Welcome to Thurrock and Brentwood Mind
We are a mental health charity that helps people living in Thurrock and Brentwood with mental health problems.
We are a mental health charity founded in 1980, and since then, have been developing and delivering high-quality services with and for people with mental health problems living in Thurrock.
We are affiliated with Mind and work in partnership with Thurrock Council, Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group, our NHS providers and other local voluntary, community and faith groups.
We want to make sure that everyone who experiences difficulties with their mental health gets the respect and support they need at the time they need it and for people who are likely to develop mental health problems, to stay well.
We provide a range of services together with information and advice on mental health problems.
Our Mission
Vision, Mission, Goals and Values
Our Vision
We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect
Our Mission
We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Our Goals
Staying well: Support people likely to develop mental health problems, to stay well
Empowering choice: Empower people who experience a mental health problem to make informed choices about how they live and recover
Improving services and support: Ensure people get the right services and support at the right time to help their recovery and enable them to live with their mental health problem.
Enabling social participation: Open the doors to people with experience of mental health problems participating fully in society
Removing inequality of opportunity: Gain equality of treatment for people who experience both mental health and other forms of discrimination
Organisational excellence: Make the most of our assets by building a culture of excellence
Our Values
Mind’s values are at the heart of everything we do.
Open: We reach out to anyone who needs us
Together: We’re stronger in partnerships
Responsive: We listen, we act
Independent: We speak out fearlessly
Unstoppable: We never give up
Advocacy
Thurrock Advocacy Service is for people with a learning disability, mental health problem, sensory impairment, acquired brain injury, dementia, drug and alcohol problems, substantial difficulty understanding, remembering or using information, and carers of the above client groups.
Advocacy is about making sure that a person has as much control as possible over their life. Advocates help people to find a voice and give them the support and assistance to make sure their voice is heard
We combine advocacy with active support such as help filling out forms, making phone calls and signposting to additional services and opportunities.
Cost
Advocacy Support Free
For More Information:
Phone: 01375 659175
Email: tas@thurrockandbrentwoodmind.org.uk
Thurrock Advocacy Service
