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Mind in Bexley and East Kent

Mind in Bexley and East Kent Annual Report 2024–2025

Mind in Bexley and East Kent is a major community mental health charity with a £7 million budget and 170 staff, serving Bexley and East Kent through clinical services, recovery programmes, crisis care, research and social enterprise. In 2024/25 over 7,000 people accessed services including Talking Therapies (exceeding national benchmarks), a Recovery College with 10,970 attendances, an Out of Hours Crisis Café, and Revival Food & Mood social enterprise featured on the BBC One Show. The charity was named National Mind's Research and Monitoring Organisation of the Year, won the Third Sector Frontline Team of the Year for its Suicide Bereavement Service, and raised SMI physical health check completion from 43% to 63% in four months through co-produced community outreach.

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NHS Bexley Talking Therapies (68.8% reliable improvement; 49.1% recovery); Bexley Mental Health Hub (5,061 referrals, with Oxleas NHS); Recovery College (16 in-person, 22 online weekly groups); Out of Hours Crisis Café (468 people, 936 interventions, 75+ A&E avoidances); Suicide Bereavement Service (with SELM and SLaM); Carers in Mind (205 carers, 3,554 support calls); Employment IPS (127 people, 34 into work); Community Pantry (2,172 visits, £4 for £20 food); Digital Hub (322 sessions); Welfare Rights; Mindful Mums; Guided Self-Help; Talking Therapies Employment Service (398 new clients, 1,982 appointments); Revival Food & Mood social enterprise and café; Revival Lates (16-25s); East Kent peer support and mentoring (40/125/153 through respective programmes); Kent Community Oasis Garden (KentCOG — 698 participants, 94 volunteers); Veterans Programme; Barbershop Project; One Bexley Pathways adult social care Custom geography from upload: London Borough of Bexley and East Kent (Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay, Ramsgate, Margate), UK

📊Key Metrics

7,000+ people accessed services; 6,522 Talking Therapies referrals (7% increase); 3,969 first appointments; 1,585 Recovery College learners across 10,970 attendances Key Metric 1
258 people received Suicide Bereavement Support (30% increase); 5,061 Bexley Mental Health Hub referrals; 450 veterans and families supported; £745,548 in confirmed benefit gains secured through Welfare Rights Key Metric 2
£7 million budget; 170 staff; 90 volunteers; SMI physical health check completion raised from 43% to 63% in 4 months; National Mind Research and Monitoring Organisation of the Year 2024/25 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Suicide Bereavement Service won Third Sector Frontline Team of the Year 2024; Revival Food & Mood featured on BBC One Show; Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards saw 50% increase in nominations (300 total); Talking Therapies secured 5-year ICB contract
  • Named National Mind Research and Monitoring Organisation of the Year; 3 peer-reviewed papers published; SMI physical health check model recognised nationally; CEO received London Borough of Bexley Civic Award for Outstanding Contribution
  • East Kent mentoring and peer support 99% satisfaction; 90%+ Revival participants reported improved wellbeing; 98% Suicide Bereavement clients satisfied; 80% Revival group attendees said participation was 'very beneficial' or 'life-changing'

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