Invitation to FREE Community Event

Supporting Mental Wellbeing in Ethnically & Culturally Diverse Communities

Women Together – Our organisation set up to empower vulnerable women through health awareness is privileged to be working together in partnership with NHS Talking Therapies to present an insightful event with Dr Sidra Naeem.

• We will focus on boosting mental wellbeing in diverse communities.
• We will explore practical ways to support one another, raise awareness of mental health issues, and challenge stigma.

Includes:

• 🌁 Craft activity
• 🫖☕️ Afternoon Tea + Refreshments

Event Details

📅 Wednesday 22nd July
🕚 11am to 2pm
📍Marygreen Manor Hotel, Brentwood

Limited spaces allocated on a 1st-come-1st-served basis, so please BOOK early.

We kindly ask that if you book a space, you make every effort to attend so that opportunities are not missed by others who may wish to come. Thank you for your understanding & support 🤗

Book here ⬇️:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987501853546

ALL are welcome to join, including community members, organisations who’ll gain useful information they can take back to help their work colleagues, or anyone interested in supporting wellbeing within diverse communities 🤗

Dear all
The Vice Dean of Chelmsford Cathedral (Ivor Moody), who was the Chair of Essex, Mind & Spirit; The Essex Faith Covenant & The Essex Interfaith Forum has sadly retired.
Here is his *Farewell + Thanksgiving Service*

Includes:
*📖 Reading @4:10
*🙏Other dedications & prayers
* His life including work with Essex, Mind & Spirit, Essex, Faith Covenant & Essex Interfaith Forum
*👋 His farewell Speech
*⁠📸 Photos
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Click here for video

Below is also Ivor's last Chairman's Report which summarises some of the work done with Essex, Mind & Spirit which was discussed at our AGM on 16th March. Our new elected Chair for Essex, Mind & Spirit is Paul McNamara, who like Ivor, has many roles including the following! Paul McNamara M.B.A.C.P. Dip. Int. Therapeutic Counselling Spiritual Care Lead, Chaplaincy Team Lead. Chair of The Religion & Belief Staff Network NELFT NHS Foundation Trust Goodmayes Hospital Susanna Offor will now be leading the Mid-Essex EMS Cluster Group and will mainly be based at Farleigh Hospice where she is a Chaplain. The Steering Group, which in the past, was added onto the Mid Essex event will now be separated to it’s own meeting of the core members: namely our 4 Cluster Group Leads with anyone we co-opt onto the Steering Group. The next Mid Essex event will take the form of a Human Library event organised by Hannah Kelly, the new Chair of The Essex Faith Covenant in conjunction with Essex Mind & Spirit. More details to follow. It is a time of change, but one which we hope will both be a consolidation of all the past work under Ivor’s Chairmanship and yourselves, and a new chapter for EMS as we look to the future with hope and new energy to promote that important relationship between mental health and spirituality.

West Essex Mind & Spirit Network Event photos