Oxfordshire Mind
Wellbeing Service Programme September - December 2012 1 in 4 of us in Oxfordshire will have a mental health problem at some point in our lives. The Mind Wellbeing Service provides vital support, advice and information. For everyone.
01865 247788
oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Who is the Oxfordshire Mind Wellbeing Service for? The Wellbeing Service is open to anyone over 16 in need of support. You do not need a referral and the service is free of charge.
How can the Wellbeing Service help me? We offer support through 4 elements of the service: Information and Options - if you’re in need of support and information, or you’re not sure where to turn to get help, we can give you the facts and the contacts you need at our county-wide sessions. Information and Options is a good place to start if you’re new to the service. Short Courses - courses can provide you with tools to look after your mental wellbeing, and skills to help you get the most out of life. There is a wide range of courses on offer, categorised by either coping skills, keeping well, arts and culture, physical health, severe & enduring mental health problems or practical skills. Peer Support Groups - a safe, welcoming space to share activities, issues or thoughts and to meet people who may have experienced similar issues. Groups may be specifically for: men, women, parents, young people; people with shared beliefs, ethnicity or sexuality; they may be geographically based; or they may focus around an activity such as art, sports, music, walking, cooking etc. Recovery Planning - make an appointment with a member of staff to talk through your personal goals and how to reach them. Services are divided up in to three areas of Oxfordshire. The services in each area, or locality, are run by a different team. All of the service information in this booklet is organised by locality.
Where can I access the Wellbeing Service? Oxford City Covers Oxford itself. with most services mainly run from out premises in East Oxford and Cowley. Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Covers Witney, Bicester, Banbury, Chipping Norton, Carterton, Kidlington and surrounding areas. South Oxfordshire and the Vale Covers Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage, Wallingford, Thame, Henley, Faringdon and surrounding areas.
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Contents Short Courses Frequently Asked Questions
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Timetabled Weekly Services 6 - 11 Information & Options, Peer Support and Recovery Planning Oxford City 6-7 Cherwell and West 8-9 South and Vale 10 - 11 Directory Oxford City Cherwell and West South and Vale
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If you are new to the service and not sure where to start, drop in to an Information & Options session to talk through your goals, or call the Information Line on 01865 247788. Please note that the timetabled sessions in this booklet may be subject to change. Check the website (www.oxfordshire-mind.org.uk), telephone the venue or the Information Line (01865 247788) for the latest information
Oxfordshire Mind Registered Charity Number 261476 Company Limited by Guarantee Number 4343625 Registered in England at registered office: 2 Kings Meadow, Oxford OX2 0DP
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Short Courses All short courses are free of charge and open to adults aged 16 and above (unless stated otherwise). Please note that courses do not run on Bank Holidays. All courses require participants to book a place, unless stated otherwise. To book on to a course, please call the number given with the course information. Short Courses are presented in 3 lists: Oxford City Cherwell and West Oxfordshire
South Oxfordshire and the Vale
Courses are categorised as either: Arts & Culture Keeping Well to Coping Skills Practical Skills Physical Health Severe & Enduring Mental Health Problems
e.g. art, crafts, music, reading, writing, theatre e.g. complementary therapies, relaxation, Five Ways Wellbeing e.g. assertiveness, self esteem, mindfulness e.g. computer skills, cooking, employment/training e.g. sports, yoga, smoking cessation, healthy eating e.g. coping with hearing voices and paranoia
The information here was correct at the time of print, however it is subject to change. For up to date information, check the website at oxfordshire-mind.org.uk/help/wellbeingservice
See the Short Course pages on the website for an up to date list of courses by category and by area. 4
Short Courses
Frequently Asked Questions I just want to know what time my local service is open! How do I find this out? We know our service is complex, this is because it is designed for lots of different people with different needs. If you want to know when during the week you can use your nearest service, and are finding this booklet difficult to navigate, go a long to an Information and Options session or phone us on 01865 247788 and a worker will happily give you a personalised timetable to suit you.
Why have the course categories changed? We’ve introduced a new set of courses - ‘Coping Skills’ and we’ve re-named a few of the categories as the courses had ’out grown’ the original categories and we hope that the new ones are a bit more straightforward. More details about the Coping Skills courses are on the back page of this booklet.
Why aren’t there courses running in every category? There may not be courses running in all categories all the time but keep in touch and join our mailing list to receive updates on upcoming courses.
