Trusted Spaces Where People Start to Talk Exhibited during Mental Health Awareness Week at the Civic Centre, Bexley, Trusted Spaces: Where People Start to Talk is a public exhibition exploring how conversations about emotional distress, wellbeing, and suicide prevention emerge within the ordinary spaces of everyday life. Drawing on the voices and experiences of

LONDON PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY Mental health is shaped not only by services, but by the conditions in which we live our daily lives — our housing, finances, relationships, communities, and sense of belonging. Across London, experiences of mental health and access to support remain deeply unequal, with many people facing barriers that prevent

This Place is Built on Cups of Kindness We are pleased to announce that our article “This Place is Built on Cups of Kindness: Ethical Care, Relational Interdependence, and the Architecture of Wellbeing at Revival, a Community Social Enterprise in Whitstable, UK” has been published in the Journal of Ethics and Social Welfare. Focusing on

Smoking, Stress and Inequality in Bexley A research study, Smoking, Stress and Inequality in Bexley: Lived Experience Insights on Smoking, Vaping and Quitting, led by Mind in Bexley in partnership with Healthwatch Bexley, explores the lived experience of smoking, vaping and quitting across the borough. Drawing on a survey of 360 residents, alongside focus

Mind in Bexley Article published in the American Journal of Men's Health. Our article titled Trusted Community Spaces for Suicide Prevention: Evaluating the Ambassador Barbers, Salons, and Tattoo Studios Project in the London Borough of Bexley, UK which has been published in the American Journal of Men's Health. This research evaluates our innovative initiative

Music is medicine for the mind: the Revival social enterprise cafe as a community model for mental health An article has been published in Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2025) 29 (7): 61–71. It explores how Revival, Mind in Bexley and East Kent’s community-led social enterprise cafe in Whitstable, supports mental health and inclusion

Bexley Barbershop Project Receives Innovation Champion Award The Bexley Barbershop Project was named as the Innovation Champion at the Kent Mental Wellbeing Awards. Dr David Palmer, CEO of Mind in Bexley, accepted the Innovation Champion award at the ceremony in Ashford, and our Development Lead Simon Dolby was delighted to present the award