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A specialised safe haven offering a late-night safe space for people experiencing mental health crisis has opened off Cowley Road in Oxford. Oxford Safe Haven (OSH) offers additional out-of-hours support for adults living with mental illness in Oxfordshire. People must call ahead to hold a place at the drop-in in Manzil Way, Oxford, for immediate…
A new housing network launched this week to help Oxfordshire’s adult and children’s safeguarding boards and housing providers across the county to share concerns, advice and best practice with each other. The Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children’s Board and Adult Board Housing Network held its first meeting yesterday (Wednesday, October 3) with a session that combined the…
A pioneering project by Oxfordshire Mind to help local people on a low income to lead healthier lifestyles has been given an £81,000 funding boost. The three-year scheme, in partnership with the Oxford Mental Health Partnership, will focus on getting people with severe and enduring mental health conditions to take part in weekly walking…
Lancet study including Oxford Health researcher finds that care from people with experience of mental health conditions may help readmissions. A new study published in The Lancet finds that compared to a workbook, people who had support from those with first-hand experience of mental health problems themselves were less likely to be readmitted to acute…
OMHP were mentioned in an Oxford Mail article highlighting the lack of funding on World Mental Health Day, this was a strong message from 3 of our partners talking about funding challenges. Read the full article here: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16976019.lack-of-funding-highlighted-on-world-mental-health-day/
More than 400 entrepreneurs at the Oxfordshire Business Awards used an app to pick the winner of a top charity accolade. Now in its 24th year, the awards were presented at the futuristic John Henry Brookes Building at Oxford Brookes University’s Headington Campus. For the first time, business leaders and their staff were given the…
Latest figures show a blanket increase in severe mental health issues across the county, with Oxford City ‘well above the average’ of all other districts. Deprivation in parts of the county, along with increased awareness, are being blamed for the rise. The figures were published in the Oxfordshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2018, an annual…
Wendy has volunteered at the Oxfordshire Mind Witney Hub for 6 years. During this time she has helped to set up the Get into Reading peer support group, encouraging service users to read and explore stories of all narratives to promote positive mental wellbeing. On the 5th June 2018 Wendy was presented the Individual Award…
Lesley Dewhurst, co-director of the charity based in Manzil Way, East Oxford, said staff need to bring in fundraising of about £300,000 a year. Ms Dewhurst said the charity received up to £1.3m a year funding from Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group but that is not enough to cover the cost of the work it needs…
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