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Have Your Say - Consultation on Health Reforms

The Redbridge Shadow Health and Wellbeing Board recently produced a draft strategy identifying the key priorities for improving the health and wellbeing of people living in the borough for the next three years.

A series of consultation workshops will be taking place during October as the Shadow Board would like to hear the views of individuals, groups and organisations

You can find more details about the consultations including the draft strategy, an easy read version and a booking form for the workshops here.

World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2012

We will be celebrating World Mental Health Day at The Exchange Ilford talking to local residents about mental health and well being

World Mental Health Day Event - Enjoying and Achieving In spite of a Diagnosis, Wednesday 10 October

Start: 18:30
Finish: 20:00

A number of speakers exploring mental health and well being including Luke Daniels, Author of Pulling the Punches (Defeating Domestic Violence)

Venue: Redbridge Central Library (Ilford) Clements Road, Ilford, IG1 1EA

Contact: Root Cause
Tel: 059

UK Older People's day, October 2012

A week-long programme of events and activities is being held in Redbridge to celebrate UK Older People's Day. You can try a taster exercise class, have a health check, watch a fashion show, enter a photography competition, drop in to a library event and lots more!

You can download an events' guide here

RUN-UP Newsletter

Read and download the latest RUN-UP newsletter including the latest news on new funding granted by the Big Lottery.

Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People's Services

This paper is intended to help campaigners - including disabled people and those supporting them - understand how the law can be used to help fight cuts to valued services for disabled and other vulnerable people in their area.

Read and download the paper here

Mental health spending falls for first time in 10 years

Spending in real terms on mental health has declined for the first time in a decade, a report for the Department of Health has found.

Although one of the coalition's first big policy announcements was to declare that mental health ought to have "parity with physical health in the NHS", investment in mental health for working-age adults dropped by 1%, once inflation is taken into account, to £6.63bn. For the elderly the recorded fall in real terms spending was 3.1% to £2.83bn.

The Department of Health has published two reports on the investment on mental health services:

** The eleventh annual working age adult (WAA) report
** The older adult mental health (OPMH) report

In Crisis and Don't Know what to do? - NELFT Mental Health Direct

NELFT Mental Health Direct is a telephone helpline service available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

If you live in Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, or Havering you can call for mental health help and advice anytime of the day or night.

NELFT Mental Health Direct can arrange for you to speak with a mental health professional and can also advise you about what service to contact to get the support you need.

Telephone:

Calls from a BT landline are the cost of a local call. Calls from other landlines and mobile providers will vary and may cost more.

Is someone hurting or upsetting you because of who you are? We're here to help.

Redbridge Concern for Mental Health is now a Hate Crime Help and Referral Centre. We offer a safe, confidential environment for anybody who has experienced crime, harassment or abuse because of their: race; religion; sexuality; disability; age; gender identity or mental health condition.

Talk to us and we'll tell you about the wide range of options and support available to you. You can contact us on or email:

For more information about Hate Crime Help and Referral Centres visit Redbridge I

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