Trustees
Suffolk Mind has a formal constitution and is governed by an unpaid Board of Trustees with day to day management delegated to a CEO. The trustees are responsible for the governance of the organisation, the delivery of safe and high quality services, and keeping financial accounts and safeguarding the assets of the charity.
Ian White
Ian White joined Suffolk Mind in April 2016 as a member of the Board and the Finance, Audit and Performance Sub-Committee. Ian is a Chartered Accountant and the Managing Director of Becketts, a Wealth Management Company based in Bury St Edmunds. Prior to this, Ian worked for many years in the healthcare sector, specifically in companies focussed on delivering support in the Mental Health sector. Ian is the Chair of the board of trustees.
Tim Mutum
Tim Mutum joined the Board in January 2016. Tim has considerable previous experience as a charity trustee for Headway Suffolk and Crohn's and Colitis UK. Tim's current positions include Chairman of South Suffolk Leisure, Trustee of Abbeycroft Leisure and Chairman of the Grants Panel for Crohn's and Colitis UK. Until 2012 Tim worked in Local Government for 40 years. Tim is Vice Chair of the Board of trustees.
Dr Emma Brierly
Emma joined Suffolk Mind in 2014. Emma is a local GP with over 20 years experience in the NHS. Emma has had a broad based experience of primary care in the inner city settings of Ipswich and Brighton. She now works in Kesgrave. Emma is particularly interested in Women’s health, Care of the Elderly and Psychiatry.
Ciara Scallon
Ciara Scallon joined Suffolk Mind in 2015. Ciara brings extensive experience in business development and relationship management in the charity and professional services sectors.
Colin Hopkins
Colin Hopkins is now retired and a volunteer at Quay Place. Colin began his career with the RAF, spent 24 years with BT and most recently worked in the private sector. He has experience in strategy, business planning and finance.
Leanne Thorndyke
Leanne has worked at a senior level for national and local charities and is currently Head of Marketing and Communications at Bowel Cancer UK, the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. Leanne is passionate about mental health in the workplace and feels strongly about having service users and beneficiaries at the heart of what we do.
Elefriends
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Quay Place
Quay Place is our Wellbeing and Heritage Centre in Ipswich. It’s a place where you can meet, discover and connect to yourself and others. It’s also available for venue hire. FIND OUT MORE
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Do you spend too much time on your phone or tablet? Well we've launched a campaign this December to encourage you to cut your screen time down by half. It's to give you more time to give and receive good attention to other important things in your life, like people or maybe a hobby. Throughout the month we're offering you some festive tips to help... #screenfreeattention
Do you enjoy helping others and making a significant difference to someone’s life? Are you an experienced and dedicated Support Worker who would like to be part of our small and friendly teams? We have vacancies in Cambridge and Felixstowe. More details on our website: www.suffolkmind.org.uk/get-involved/job-vacancies/
We're encouraging you to cut your screen time down by half this December to enable you to give and receive good attention to/from other important things in you life. We're offering little tips to help you do it... #screenfreeattention
Be a part of the growing community of REDers going the extra mile to support Suffolk Mind! Sign up to RED January and fundraise for us at the same time. Challenge yourself to get active every day this January! Sign up here: www.suffolkmind.org.uk/product/red-january/
We've launched a campaign this December to get you to reduce your screen time by half to enable you more time to give and receive good attention to other important things in your life. We're offering some festive tips to help you - do you think your up for the challenge? #screenfreeattention
Do you enjoy helping others & making a significant difference to someone’s life? Are you an experienced & dedicated Support Worker who would like to be part of our friendly team? We have vacancies in #Cambridge and #Felixstowe. More details on our website: https://www.suffolkmind.org.uk/get-involved/job-vacancies/
Be a part of the growing community of REDers going the extra mile to support Suffolk Mind! Sign up to RED January and fundraise for us at the same time. Challenge yourself to get active every day this January! Sign up here: https://www.suffolkmind.org.uk/product/red-january/ #REDJanuary #REDJanuarySuffolk
Fundraising Events
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Aubrey’s Swim in aid of Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 09/11/2019
Aubrey is swimming 5km at the Olympic Swimming Pool in Stratford for Suffolk Mind. -
Fire Walk (4)
Event Date: 26/02/2020
The East of England Co-op are hosting a firewalk to raise money for Suffolk Mind, on Wednesday 26 February 2020 at Ufford Park Hotel in Woodbridge.
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Natasha runs the London Marathon for Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 26/04/2020
Natasha Miles is our first ever Suffolk Mind marathon runner and she's running in memory of her partner, Nick Dinsdale.
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Red Gables supporting Suffolk Mind (1)
Event Date: 23/11/2019
On Saturday 23rd November, 12pm - 4pm, Red Gables is putting on a fantastic event including live music, a raffle and bric-a-brac all for Suffolk Mind. -
RED January (2)
Event Date: 01/01/2020
Sponsor our REDers who are challenging themselves to get active every day, their way this January.
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Start a smile (1)
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Jade Berry at the Purple Pumpkin Creative Studio will be hosting quarterly events for people to paint a small item like a tile, start or heart for someone who's having a hard time. All the proceeds will go to Suffolk Mind. -
Suffolk County Council Chairman’s Charity (5)
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We are delighted that the Chairman of the Suffolk County Council, Councillor James Finch, has chosen Suffolk Mind as his charity of the year, helping us in our aim of making Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.
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Suffolk Food Hall (1)
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The team at the Suffolk Food Hall have chosen Suffolk Mind as one of their chosen charities of the year for 2019 and are supporting us with many events and activities throughout the year.
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TMJ (1)
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TMJ Interiors was established in 1981, and has become a leader in specialist joinery and the interior fit-out industry. We manufacture and install quality joinery for the commercial, residential and specialist sectors, and we pride ourselves on our highly skilled and dedicated team. This year, we
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