Birmingham Mind is a Registered Charity who specialise in supporting people with their mental health, from low level prevention services to highly supported services for people with more complex needs. They are affiliated to national Mind, the largest Mental Health Charity in England and Wales.
In the last year, Mind provided support to over 34,000 people. We offer a variety of different services throughout Birmingham, all of which are designed to help people achieve improved wellbeing and better mental health.
Our Helpline, (which was established in 2019 through fundraised income) is available 24/7, 365 days a year – and is available to anyone living in Birmingham or Solihull. The Helpline offers a confidential advice, information and signposting service, relating to mental health and a range of social care issues.
Helpline: 0121 262 3555
Email: help@birminghammind.org
Live Chat: Birminghammind.org (10am – 9pm)
We are incredibly grateful for those people and organisations in our communities who raise the funds that enable us to continue to deliver this support each year. In 2023, we were able to fund a new Wellbeing Hub, based inside Bullring & Grand Central in Birmingham city centre. Hundreds of people have now used the Hub to talk to our teams about their own mental health in a safe and easily accessible space.
• 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem each year
• 1 in 5 students have struggles with their mental health
• 1 in 7 people experience mental health problems in the workplace (14.7%)
• Women in full-time employment are nearly twice as likely to have a common mental health problem as full-time employed men (19.8% vs 10.9%)
• Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness absence days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions
• 1 in 3 grandparents say mental health is their biggest concern for grandchildren
• 7 in 10 people said that going through their benefits assessment made their mental health worse