How many of us have come so close to the edge? The world is going crazy around us and our internal struggles can gnaw away at us, sometimes the way to survive is stay connected and sometimes it’s just too hard.

This year we lost a local poet, Sky was so, so alive and vibrant on the outside, but inside it got too much.

MIND are life savers, it’s that simple. Today someone has their mum, dad, lover, child for another day because of MIND.

Please give what you can’t afford because life is priceless.

One person in four in the UK will experience a mental health problem at some point during their life.

Tyneside & Northumberland Mind are an independent, local charity that delivers mental health services across Tyneside and Northumberland, providing a range of services, including counselling, a listening service, wellbeing groups, fundraising events and training based on the principals of wellbeing, recovery, resilience and prevention. Tyneside & Northumberland Mind also offers a support line providing easy access to mental health and wellbeing information as well as practical and emotional help for anyone in need ages 16 and over.

We also have an online Self-care and Wellbeing Hub on our website that offers hints, tips and information on how to take care of your mental health which is free and accessible.

Tyneside & Northumberland Mind are reliant upon and very grateful for fundraising and donations that allow them to provide a range of services across the region