Healthy Minds is the working name of Calderdale Wellbeing, a mental health charity based in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Healthy Minds is a user-led organisation working across the Calderdale borough to promote positive mental health and recovery for people affected by mental distress. It was founded in 2007 by a few like-minded people who felt there was a need for an alternative to statutory, bio-medical models of mental health treatment. Only 25-35% of people with mental health problems access treatment at all; the remainder self-manage to varying degrees of success. Healthy Minds offers a service to anyone who identifies as having mental health need.
From small beginnings, Healthy Minds has grown in size and reputation: today we are a trusted voluntary organisation offering a genuine alternative to statutory mental health services. From the outset, the driving principles have been peer support and recovery: upwards of 80% of our Trustees, volunteers and staff have personal experience of mental distress. An important guiding principle for the organisation is that service development is directed by need rather than funding opportunities.
You can find details of all our current services via our Home page, and our staff team is shown in the diagram below:
Healthy Minds is a user-led organisation working across the Calderdale borough to promote positive mental health and recovery for people affected by mental distress. It was founded in 2007 by a few like-minded people who felt there was a need for an alternative to statutory, bio-medical models of mental health treatment. Only 25-35% of people with mental health problems access treatment at all; the remainder self-manage to varying degrees of success. Healthy Minds offers a service to anyone who identifies as having mental health need.
From small beginnings, Healthy Minds has grown in size and reputation: today we are a trusted voluntary organisation offering a genuine alternative to statutory mental health services. From the outset, the driving principles have been peer support and recovery: upwards of 80% of our Trustees, volunteers and staff have personal experience of mental distress. An important guiding principle for the organisation is that service development is directed by need rather than funding opportunities.
You can find details of all our current services via our Home page, and our staff team is shown in the diagram below:
You can contact any of the team on 01422 345154 or email using the format firstname@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk
Newsletter
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Healthy Minds is a charity, funded through a variety of sources. Direct donations from the people of Calderdale help us ensure that we can provide the services that people tell us they want. You can make a donation quickly and easily through our secure donation page or click here for different options.
Latest News
You can find details of latest developments and goings-on here.
Complaints, Comments & Compliments
Should you wish to give us feedback, positive or negative, please contact us.
You can access our complaints procedure here.
You can access our complaints procedure here.
Annual Report 2015-16
Our latest Annual Report will be available here soon. We've also produced an easy-to-digest infographic summary of the report here.
Social Return on Investment Report
We commissioned an external evaluation of our Recovery & Support service, conducted by Enriched Consulting & School for Social Entrepreneurs. We’re delighted that this has shown a great, positive impact for the people with whom we’ve worked: John’s Journey accompanies the report to illustrate this difference. There’s a Summary Report of the main points and, should you want to delve deeper, see the full Evaluation Report.
Their SROI calculation has found that every £1 invested in Healthy Minds is worth £7.28 in social value.
Thank you to all who contributed to the report by sharing their experiences of being involved with Healthy Minds.
Their SROI calculation has found that every £1 invested in Healthy Minds is worth £7.28 in social value.
Thank you to all who contributed to the report by sharing their experiences of being involved with Healthy Minds.
