Become a member!

Membership is open to people who care about our mission to improve the mental health of people in Calderdale, and want to help Healthy Minds thrive.

It is open to individuals (over 18 years) as well as organisations.

Want to become a member of Healthy Minds? Please complete the online form below to apply. It takes about 10 minutes to complete.

 

Once we have received your form, we will get in touch to confirm your membership and send you a welcome pack!
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Before you complete the form, we recommend you have a quick read of our 'Becoming a member' guide below.

Click the link below to sign up as an individual member:

Member Application Form (INDIVIDUALS)

Click the link below to sign up as an organisational member:

Member Application Form (ORGANISATIONS)

If you need any assistance with completing the application form, please give us a call on 01422 345154 or email [email protected].

Why become a member?

Being a member of Healthy Minds means you will...

Be informed: We will make sure our members are in the know via member events and our exclusive newsletter. You'll get to know what our long-term aims are, and how we are working towards them.

Have a role: Members are at the heart of the charity, you will be part of a collective of people that care about helping Healthy Minds achieve our vision of better mental health in Calderdale.

Have a voice: We will ask for your views on issues relating to our mission, to deepen our understanding of the needs of local communities.

Be heard: We will use the voice of our membership to improve our organisation and enhance our mission, for example through our strategy development, funding bids, or sector advocacy.

Know your impact: We will share where, when, and how the views of our membership are being represented via our regular and annual member communications.

Membership for individuals includes:

• Your own digital membership card.
• An exclusive quarterly members’ newsletter by email.
• Our annual report & a letter from our Chief Officer once a year.
• The abillity to vote at our Annual General Meeting.
• Exclusive opportunities to take part in consultations & meet the board of Trustees.
• The ability to nominate other members to become a Trustee.
• Being part of a network of members committed to improving mental health in Calderdale populations.

Are you a business, group, charity or other organisation?

​To find out more about becoming an organisational member, please jump to this section at the bottom of the page.

Click here to learn about organisational membership

Why is membership important?

We consider Healthy Minds as a ‘community of interest’. We serve, and ‘belong to’, the people of Calderdale, in pursuit of our mission to create better mental health for all.

In order to achieve our mission, our members help us to:

• Understand the needs of local people voiced by our active membership base that reflects Calderdale communities.
• Be led by our members through meaningful engagement opportunities to identify needs and co-produce solutions.
• Advocate for our communities, our organisation, and the voluntary sector on a local, regional and national scale.

When we have lots of individuals and organisations sharing their support, it adds weight to our mission. Just by becoming a member you help us to achieve that mission, because having a strong membership...

• Bolsters our position as a leading local mental health service.
• Strengthens our ability to obtain funding.
• Creates a relationship of accountability, driving us to be better.

Our Vision, Mission & Values

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Our roots

We began in 2007 as a small group of people who saw and felt the 'gaps' in services where people's needs were not being met.
 
From the start, our organisation was led by the people who used it. This small group worked together to continually identify what people needed and how Healthy Minds could support these needs, relying on small grant funding and gradually building a group of committed volunteers and staff.

​When we formalised our organisation in 2009, a membership structure felt like the best choice, as we see ourselves as a 'community of interest', we serve, and ‘belong to’, the people of Calderdale, in pursuit of our mission to create better mental health for all.

Our structure

Healthy Minds is a membership organisation. This means that the structure of our Charity is made up of:

A Board of Trustees: a small group of people who oversee the Charity's business (also known as 'Directors'). Trustees are legally responsible for looking after our organisation. They ensure that the staff team has the resource and skills needed to responsibly carry out the Charity's activities.

and

Members: a larger group of people who care about the objectives of our Charity, and who want to see it succeed. Members help to guide the organisation and can make certain decisions, such as who to appoint onto the board of Trustees.

 

Organisational membership

Are you a business, charity or other organisation that would like to become a member?

Membership is open to any organisation that supports our mission for better mental health in Calderdale.

Please complete the organisations application form below. We will then contact you to confirm your membership and be in touch to discuss what membership means to you!

Member Application Form (Organisations)

About organisational membership:

• Organisational membership is an opportunity for businesses and groups to show their support for our mission for better mental health in Calderdale.
• We are keen to work with organisations in a bespoke way to create meaningful relationships. We want to know how organisations would like to benefit from being a member, and use this learning to continually develop our membership offer.
• Please note that organisational members are a non-voting group of members. This means that organisations do not have the right to a vote at our AGM. This is in order to enable a wide range of organisations to be members without resulting in any conflict of interest.​