About
Mid Essex Sanctuary (year-round crisis support outside normal hours); North East Essex Sanctuary (Colchester and Clacton, 10am–11pm daily, launched October 2024); NHS IAPT counselling (137 hours/week); fee-paying and low-cost counselling; Children & Young People counselling in secondary schools; Employment Advice Service (in partnership with Therapy for You); Support Time and Recovery Service (STaRS); Personality Disorder Support Service; Youthful Wellbeing (ages 18-25); Welcome Cafés (Brightlingsea, Chelmsford, Clacton, Colchester, Harwich); Self-Harm Management Toolkit training for professionals; Mental Health Toolkit workplace training; Walking for Wellbeing groups; Voices for a Brighter Future lived experience panel
Custom geography from upload: Mid and North East Essex, UK (Chelmsford, Colchester, Clacton, Braintree, Maldon, Harwich, Brightlingsea)
Key Metrics
Key Metric 1
2,702 people supported through Mid Essex Sanctuary; 1,922 people supported through North East Essex Sanctuary/Crisis Café; 4,989 counselling sessions delivered to 889 referrals
Key Metric 2
683 people supported through Employment Advice Service (130+ secured new jobs, 120 returned to work); 1,037 adults supported through STaRS; 1,085 people attended Mental Health Toolkit training across 59 sessions
Key Metric 3
£2,347,461 total income (deficit of £183,283 following expiry of two major contracts); 253 professionals trained through Self-Harm Management Toolkit; 522 CYP counselling sessions in schools; National Mind Excellence Award for Voices for a Brighter Future lived experience panel
Key Outcomes
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99% of Self-Harm Management Toolkit attendees rated trainers as good or very good; Mental Health Toolkit NPS of 86 (world class threshold is 70); 96% of colleagues say their work makes a difference; 100% of staff proud to work at the organisation
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National Mind Excellence Award for Voices for a Brighter Future panel; received Mind Quality Mark; signed first Essex Mind Partnership agreement with neighbouring local Minds; 'You Got This Movement' campaign featured on ITV Anglia
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New North East Essex Sanctuary launched October 2024; CYP counselling launched at Ormiston Rivers Academy (Burnham-on-Crouch) and Plume Academy (Maldon); new Essex Mind Partnership formed; Bereaved by Suicide and Hospital Link Worker services commencing in 2025/26
