MENTAL HEALTH + WELLBEING

Info about mental health and wellbeing support in Angus

Andy's Man Club​

ANDYSMANCLUB runs peer-to-peer support groups for men aged 18+ going through storms in their lives, every Monday at 7 pm excluding bank holidays. Clubs are free to attend with no registration required.
 
The group was founded after the death by suicide of Andy Roberts. Andy gave no indication to his family that he was suicidal, as a result, his brother-in-law, Luke Ambler, and mother, Elaine Roberts, founded ANDYSMANCLUB in the hope that men who struggled to open up had a safe space to do so.
 
The first ANDYSMANCLUB session ran in Halifax in 2016, with 9 men in attendance on the night. The groups follow the same model they did on the first night and are now available in hundreds of locations nationwide, stretching from Plymouth to Aberdeen. Following on from the COVID-19 pandemic, ANDYSMANCLUB created an online function via Google Meet. This follows the same model and enables men who cannot leave their home due to a variety of issues to join sessions. In the long-term, the charity aims to have a location within 30 minutes travel of any man in the UK.
 
To find out more, email info@andysmanclub.co.uk or head to www.andysmanclub.co.uk
 
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  • Nationwide – check the website for your nearest group

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Peer | Men | Male | Support | Mental Health | Suicide | Talking |

Angus Voice​

Reducing Inequality, Isolation & Stigma – together, as a collective advocacy, we aim to support & represent what matters to you; the Angus community.

What is Angus Voice?

Angus Voice represents the views and experiences of people in Angus who heave mental health problems.

Angus Voice is for and led by people who have personal experience of accessing mental health services. The aim is to build the capacity and involvement of people who use mental health services. It enables us to contribute to improving the services that affect us. The project does this by building partnerships and challenging stigma and discrimination.

Why is Angus Voice Important?

People with direct experience of mental health problems have a unique perspective and expertise. Collective advocacy is an opportunity to harness this expertise and use it to benefit and influence the ways in which mental health services in Angus are developed and run, to educate professionals and the public, and to empower and influence individual members’ lives.

Our current, regular activities include:

  • Arbroath Walking Group, every Monday, 1pm, meet outside Wetherspoons
  • Forfar Walking Group, every Thursday, 1pm, meet outside Forfar Guide Hall, Myre Car Park
  • Cinema Club, last Wednesday of the month, Arbroath Cinema, times tbc by members votes on which film to see!
  • The Bothy Group, every fourth Thursday of the month, 11am, Forfar Community Garden
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Peer support | Mental Health and Wellbeing | Nature Prescribing | Advocacy, Reducing Isolation | Inequality and Stigma | Collective | Community | Relaxed | Informal | Dedicated

Change Mental Health Tayside​

Change Mental Health runs an Advice and Support Service where advisers can signpost you to local support that most fits your needs. The service offers initial advice on money worries and mental health, exploring in-depth help with benefits, debt, housing and energy safeguarding. With specialist and impartial advice, advocacy and representation over the phone, virtually and face-to-face, we’re here 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) from 10am to 4pm.
 

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Mental Health | Hearing Voices | Carers support | Resilience | Peer Support | Group Work | Bereavement | Loss | Grief |

Hillcrest Futures: Angus Mental Health Peer Support Service

The Angus Mental Health Peer Workers service is based in GP Practices in the North Locality of Angus. The service is to provide peer support to people with their mental health and wellbeing.  Peer Support is defined as the help and support that people with lived experience of poor mental health and wellbeing can provide for others struggling to manage their mental health and wellbeing, built on shared personal experience and empathy.
 

The Peer Worker role will start by assessing an individual’s mental health and wellbeing.  Peer workers will then support prevention and self-management by providing self-management tools and strategies, signposting to supports in the local community, and referring on to other agencies where required.  Peer Workers will offer a brief intervention and will provide support to adults and carers to understand their difficulties, self-manage and future plan.

To arrange a session contact your GP Practice or contact us:

 

Hypnotherapy Angus

Therapy Service – Solution Focused Hypnotherapist working with Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Unwanted Habits and more. Online or in Person.

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Therapy | Anxiety | Stress | Depression | Mental Health | Hypnotherapy

NHS Listening Service

“People have problems which can overwhelm them and cause distress of varying degrees and many have no-one to talk to as they have a limited support circle or they can’t share e.g. family worries with family members” (NHS Tayside GP)

Based in Health and Social Care contexts, Do You Need to Talk is a service that promotes wellbeing by offering an active listening service. The service helps people explore their deepest hurts and draw strength from their own inner resources and those of the communities of support around them.

The service is a short term, early intervention model of person-centred, assets based listening with the aim of promoting personal and communal wellbeing.

“I came away with a feeling of optimism. I have since taken positive steps to make some changes in my like, which have improved my mental and emotional wellbeing.” (NHS Tayside patient)

The service is available to anyone registered with a Tayside GP practice.

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The Archie Foundation​​

The Archie Foundation exists to transform experiences and outcomes in healthcare and bereavement for babies, children and families across North Scotland.

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TRE-Life CIC

TRE-LIFE focus on addressing unemployment and isolation issues in communities in Scotland. Our aim is to support individuals into brighter futures and improve their mental health and wellbeing. TRE-LIFE offer courses to young people and adults facing barriers to employment and support them into positive destinations. This could be into employment or, for some, setting up their own business. Social isolation and rural isolation are caused by many factors and TRE-LIFE run community projects to tackle these issues. 

Projects will include a variety of activities that will tackle environmental activities that reduce waste.

 

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