News - Mental Health Concern

15th December, 2022

Andy Wright appointed as Chief Operating Officer

Andy Wright has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer for Mental Health Concern and our sister organisation, Insight IAPT.

What's it like working at Mental Health Concern?

18th November, 2022

What’s working at Mental Health Concern like?

Paul Paul, one of our Mental Health Nurses, has been sharing what his role is like on a day-to-day basis. Paul explains: “My days are varied, some days can be straight forward, carrying out allocated clinical tasks, engaging with residents, planning

17th November, 2022

Collection for Ukraine

We’re so proud of Justine who, along with other Humanitarian Help for Ukraine volunteers, will be travelling to Poland in December to take over the supplies to an orphanage that supports children and families affected by the conflict. The orphanage…

17th November, 2022

LegaCare

The team is currently made up of three solicitors and two paralegals and are assisted by law students from Newcastle University. LegaCare was established in 2011 to support people who are critically ill. As part of the Northumberland VCSE…

17th November, 2022

Cycling Minds

Cycling Minds is a not-for-profit community interest company founded in April 2022 by Toby Price and based in Hexham, Northumberland. Before establishing the organisation Toby worked as a translator, but always had a passion for cycling. Toby has lived…

14th November, 2022

Autism Awareness Training with Moving On Tyne & Wear

We’re so proud of John Facchini, one of our Employer Engagement Officers at Moving On Tyne & Wear, who has organised a series of free autism awareness training sessions for local employers. The sessions are designed to help employers…

9th November, 2022

Northern Butterflies

Northern Butterflies is a small creative charity established in 2013 by Sam Goodlet, a practicing artist and former art teacher. The programme supports people in Northumberland who have a learning disability or are experiencing mental ill-health, by using…

4th November, 2022

Project Aasha

Project Aasha is a community-focussed project that creates a safe and inclusive space for people from ethnically diverse communities across Northumberland, who are at risk of social isolation, to discuss issues important to them. We went along…

26th October, 2022

2 minutes with… Sarah!

We've been chatting with Sarah Clark, our new Internal Communications Executive, about her role and the impact she hopes to make through internal communications!