A warm welcome to our new trustees! 😊
Swipe to find out a little more about them 👉
Suffolk Mind has a formal constitution and is governed by an unpaid Board of Trustees, with day-to-day management delegated to a CEO. The trustees are responsible for the governance of the organisation, the delivery of safe and high quality services, and keeping financial accounts and safeguarding the assets of the charity. 💙
Find out more about our trustees on our website: suffolkmind.org.uk/team
Support Suffolk Mind this Mental Health Awareness Week 🌈
Whether you want a rainbow of colour, a half marathon challenge, or pure muddy chaos — there’s something for everyone:
🎨 Colour Rush 2026 – Sat 27 June
Run, walk, or dance your way through 1.5km or 3km of pure fun as you pass through a rainbow of colour!
🏃 Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon – Sun 20 Sept
Push your limits, find your rhythm, and feel the incredible atmosphere that comes with every mile (and a unique vest design).
🐷 Whole Hog – Sun 4 Oct
Get muddy with a 5 or 7 mile obstacle race that’s all about conquering challenges and getting out of your comfort zone.
💚 Every step you take helps raise awareness, and vital funds, for mental health.
👉 Sign up, bring your friends, and let’s make a difference together.
Take action to support mental health. 💙
Data from our Impact Report 2025 shows that we received 33,968 calls and emails to our Helpline last year, that's around 130 every working day. 📞📧
Can you donate a ‘coffee’ to us? Just £2 could help us answer a call to our Helpline.
Our next SuffolkForward Network event is Addiction & Recovery. 💙
📅 Tuesday 19 May
📍 Suffolk Food Hall
🕚 From 11am
🥪 Lunch included
Speakers: Dan Sedgwick - Chapter 82 | Ezra Hewing - Suffolk Mind Head of Education | Dominika Dahm - Birketts | Jennifer Leeder - Birketts | Sarah Goldie - Birketts
Kindly sponsored by @larkinggowen 😊
We’re at the Anglia Business Exhibition today, stands 7 and 8! 💙
Keep a lookout for our Suffolk Mind and The Mental Health Toolkit stands and feel free to come and say hello. 👋
We’re at Hutchison Ports Wellbeing Fayre today! Feel free to say hello if you spot us there. 👋
Find out more about how we take action every day to support people’s mental health in Suffolk, Sawston and further afield. Our services are there to support people at any point on the Mental Health Continuum. 💙
Sadly, one person dies by suicide every week in Suffolk.
Suicide continues to be a leading cause of death across generations. This is a tragedy for those affected by thoughts of suicide and for those bereaved by suicide.
We think that reducing suicide will need a community which reduces isolation and check on people when we know they are struggling.
It could take just one question to save a life.
A big thank you to Public Health Suffolk, who has funded this project.
If you or someone you know is affected by thoughts of suicide call:
- Samaritans on 116 123
- NHS 111 and follow the options
Please watch our video and visit our website to find out more about suicide prevention.
It's Mental Health Awareness Week. 💙
We’re on a mission to make Suffolk the best place in the world for talking about and taking care of mental health.
All of us have mental health, just as we have physical health. We are all on the Mental Health Continuum – and we move up and down it depending on how we cope with the challenges of life and the stresses that it creates.
#suffolkmind #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawarenessweek
Thursday 14 May is our Career Workshop for military spouses and partners. 😊
Are you a small business owner?
Have you got a hobby you'd like to turn into paid work?
Looking to retrain or build new skills?
Join us to learn more! 🙌
Alan Crompton Hall, Rock Barracks, IP12 3LU. 📍
Announcement! Thanks to a grant from Sizewell C Community Fund and Suffolk Community Foundation, we're able to provide Counselling and Anxiety Management courses to people living in Leiston, Saxmundham and surrounding villages. 🏡
If the Sizewell C development has impacted you and/or your community, please get in touch here: .uk/services/anxiety-management/ or here: .uk/services/counselling/
What a way to start Mental Health Awareness Week. 💙
💛 Service Spotlight: Waves
Support for people with a diagnosis or traits of borderline personality disorder (BPD) or emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD).
Here’s how Waves can help:
👉 A 12 week programme of face-to-face group sessions
👉 Learn new skills to help manage and understand life with BPD/EUPD
👉 Help for building confidence and self esteem
👉 Support for making positive connections and achieving personal goals
📍Sessions available in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Felixstowe and Ipswich
Referrals are only accepted via mental health teams, GPs or health and social care professionals.
🔗 Find out more: .uk/services/waves-borderline-personality-disorder-support/
✨ Let’s talk about: our Anxiety Management course
💬 Did you know?
Anxiety helps us to be safe, but unmanaged can make us unwell.
Service highlights:
👉 Learn skills that can manage your anxiety
👉 Online course - Two 4-hour sessions
👉 No pressure to contribute during the course
👉 You can self refer
If anxiety is affecting your life, Suffolk Mind can help.
