P.O. Box 277
Manchester
M60 3XN
Tel: 0845 766 0163
E-mail: info@mind.org.uk
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Description:
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales working to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by:
- advancing the views, needs and ambitions of people with mental health problems
- challenging discrimination and promoting inclusion
- influencing policy through campaigning and education
- inspiring the development of quality services which reflect expressed need and diversity
- achieving equal rights through campaigning and education.
Activities:
- Provides a mental health information service to people contacting us by phone, email or letter.
- Offers information, support and understanding.
- Seeks to empower people, enabling them to make informed choices.
- Gives legal information on mental health issues and can refer people to community legal services if appropriate.
- Researches information that helps them respond to the varying needs of different groups in the community.
- Ensures confidentiality - no caller's name is kept without permission and all letters and e-mails are shredded or deleted within three months.
- Posts all information in unmarked envelopes.
- Operates Mind's equal opportunities policy.
- Occassionally monitors phone calls for training purposes.
Updated 19/12/07
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