I’d like a bespoke course to be run for my organisation/group/team/club. Can you do this? Yes! We can provide a range of courses to suit your needs. Contact Jade Sullivan on 01865 263744 or email jade.sullivan@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk for details.
I like the look of one of these courses, but it’s not at a convenient time or place for me. What can I do? Ask to be added to our mailing l list, give us a call or check our website! We may be running an additional course that was planned after this programme was printed. Plus, if you tell us what you want, and other people want it too, we’ll do our best to respond to the demand.
My local Mind service used to be open for more hours in the week. Why has the number of hours been reduced? We’ve expanded our service to reach more geographical areas. For example, we now run services in Faringdon, Cholsey, Bampton and Charlbury, where we previously did not run any services at all. Unfortunately this has meant we’ve had to reduce the service offered in some other areas. If you are looking for more support during the week, please call our Information Line on 01865 247788 to discuss what options are available to you, or talk to the Mind staff at your local service.
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Weekly Services
Oxford city Tel: 01865 263758 email: city@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Information & Options
Recovery planning Please call to arrange a 1 to 1 appointment
For Information and Options please enquire at either venue or call The Mill on 01865 263758 or Cowley on 01865 604368 to book an appointment
For 1:1 Recovery Planning please enquire at either venue or call The Mill on 01865 263758 or Cowley on 01865 604368 to book an appointment
The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm
The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 2.00 -4.00pm
Thurs
The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm
The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 2.00 - 4.00pm
Fri
The Mill 10.00am - 12.00pm
The Mill 2.00 - 4.00pm
Mon
Tues
Weds
The Mill & Cowley Wellbeing Centre 2.00 - 4.00pm
Other times are available, please contact us to arrange an appointment.
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Weekly Services
Oxford City Peer Support Groups Mon
The Mill 10.00am-12.00pm Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems
The Mill 12.00-1.00pm Service User Meeting
The Mill 2.00-3.00pm Musical Software
The Mill 2.00-3.00pm Art
The Mill 11.00am -12.00pm Music Appreciation
1st Tues of the month 11.00am - 1.00pm Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre Partnership Project Tel: 01865 204188
Cowley 2.00 - 4.00pm Board Games
Tues
The Mill 10.00am -12.00pm Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems
Cowley 10.00am - 12.00pm Creative Writing (fortnightly)
Weds
Thurs
The Mill 10.00am -12.00pm Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems Cowley 10.00am - 1.00pm World Wide Women
The Mill 11.30am - 1.00pm Get Into Reading
The Mill 12.00-1.00pm Poetry Recording
Cowley 2.00-3.00pm Table Tennis
The Mill 2.00 - 3.00pm Art
The Mill 10.00am-12.00pm Severe & Enduring Mental Health Problems
The Mill 12.00 - 1.00pm Discussion group: Life, the Universe & Everything
The Mill 2.00 - 3.00pm Art
Cowley Wellbeing Centre 11.30am - 1.00pm Table Tennis
The Mill 2.00 - 3.30pm Photography
Cowley 3.00 - 4.30pm Choir
Fri Sun
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The Mill 11.00am - 2.00pm Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems
The Mill 1.00-3.00pm Band Practice
The Mill 2.00 - 3.00pm Knitting & other ‘lost crafts’
Weekly Services
Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Tel: 01993 702999 email: cherwellandwest@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Information & Options Drop-in sessions unless stated otherwise Mon
Tues
Banbury - The Mill 10.00am - 12.00pm
Bicester - The Causeway Centre 12.30 - 3.00pm
Witney Resource Centre 10.00-11.00am
Carterton - Community Centre 12.30-3.00pm
Witney Resource Centre 10.30am -1.00pm
Witney - Base 33 1.45-3.00pm (bi-weekly) For young adults Chipping Norton Parish Rooms 12.30 - 3.30pm
Chipping Norton Ace Centre 10.00 - 11.00am For parents/carers
Weds
Thurs
Banbury Heath Centre 10.00am - 1pm (women only)
Banbury various venues 2.00-3.00pm
Bicester: Causeway Centre 1.30-3.30pm
Banbury: Restore 2.00-3.00pm Women only
Witney: 12.00-1.00pm Employment & Training Advice (call for dates)
Kidlington: Kaleidescope 2.30-4.00pm
Carterton (Edith Moorhouse School ):3.15 - 4.45pm For lone parents (3rd Wednesday of the month) closed group - call for details Banbury - Health Centre 1.30 - 3.30pm Witney: Nortons Cafe 3.00-4.00pm
