News - Mental Health Concern

30 June 2021

Our new organisational values

We are delighted to announce our new organisational values! At a live event hosted this week by our executive team, our colleagues across Mental Health Concern and Insight IAPT got to hear about and discuss the evolution…

14 June 2021

Helping people find employment since 2017

Moving On Tyne & Wear (MOTW) is a local programme that helps people who are unemployed and have a health barrier, disability, additional learning need, or autism to get closer to the job market. We are immensely proud…

09 June 2021

Garden party for dementia carers

This week we celebrated a very special afternoon at Pinetree Lodge, one of our dementia nursing homes. For the first time in many months, the families and loved ones of our residents were able to gather together, after the…

02 June 2021

Dementia home garden renovation

It was all hands on deck at Pinetree Lodge this week, as a group of 30 volunteers from our head office led by Adam, our CEO, got green-fingered and creative! Pinetree Lodge is one of our 24-hour dementia care homes,…

25 May 2021

Honoured by the Mayor of Gateshead

We are absolutely delighted to have been chosen as one of Councillor Dot Burnett’s charities to support during her time as Mayor of Gateshead! On becoming Mayor, Dot said: “It’s an absolute…

04 February 2021

The power of small

Today is Time to Talk Day! This year’s theme is the power of small conversations to make a big difference to our mental health and wellbeing. We did a call-out to our colleagues across Concern Group, asking them…

29 January 2021

Just a note to say…

Louise*, is 89 and lives alone. She is just one of many older people who received a wellbeing box before Christmas, to help keep spirits high! Our team received this letter of thanks. “Thank…

19 January 2021

A winter heart-warmer

We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded £300 from Asda Foundation’s Christmas Fund, which will allow us to continue creating wellbeing boxes for people who are isolated during lockdown or shielding! The grant will help…

15 December 2020

Festive wishes and final message from Brendan Hill as CEO

Dear friends and colleagues, This isn’t my usual brief festive message and thank you this year, for two reasons.

11 November 2020

A letter to the Army

Sergeant Tom Power volunteered to support us during the coronavirus pandemic. He was recently awarded the Royal Artillery Regiment Colonel’s Coin by his regiment, in return for his hard work and professionalism. This Armistice Day, we wanted to…