Response Competitors

SCIE improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice.

Barca-Leeds is a community based charity, a registered company limited by guarantee. We are an organisation that delivers transformational projects for adults, children, young people and families in Leeds, connecting them with services that respond to the needs of each individual. We work with a range of partner organisations, both voluntary and statutory, to reduce social isolation and support people in developing their own initiatives. We help people overcome the barriers they face in fulfilling their potential by delivering advice, support and guidance at a community and individual level. This includes people who may have complex needs and have been excluded from other services as a result. We support people struggling with housing issues, finances, physical and mental health problems. Our services are also geared towards children, young people and adults affected by domestic abuse, drug and alcohol issues, as well as people struggling with employment or education. At a strategic level we seek to influence local, national and international policy development. Our Vision is 'A Fair Society'. This means that our ultimate purpose is to make a long term sustainable difference by empowering people to achieve independent and fulfilling lives. We take the learning and experiences of the people we work with and share their stories with commissioners and policymakers, in order to influence and shape future changes in policy and services. Our mission is to care, listen and respond to the needs of people in our communities, and work with them to deliver outstanding services to improve their wellbeing.

Carlisle Eden Mind is a local charity, affiliated to Mind, supporting people with mental health problems across the Carlisle and Eden Districts. We provide a range of services including advocacy, crisis support, return to work and others, directly supporting over 500 people a year. We offer telephone/text based Mental health information, guidance and support to over 2,500 people a year across the County through MindLine Cumbria and have increasingly worked with young people and school aged children through development of specialist advocacy services and most recently through delivery of mental health awareness training and peer support programmes across secondary schools in the Carlisle and Barrow areas, training over 1,200 14/15 year olds during 2015/16. We are the Counties main provider of mental health related training, delivering accredited and bespoke training to a wide variety of third sector, public and private customers, including a range of local employers on development of workplace wellbeing and management of mental health in the workplace. In the last 5 years we have trained over 5,000 individuals from across 150 different organisation. We also lead on the counties suicide prevention programme, training over 3,000 people across Cumbria in suicide alertness and intervention skills. Carlisle Eden Mind actively works to combat the stigma surrounding mental health issues through a range of projects and media engagement and seeks to ensure that the voice of people with mental health problems is heard in the development of local services. We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We believe no one should have to face a mental health problem alone. We’re here for you. Today. Now. We’re on your doorstep, on the end of a phone or online. Whether you’re stressed, depressed or in crisis. We’ll listen, give you support and advice, and fight your corner. And we’ll push for a better deal and respect for everyone experiencing a mental health problem.