Witney Resource Centre 5.00 - 8.00pm
Fri
Charlbury: Corner House 10.00-11.30 2nd Fri of month
Bicester: Causeway Centre 3.00-6.00pm
Sat
‘Saturdads’ - monthly at various venues. Tel: 07435 760796
Sessions in blue are by appointment only. Other times are available, please contact us to arrange an appointment. 8
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Recovery Planning Please call to arrange a 1 to 1 appointment Mon
Bicester 01869 249864
Banbury 07435760768
Witney
Tues
Witney 07435 760789 / 07435 760795
Chipping Norton 07435 760765 / 07435 760791
Banbury 07435 760768
Weds
Bicester 01869 249864
Banbury 07435760768
Witney 07435 760789
Thus
Witney 07435760789/ 07435760769
Fri
Chipping Norton 07435 760791
07435 760769/ 07435760789
Carterton 07435 760769
Kidlington 07435760769/ 07435 760795
Bicester 01869 249864
Peer Support Groups Mon
Tues
Weds
Thurs
Fri
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Banbury: The Mill 10.00-12.00pm
Bicester: Causeway Centre 12.30-3.30pm
Carterton Community Centre 12.30-3.00pm (With crèche 12.45-2.45) Witney Resource Centre 10.30am-1.00pm, Crafts
Witney - Orchard Court 5.00 - 6.30pm Reading Group Closed group - call for details Witney Resource Centre 2.00-3.30pm, Shared Reading Group
Banbury Health Centre, 10.00-1.00pm, Women's Wellbeing
Chipping Norton: St Mary’s Church Hall 12.30-3.30pm
Bicester - Causeway Centre 1.00 - 4.00pm ‘Time Out’ for people with severe and enduring mental health problems Bicester: Causeway Centre Witney Resource Centre 1.30-3.30pm 1st Weds of the month 2.00 - 4.00pm: Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Kidlington: Kaleidescope Advice Centre Partnership Project. 1.00-4.00pm Tel: 01865 204188 Witney: Nortons Cafe Witney Resource Centre 3.00-4.00pm 5.00-8.00pm - For people in work, study or between jobs Banbury Health Centre 1.30-3.30pm Chipping Norton: Number 24 Café 1.30-3.30pm
Bicester: Causeway Centre 3.00-6.00pm
Weekly Services
South Oxfordshire and The Vale Tel: 01235 522096 email: southandvale@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Information & Options
Recovery planning Call 01235 522096 to arrange a 1 to 1 appointment
Mon
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 2.00 – 4.00pm
RAF Benson Closed session call for details
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm 2.00 – 4.00pm
Tues
Thame Christchurch 10.00am-12.00pm
Wantage Church Hall 10.00am-12.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm 2.00 - 4.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm
Wantage - Church Hall 10.00am - 12.00pm Thame - Christchurch 12.00 - 1.00pm Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm 2.00-4.00pm
Weds
Thurs
Fri
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Didcot Cornerstone 2.30-4.30pm Woodcote Community Centre 10.00 – 12.00 Wallingford Centre 70 10.00am-12.00pm
Didcot CMHT or Health Centre 1.00 - 2.00pm Wallingford Centre 70 10.00am-12.00pm
Abingdon 6.00 - 8.00pm Women Only (appointment only) Didcot - Civic Centre 10am-12.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 6.00 - 8.00pm Women Only
Henley Library 12.30-2.00pm
Faringdon Coffee House 10.30am – 12.30pm
Henley - Christchurch 10.00am – 12.00pm
Weekly Services
South Oxfordshire and The Vale Peer Support Groups Mon
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am – 12.00pm
Tues
Thame - Christchurch 10.00am-12.00pm
Wantage - Church Hall 10.00am-12.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am-12.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 1.30-3.30pm Music Abingdon Wellbeing Centre Relaxation 12.30 - 1.30pm (from 3 July) Didcot: All Saints Youth & Community Hall 6.00-8.00pm Wellbeing at Work - for working people
Weds
Wallingford - Centre 70 Women only 6.00-8.00pm Didcot: Cornerstone 2.30-4.30pm Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am – 12.00pm
Thurs
Woodcote Community Centre 10.00am - 12.00pm Call Roger on 07435760801 Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am – 12.00pm. Art. Wallingford - Centre 70 10.00am-12.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 2nd & 4th Weds of the month 2.00 - 4.00pm: Oxfordshire Chinese Community & Advice Centre Partnership Project. Tel: 01865 204188 Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 2.00 - 4.00pm Women only Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 6.00-8.00pm. For women in work or study Wallingford Allotment 10.00am-12.00pm - until 27 Sept Thrive ‘Growing for Life’ gardening and conservation project. Call 01189885688 for details.
