery service to those experiencing mental distress, based on users attending weekly mutual help groups and following CHANGES 12 step recovery programme, (developed from users own experience in recovering from mental distress).
Access to CHANGES service is open and open-ended. Groups work on the principle of mutual help, i.e. where people in mental distress can join together to help each other. To facilitate this process, groups are co-ordinated by 2 trained volunteers, (known as Co-ordinators) and follow a Group Method, (i.e. set agenda and protocol).
Changes specific aims:
· Promoting recovery and
mental wellbeing
· Enabling user involvement
· Influencing local and national
policy and practise
· Promoting a more positive
and accurate view of mental
distress
Changes core activities:
· Providing weekly mutual-help
groups for those in mental
distress
· Providing regular 'Wellbeing
Workshops'
· Providing users with
opportunities for training
and volunteering
· Providing a menu of
supported social activities
· Providing a comprehensive
information service
· Partnership & networking
with local and national
mental health organisations
· Providing recovery training
to health & social care
professionals
· Representation/input via
national and local
commissioning bodies/
forums etc.
· Providing regular press
releases and involvement
in mental health promotion
initiatives
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