Welcome to the website of Derwentside Mind

Derwentside MInd is a small independent mental health charity  based in Derwentside our offices are in Stanley & Consett, County Durham.  We deal with people within primary care services.  We provide practical and emotional support to people from 14+ years.  If you suffer from feelings of depression, anxiety, confusion and loneliness due to emotional, physical or mental illness, and are finding it difficult to cope, perhaps we can help.  

Derwentside Mind is an Equal Opportunites organisation our doors are open to all, assessments will be carried out for anyone wishing to access our services. 

Standard for Commitment to Quality

"Derwentside Mind is publicly committed to providing a quality of service that anticipates, meets and exceeds the needs and expectations of service users, volunteers, workers and other stakeholders.  Derwentside Mind has adopted Mind's values and principles." (Quality Management in Mind)

Any Service-Users/Volunteers/Stakeholders who are interested in being a part of the Quality Standards,  and reviewing the organisations Planning, Policies, Procedures and Services, please contact Brenda Greener on 01207 591705/785 your input and participation is very important.

"We strive to provide good quality mental health services, which reflect the needs of individuals within DERWENTSIDE"

Our Aims:

Empowering people to recognise their needs and aspirations, promoting personal control and independence.

Provides services which, by raising public awareness, work positively in combating stigma and prejudice.

Provides flexible, open-door, accessible and informal services which respect and value individuals' needs and experiences.

Enables people experiencing emotional distress to lead an improved quality of life in the community.

Promotes social inclusion and works towards achieving a shift in attitude of the business and social communities.

Executive Committee

Derwentside Mind Executive Committee has 9 members made up of service-users, professionals and lay people who have a vested interest in people with mental ill health and/or emotional distress.  They meet on a Wednesday evening  once a month to discuss the day to day running of the organisation, to see that finance, policies & procedures are adhered to, that service-users voices are listended to, and that services/projects are run for the betterment of service-users living and/or working within Derwentside. 

executivecommittee@derwentsidemind.co.uk

Service-user Representatives

Derwentside Mind have 2 service-user representatives (Matthew & Jackie) 1 for each premises these are the voice of the service-user who wants to remain anonymous with their suggestions, complaints, compliments. There is also suggestion boxes, complaints & compliments books in both buildings please feel free to use these we need your feedback to see what we are doing good/bad/indifferent. It also helps with the future planning of the organisation.

Summer Course Programme 2010

We are now able to book places for our Spring programme of personal development courses, with start dates from April onwards. For more information, please click HERE

Volunteers Wanted!

We need you! Check out our Vacancies Page

Can you spare a couple of hours a week to help with any of our services. 

We need Volunteers to help in both our Consett and Stanley premises. Various roles available, please go to the Volunteer section for more information

Sponsored Walk & Help The Heroes Support - see newsletter pages

Website design: J Brewis, Derwentside Mind

All information and details given on this website are correct as of: December 2009

Derwentside Mind reserves the right to change details/prices of any service at any time if appropriate