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
Steps to work is a vocational project for people with mental health issues who live in Worthing. It is friendly and informal and provides support, advice and guidance to help people gain access to education, training, voluntary work or paid employment. Steps to work can also provide basic information about benefits, and information about where to get expert benefits advice.
"Adults with long-term mental health problems are one of the most excluded groups in society. Although many want to work, fewer than a quarter actually do."
(Labour Force Survey, August 2003, as quoted in the government's Social Exclusion Unit report summary, June 2004)
Many people in this situation feel there are barriers to employment, including lack of confidence, difficulties moving from benefits to work, other people's low expectations of what they can achieve. Steps to work aims to support people to overcome these barriers, and enjoy the positive results of meaningful activity, e.g. improved self-esteem and mental health and reduced isolation.
You can apply to Steps to work if you:
Steps to work is based at
The Hollies
83 Little High Street
Worthing
BN11 1DH
For more information contact Cara at
Tel: 01903 603093