Didcot - Civic Centre 10am-12.00pm
Fri
Faringdon Coffee House 10.30am – 12.30pm
Henley: Hot Gossip Café 2.30 – 4.00pm
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am – 12.00pm Creative Writing
Didcot: Willowbrook Sports Centre (winter) / Wallingford Sports Park (summer) Football 11.30-1.30
Abingdon Wellbeing Centre 10.00am - 1.00pm Cooking for Enjoyment
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Directory Oxford City Tel: 01865 263758 email: city@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk The Mill 46, Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1HZ
Kassam Stadium (Oxford United FC) Address: Grenoble Road, OX4 4XP
Museum of the History of Science Cowley Wellbeing Centre Between Towns Road, Cowley OX4 3LZ Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AZ Oxfordshire Mind central office 2 Kings Meadow, Osney Mead, OX2 0DP
Cherwell and West Oxfordshire Tel: 01993 702999 email: cherwellandwest@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk Banbury Banbury Health Centre, 58 Bridge Street, Banbury, OX16 5QB Tel: 01295 225549 Banbury - The Mill Arts Centre Spiceball Park Road, Banbury OX16 5QE Banbury - Restore 27 Calthorpe Street, Banbury OX16 5EX Bicester The Causeway Centre, 25 The Causeway, Bicester OX26 6AN Carterton Carterton Community Centre, Trefoil Way, Carterton OX18 1AX
Chipping Norton - Ace Centre Burford Road OX7 5DZ Chipping Norton - Number 24 Café 24 High Street OX7 5AD Glyme Hall Adult Learning Building 60 Burford Road, Chipping Norton OX7 5DY Kidlington Kaleidescope Centre Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB Witney Witney Resource Centre, Moorland Road, Witney, OX28 6LF Witney - Base 33 4 Welch Way, OX28 6HP
Carterton - Edith Moorhouse School Witney Children’s Centre St Joseph's RC Primary School, Lawton Radford Room, High Street Methodist Avenue, Carterton OX18 3JY Church, Witney OX28 6HG Charlbury - The Corner House Market Street, Charlbury OX7 3QW Chipping Norton St. Mary’s Parish Rooms, Bottom of Church Street, OX7 5NT 12
Witney - Nortons Café 12 Langdale Court, Witney, Oxon OX28 6FG
Directory South Oxfordshire and The Vale Tel: 01235 522096 email: southandvale@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk Abingdon - Wellbeing Centre The Charter Complex (up the steps opposite the library) Broad Street, Abingdon OX14 3LZ Abingdon Children’s Centre Dunmore Primary School Northcourt Road, Abingdon OX14 1NR Berinsfield (Adult Learning + Children’s Centre) Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, Wallingford OX10 7LZ Berinsfield - Library Green Furlong, Berinsfield OX10 7NR Chinnor Village Centre High Street, Chinnor OX39 4DH Cholsey Mary Mead, off church road, Cholsey OX10 9PQ Didcot Cornerstone, 25 Station Road, Didcot OX11 7NE Didcot - All Saints Youth & Community Hall, Roman Place, Didcot, Oxon OX11 7ER Didcot - Civic Centre Britwell Road, Didcot OX11 7JM P.A.C.T South Didcot Children’s Centre 2 Hillary Drive, Didcot OX11 8PS Faringdon Coffee House 4b Market Square, Faringdon SN7 7HL Farindgon: The Pump House 13
5 Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7HL Grove - St. John Baptist Church Main Street, Grove OX12 7LQ Henley The Christchurch Centre, 46 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AG Henley: Hot Gossip Café 7 Friday Street, RG9 1AN Henley Library Ravenscroft Road, RG9 2DH Stanford in the Vale Children’s Centre. Call 01865 820751 Thame Christchurch, Upper High Street, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2DN Thame - Soha Housing Call 01844 216302 for info Wantage Methodist Church Hall, Newbury Street, Wantage OX12 8DA Wallingford Centre 70, The Kinecroft, OX10 0DT Woodcote Community Centre The Old Schoolhouse, Reading Rd RG8 0QY Wykeham Park Community Hospital Wykeham Park, Community Hospital Site, East Street, Thame
Information from Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About Us Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a wide range of community-focused health and social care services to people across five localities from Buckingham down to Bath. In Oxfordshire we provide community health services such as district nursing, physiotherapy and podiatry and we run eight community hospitals. We provide mental health services in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, as well as some mental health specialist services for Wiltshire, Bath, North East Somerset and Wales. As a Foundation Trust we want to ensure we provide caring, safe and excellent services and the support of our members helps us to do this. Becoming a Member Your experience of local health services is invaluable in helping us to improve them in the future. You may have a personal experience of one of our services, know or care for someone else who does, or you may simply have an interest in the development of health services locally. If so we would like you to be involved in the way our services are developed. You can choose to be an active member who gets involved in activities with the Trust. If you would rather support the Trust you can choose the supporter option. This means we will only contact you once a year about elections. Benefits of Membership You can show your support