Adult Groups
Football in Mind
Dorset Mind are delighted to be working in partnership with AFCB Community Sports Trust to deliver FREE physical activities at Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth.
Sessions run weekly and are open to men and women 18+
Men in Mind
Dorset Mind, are delighted to be working in partnership with AFCB Community Sports Trust to deliver FREE physical activities at Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Sessions are open to men over 18yrs.
Women in Mind
Women in Mind provides a safe, secure and understanding environment in which women with mental health problems can support each other. Opportunity is provided to talk about feelings and share experiences.
MindOut LGBTQIA+
MindOut is a safe, confidential and accepting space for LGBTQIA+ people experiencing mental health issues. It offers recovery-based peer and staff support.
Mindful Rainbow
Mindful Rainbow is a Peer support LGBT+ Social Group aimed at people who live with low-level mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and loneliness. They meet for 2 hours per week for coffee and make friends from the LGBT+ Community.
Adult Groups FAQs
A registration form needs to be completed, the facilitator will then be in contact for assessment, please wait until then for a response. If you turn up without this step there may be no space on that particular day.
All information on the groups currently running will be featured on the events calendar above, any queries please head to our contact page and select the ‘Adult Services’ inbox.
For our Groups you can register your interest through their pages on our website when there are spaces available and our Services Team will get back to you.
For Active Monitoring, this will be via your GP.
For Mentoring Minds this will be via your GP or another professional organisation and they can do so via the form on our Mentorings Minds page.
For our Counselling service you can fill out our referral form via the Adult Counselling page and book in an assessment at a cost of £15.
Whilst there is no limit to attending our group support, in order for us to reach as many people as we can, we do encourage those that have been with the groups and visited all topics to consider perhaps, peer support or other support after a period of time or when they feel ready.
Yes, we do offer these services and information can be found on the Adult Group Support Page.
Anyone aged 18+ with a mild to moderate mental health conditions.
The aim of the service is for a trained volunteer to work with a participant for a maximum of six months. There is a work book for participants to complete, to help them set goals to support them on their recovery and back into their communities.
Unfortunately, no, we no longer have funding for this service, we would suggest you contact your GP and or BEAT or visiting our resources pages here.
Head to this page and check out the opportunities available.
Volunteer for us
Without our volunteers we simply couldn’t do what we do. Our volunteers are the backbone of our charity. Dorset Mind volunteers help us deliver our mental health support services across our vast county in a variety of roles across the charity. We offer voluntary positions that suit the times you’re able to commit – and your level of experience.
