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Devon Mind Impact Report 2022–2023

Devon Mind is a Plymouth-based charity leading the fight for better mental health across Devon, supporting 3,635 people in 2022/23 — a 10.65% increase — through counselling, emotional support, courses and groups. The year saw the launch of the Devon Mental Health Alliance with five partner charities (delivering recovery and community development across Devon), the inaugural Plymouth Harbour Runs raising £32,000+, a Toolstation Western Football League partnership on men's mental health, and the Tom Windsor Memorial Fund for young men's suicide prevention. Charitable expenditure was £921,485. The charity also wrapped up three European Interreg 2 Seas projects covering perinatal mental health, NEET employability and older people's rural loneliness.

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Emotional support (one-to-one and remote); Courses and workshops (Matrescence, women's mental health, prepared parenting); Support groups; Counselling (BACP-accredited); Devon Mental Health Alliance Recovery Practice and Community Development (in partnership with CoLab Exeter, Improving Lives Plymouth, Rethink Mental Illness, Shekinah and Step One); Plymouth Harbour Runs (10K and half marathon fundraising events — 500+ signups, 8,000+ miles, £32k+ raised); Men's mental health partnership with Toolstation Western Football League (Buckland Athletic, Ilfracombe Town, Barnstaple Town); Tom Windsor Memorial Fund for young men's suicide prevention; HAIRE project (older people, rural loneliness, UK/France/Belgium/Netherlands); SPEED-You-UP project (359 NEETs, 19 partner organisations, entrepreneurial skills); PATH perinatal mental health project (100+ professionals and families trained) Custom geography from upload: Devon, UK (Plymouth, North Devon, East Devon, South Devon, West Devon)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 3,635 people supported — a 10.65% increase on 2021/22; 1,471 telephone enquiries; 1,493 counselling sessions; 1,680 initial assessments
Key Metric 2 73 course attendees; 201 group attendees; 953 emotional support sessions; £921,485 spent on charitable activities
Key Metric 3 430+ people supported by Devon Mental Health Alliance Recovery Practitioners since launch; Devon Mental Health Alliance website received 11,800+ visits from 7,300+ people in first year; 1,300+ individual sessions delivered through DMHA

Key Outcomes

  • DMHA service users referred from 50+ sources including CMHTs, primary care and TALKWORKS; 40+ partner organisations provided feedback on DMHA co-production pilot; DMHA social reach of 38,000+ people across social media in first year
  • Plymouth Harbour Runs rated 4/5+ by 93% of runners; 97% said they'd recommend; 97% want to return — instantly establishing the event in the local running calendar; office move to two wellbeing hubs (Mannamead and Ernest English House) improving accessibility
  • £32,000+ raised through Plymouth Harbour Runs; Tom Windsor Memorial Fund donations doubled since launch; first dedicated Head of Services appointed; transition to peripatetic workforce model to reach rural Devon and housebound individuals

Geography

South West

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