Partners and stakeholders

At Suffolk Mind we value our partners and stakeholders. Working collaboratively with local businesses and other charity and VCSE organisations, helps us to achieve our mission to make Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.

We have worked with local leisure providers such as Abbeycroft Leisure and Ipswich Borough Council on projects including Stand Tall and Move Your Mind. This brings together our mental health expertise with their physical activity expertise for an inclusive approach to physical and mental health.

Our work with other charities such as Rock Paper Scissors and GamFam, includes weaving the Emotional Needs & Resources approach into their existing programmes, as well as creating new ones.

We’re also working with the East of England Co-op to implement their Wellbeing Programme for more than 4,000 staff across three counties. Through training, resources, internal communication plans and a shared colleague, they have been able to integrate the Emotional Needs and Resources approach throughout their organisation.

Suffolk Mind are open to new partnerships, so if you have a project in mind or a bid you are working on, please get in touch with us.

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors and Suffolk Mind have worked together on a number of projects, most notably the development of a creative wellbeing journal based on their Needs Met programme. We have distributed 2000 copies of the journals to year 6 students at local primary schools, delivering creative wellbeing workshops at the same time. We also have delivered family wellbeing workshops at our Dove Street Studio.

We secured funding from Suffolk County Council for Suffolk Mind to deliver training to our team, to support us in the delivery of “Creative Practice for Wellbeing”, a two year programme of art workshops for adults struggling with their mental health.

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Home-Start in Suffolk

Home-Start in Suffolk have a long-established partnership with Suffolk Mind, working together on number of projects including the Public Health Emotional Wellbeing Workshops and the Emotional Needs campaign.

Our team work in collaboration with Suffolk Mind who have supported some of our project work, and families, clients and staff have benefitted from some of the Suffolk Mind training and workshops available. Suffolk Mind refer families to our organisation and when appropriate we signpost our service users to any relevant Suffolk Mind programmes.

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4YP

Suffolk Mind’s mission to make Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health perfectly aligns with 4YPs vision that all children and young people should have somewhere safe to go, something positive to and someone trusted to connect with.

The counselling services and mental health support groups we each provide ensures that the complete spectrum of age ranges are able to receive continuous interventions and care throughout stages of transition and their life journey.

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Inspire Suffolk

As two charities born in Suffolk, Inspire are proud to partner with Suffolk Mind to ensure young people have access to high-quality services and information to help manage their mental health in a positive way. Together, we aim to make sure that no one has to face mental health problems on their own.

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Active Suffolk

The link between positive mental health and positive physical health is unequivocal. As such, the vision and aims of Active Suffolk and Suffolk Mind are very much aligned in supporting and improving the health and wellbeing of the people and communities within the county. The enduring partnership between these two organisations, allows us to work together to mutually understand the needs of these communities and work efficiently and effectively to offer the best available support.

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Treatt

Treatt truly believes in Suffolk Mind’s mission to make Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health. As part of our commitment to continuous improvement to workplace wellbeing, we partner with Suffolk Mind, supporting them as one of our key corporate charities whilst benefitting from their invaluable training and plethora of support services.

Suffolk Mind’s The Essentials and Sleep Well, Work Well sessions are just two areas of training which the team have greatly benefitted from over the last few years, and we will continue to sign new colleagues up to these sessions in the future. We take great pride in the relationship we have built with the Suffolk Mind team, who are always warm, engaging, and passionate about making sure we all take better care of our mental health.

I cannot recommend Suffolk Mind enough and encourage more businesses to invest in workplace wellbeing, which in return will support with employee engagement and enhanced productivity in the workplace.

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Abbeycroft Leisure

We’re pleased to work collaboratively with Suffolk Mind allowing us to all share experience, knowledge and resources to offer the best programmes and initiatives aimed to improve the physical and mental health of our communities.

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GamFam

GamFam are proud to work in partnership with Suffolk Mind. Having such an amazing programme such as The Mental Health Toolkit: The Essentials incorporated into our programmes allows us to have structured and meaningful discussions about well-being that supports those affected directly or indirectly by gambling harms in their recovery.

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Kooth

One of Kooth’s key values is to be ‘Alongside You’. Suffolk Mind and Kooth’s aims align closely, meaning that we can work together in ensuring that young people across Suffolk have access to mental health support in both the physical and digital spheres. Removing barriers of stigma, increasing choice and access and to help achieve great mental health for all.

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