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Join the Manchester Mind Trustee Board

23 Nov 2018 - 10:47 by michelle.foster

Manchester Mind are currently looking to recruit up to 3 new Trustees to their Board. Mind Manchester

There has never been a greater focus on mental health, which is clearly highlighting the demand for services that can effectively enable people to deal with their mental health issues. At least one in four people are affected by poor mental health and the wider economic cost in Greater Manchester (GM) is expected to reach £3.5bn by 2021.

Manchester Mind’s focus is on alleviating some of the key risk factors for poor mental health – poverty and deprivation, social isolation, lack of awareness, stigma and discrimination and lack of confidence and skills.

Manchester Mind provide a range of services to adults and young people including:
• Advice services in areas of social welfare including housing and employment
• Food For All projects including community cafés and pay what you can lunch sessions. The cafés provide opportunities for social eating and volunteering, helping Manchester Mind to support healthy eating and meal preparation. Manchester Mind also have a catering social enterprise called Good Mood Food serving the Manchester business community
• Children and Young People’s services offering peer mentoring, community café, training, counselling, advice and volunteering
• Training – both paid and free training for business and the community including mental health awareness and managing mental health in the workplace
• Peer Support – Manchester Mind believe that people of all ages can support each other in their mental health and they have projects that enable this

Manchester Mind has come a long way over the last few years but have further to go and are looking to strengthen their Trustee Board. Manchester Mind are particularly looking for people who have:
• Lived experience of mental health issues
• HR experience
• Experience of working in a mental health field
• Business/social enterprise experience
• Young people (aged up to 25 years)

Trustees usually join and become involved with Manchester Mind for three years or more. The commitment Manchester Mind are expecting from trustees is attendance at six board meetings a year and up to four sub-committees a year. There is an expectation that trustees come to meetings having read the papers, which are sent out four days before the meetings.

If you are interested in applying to be a Manchester Mind Trustee provide a CV and a covering letter in which you should address the areas of specific experience, values and behaviours within the person specification, by email to: [email protected].

To discuss your application further before applying email the Service Director at: [email protected]

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 5 December 2018, 12:00

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