A Year of Collaboration: Reflections on 2025
A Year of Collaboration: Reflections on 2025
As each calendar year comes to a close, I find myself in a reflective frame of mind.
Volunteering: Andy's Journey
Volunteering: Andy’s Journey of Growth and Creativity
When Andy first began volunteering, they were at a turning point. Having been out of work for some time, they were looking for something that could bring a sense of structure and help them move forward.
Grow and Glow support group in Wilmslow
Grow and Glow women's support group
Grow and Glow brings women together for connection, conversation and mutual encouragement. You do not need a formal diagnosis to attend the group is completely free. It is for those aged 18+ only. Each session follows a simple structure that helps everyone feel welcome. Women share how their week has been, anything they want to express that has been weighing on their mind and something they feel grateful for.
Service Coordinator – Cheshire Mind
North Staffs Mind has offered mental health support services for nearly 50 years. Over the years we have continued to be innovative and responsive and have developed our services to meet the demands of the local mental health landscape. As a result, we have now merged with Cheshire Mind and are excited to be able to build on our coaching service in Cheshire West and develop a new care navigation service in Cheshire East, as we look to widen our geographical reach in order to support even more local people.
Lime Green Consulting
Lime Green Consulting support ambitious charities and social enterprises to be more strategic, become more sustainable and access more funding. They do this by providing a mix of strategic consultancy, facilitated workshops, fundraising support and training. They specialise in helping small to medium charities looking to achieve a step-change with their mission and/or fundraising, but have worked with tiny start-ups, large established charities and everyone in between.
Family Support Worker (North Wales)
This is a rewarding and varied role combining direct family support with the organisation and delivery of family support activities and events.
You will be a consistent point of contact for families navigating life after a childhood cancer diagnosis, building relationships, coordinating tailored support, and helping families thrive emotionally and socially.
Carer Assessments Worker
This role is part of the Better Together team, offer Carers Assessments to carers referred into the service. Assessments may take place over the telephone, in carers’ homes, in our offices or at other locations by arrangement. The Carers Assessments team will also facilitate access to the Care Well Fund and support carers in crisis.
Duties and responsibilities:
Trainer
Job Summary
The postholder will deliver a wide range of high quality internal and external mental health related training to delegates from a variety of different backgrounds, areas and professions. They will work with the Head of Development and Sustainability to develop, plan, deliver and evaluate workshops and materials that enable North Staffs Mind to offer an excellent training package to customers, as well as our own staff, volunteers and stakeholders.
