11-17 May 2015 is Mental Health Awareness Week and Phoenix FM has been supporting this great cause by featuring interviews all week.

On Monday David Kennard and Nicky Smith from the Brentwood Leisure Trust and Wayne Banks from the Essex Mental Health Community came in to talk about Fitness In Mind.

On Tuesday we were visited by Scott W and our own Bob Simpson, creators of Phoenix FM’s Mental Health Matters Podcast.

On Wednesday Lesley Bailey from Interact Chelmsford and Lucy Gill from Brentwood Borough Council came in to talk about Mental Health First Aid.

On Thursday we had two visitors talking about Mindfulness – Jane Ward from the Brentwood Buddhist Community and Renate Mullins from Step Into Yoga.

You can hear all the interviews again by clicking on the links above.

If you are struggling with your own mental health or need help and advice for a loved one, call your local GP or Brentwood Mind on 01277 234 246 or Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90. Alternatively email the Fitness In Mind team on fitnessinmind@brentwoodleisure.co.uk about supported classes at the Brentwood Centre.

For further reading you can visit the following:

Phoenix FM’s Mental Health Matters Podcast – https://www.phoenixfm.com/category/mental-health-matters/
Mental Health Awareness Week – https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/mentalhealthawarenessweek/
Essex Mental Health Community – https://www.facebook.com/EssexMHC
Fitness In Mind (Brentwood Leisure Trust) – https://www.brentwood-centre.co.uk/sport-and-leisure/fitnessinmind
Interact Chelmsford – https://www.interact.org.uk/
Mental Health (Brentwood Borough Council) – https://www.brentwood.gov.uk/index.php?cid=1809
Brentwood Buddhist Community – https://www.brentwoodbuddhistcommunity.com/
Step Into Yoga – https://stepintoyoga.com/about-me/
NHS – https://www.brentwoodmind.org.uk/
Samaritans – https://www.samaritans.org/