PARKS AND MINDS
Worthing and Arun Mind have been granted 3 years funding from Ecominds for a new gardening project - See Our Services - Garden projects
If you would like to make a donation to Worthing and Arun Mind, please send a cheque to:
Worthing and Arun Mind
8 – 10 Durrington Lane
Worthing
BN13 2QG
Please make cheques payable to “Worthing Mind”
If you are a taxpayer, you can “Gift Aid” your donation which gives us an extra 25p per pound donated. Please complete the Gift Aid declaration form and enclose it with your cheque. To learn more about Gift Aid go to www.hmrc.gov.uk/charities
Worthing and Arun Mind works to help and support people with mental health problems towards achieving recovery and a good quality of life. For over 40 years we have been providing services and support across the Worthing area. In recent times we have spread our work further and have projects in Littlehampton and Bognor Regis. Our services directly support over 400 people annually.
Our fundamental approach to people who use our services is
We aim to:
As a service provider, we are committed to:
Worthing and Arun Mind is affiliated to National Mind but financially and operationally independent. We are governed by an Executive Committee, which consists of Trustees and Observers.
The people who use our services are actively encouraged to contribute to the planning and running of those services, by serving on the Executive Committee and through project meetings, focus groups, informal discussion and general involvement. Their participation is integral to the successful development of the organisation.
About Us
Worthing and District Association for Mental Health was first established in 1965 and registered as a charity in 1970. Known then as Worthing Mind, its area of benefit covered Worthing town and surrounding villages.
In September 2003, after securing a contract to run Rivendell Resource Centre in Littlehampton, the name was changed to Worthing and Littlehampton MIND. In 2009 we opened a Housing Support office in Bognor Regis and it was agreed that we should change our name again to reflect the wider geographical area in which we now work. We are now Worthing and Arun Mind.
We are affiliated to Mind (National Association for Mental Health), but we are financially and operationally independent.
Structure: Worthing and Arun Mind is governed by an Executive Committee, which currently consists of Trustees and Observers. Several members of the Executive Committee are service users. We have about 30 full and part-time members of staff at any one time and about 20 volunteers, many of whom are 'member volunteers'.
User Involvement: The people who use our services are actively encouraged to participate in the planning and running of those services, through the Executive Committee, members' committees, focus groups, informal discussion and general involvement. Their contributions and initiatives are integral to the successful development of the organisation.
Equal Opportunities: Worthing and Arun Mind has a clear Equal Opportunities and Anti-discrimination Policy, which is implemented throughout the organisation.
Partnership: Worthing and Arun Mind works in partnership with statutory and other voluntary organisations, service users and carers in order to identify need and to promote good quality mental health services.
Who's who at Worthing and Arun Mind
| President: Lady Mary Mumford | ||
| Vice-Presidents: Peter Bottomley MP Tim Loughton MP | ||
| Management Committee | ||
| Trustees: Neville Pressley (Chair) Budhi Vinitharatne (Vice Chair) Andrew Kean (Treasurer) Dr Alison Langley Peter Ridge Margaret Kingdon Tony Woolgar | Observers At present | |
Director: Elaine Sola | ||
