Dorset Mind

Dorset Mind charity educates, challenges mental health stigma and inequality, and promotes recovery by empowering individuals to develop resilience. We offer support groups, counselling, befriending and workplace /school education programmes.

Dorset Mind, an affiliate of national Mind, is an independent voluntary organisation registered with the Charity Commission. Dorset Mind is responsible for generating all its own income and does not receive direct funding from national Mind or the high street Mind shops. We have been serving people with mental health problems in the Dorset area since 1947.

Dorset Mind aims to help people to cope with their mental health problems and to rebuild their lives.

Mental health problems can affect anyone: around one in four people will suffer from some form of mental health problem during their lifetime. The most common forms of mental health problems are anxiety and depression, but there are many others, including bipolar, schizophrenia, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Suffering from a mental health problem – especially a severe problem – can have a devastating effect on the sufferer’s life. They may lose their job, their family and their friends.

We offer many services to aid recovery including Support Groups, Befriending, Training and a Helpline.