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‘Work it out’ with MindOut

Besi Besemar March 23, 2015

MindOut, the LGBT mental health project have been awarded a grant from the Mental Wellbeing Innovation Fund to deliver a series of weekly peer support groups for LGBTQ people who are juggling paid employment with mental health concerns.

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Work it Out will run after work once a week, offering an opportunity to meet, share experiences, learn coping strategies, build confidence and find support.

Jason Saw, Groups Facilitator, says: “So many people who are in paid employment really struggle to get the mental health support they feel they need and want.  They may find it difficult to access services or to get time off work for appointments and if offered support find that it is not available outside of working hours.  Many LGBTQ people with mental health concerns are not out at work about their mental health or about their sexuality or gender status either, which can really affect people’s wellbeing.  Work it Out offers an opportunity to bring people with very similar situations and experiences together to support one another around issues relating to work, mental health, wellbeing and life in general.”

A MindOut service user, said: “Mental health services tell me that I’m well because I am working and it has been so hard to convince them about just how depressed I am. I am not out about being gay or about having mental health problems at work. I am a manager and I am successful professionally, but outside of work everything just falls to pieces. I have nowhere to go where I can talk to people struggling with similar issues”.

MindOut services are free, confidential, non-judgemental and person centred.

For more information on Work It Out and other MindOut services, click here:

Or telephone: 01273 234839

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