to local NHS services by being a Foundation Trust Member in the ‘supporter’ category If you want to be more involved, tick the ‘active member’ section and we will invite you to events, send you our latest news and let you know about other ways you can get involved with the Trust You can access a wide range of NHS discounts that are normally only available to staff You can share your views and opinions about our services to help us to improve them. We don’t expect you always to agree with us or share our views. We really want to know what you think we do well and what we could do better You can vote for a Governor to represent you on our Members’ Council or you can stand to be a Governor yourself when we have a vacancy Things you need to know about membership It is free to be a member. There are no costs or charges associated with your membership Your care or treatment will not be affected. The person treating you won’t know if you are a Member or not We have to contact you once a year about the Governor elections but if you choose to be a supporter we won’t contact you any other time You can ensure your name and your membership category remain private by ticking the relevant box on the membership form How to Join There is a Membership form in this leaflet which is free to post back to us. Alternatively you can sign up on line via our website at www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk If you’d like to find out more first, please email us at ft.community@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk phone 01865 738536, or visit our website www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk which has a lot of information about what we do.
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Do you have mental health problems and
benefits trouble? We can help you to:
Free Benefits Health Check
Get and fill in the right forms
Check what
benefits you are entitled to
Make and take difficult calls
Check the levels and rates Resolve problems with you should get
over or under payments
Get backdated payments Appeal against decisions
Hotline number: 01865 263756 Monday-Thursday 10am-1pm The current Benefits Advisors’ schedule is available at www.oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
Classes:
Managing Anxiety & Managing Depression Four weekly sessions giving the opportunity to learn cognitive behavioural techniques to manage your anxiety or depression.
In Oxford, Witney, Banbury and Didcot www.talkingspaceoxfordshire.org For more information: tel: 01865 325777 or email talkingspace@nhs.net
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Mental
Health
First
Aid
Mental Health First Aid is a nationally accredited 2-day training course designed to give participants the knowledge and skills to recognise the early signs of mental health problems and support someone to seek the right help. Mental Health First Aid would benefit everyone personally and professionally, from carers and family members, to employers, to those who might support someone at risk of mental health problems. Oxfordshire Mind has funding from the NHS Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Cluster and Oxfordshire County Council to offer the course for free and for people living or working in Oxfordshire. Over the year we are running courses open to the public that you can book on individually. Additionally, we are running courses for organisations, employers or community groups. If you would like to organise a course for a group of your staff, volunteers or services users, please contact Laura Epton on 01865 263749 or laura.epton@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk.
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Coping Skills Courses A new programme of short courses See pages 4 - 11 of this booklet for current dates. h ;
Assertiveness A look at what it is to be assertive, providing participants with the skills to practice assertiveness techniques. We will look at the four different ways of behaving, be able to identify circumstances where we could be more assertive and learn about some techniques.
Mindfulness Mindfulness involves paying attention to thoughts, feelings and body sensations in a way that can increase our awareness and help us manage difficult experiences. Mindfulness gives people a greater awareness of their body and teaches people to pay attention to the present moment, rather than worrying about the past or the future, and can help people to let go of negative thoughts.
Self Esteem This course will look at what self esteem is, how it is affected and will provide participants with the skills and techniques they need to boost their confidence and self esteem.
Skills for Living A course designed to give participants skills and tools needed to promote good mental health and to better manage our wellbeing. Each week covers a different topic including how we manage the stresses of everyday life, managing worry, challenging our thoughts, comfort zones and recognising our own self worth.
For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, contact Jade or Amy on 01865 263730 or email: shortcourses@oxfordshire-mind.org.uk
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